WoRMS taxon details
Achtheinus Wilson C.B., 1908
346695 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:346695)
accepted
Genus
Achtheinus oblongus Wilson C.B., 1908 (type by original designation)
- Species Achtheinus dentatus Wilson C.B., 1911
- Species Achtheinus oblongus Wilson C.B., 1908
- Species Achtheinus pinguis Wilson C.B., 1912
- Species Achtheinus chinensis Thomsen, 1949 accepted as Achtheinus pinguis Wilson C.B., 1912 (synonym)
- Species Achtheinus galeorhini Yamaguti, 1936 accepted as Achtheinus pinguis Wilson C.B., 1912 (synonym)
- Species Achtheinus impenderus Shen & Wang, 1958 accepted as Achtheinus pinguis Wilson C.B., 1912 (synonym)
- Species Achtheinus intermedius (Kurtz, 1924) accepted as Achtheinus pinguis Wilson C.B., 1912 (synonym)
- Species Achtheinus japonicus Wilson C.B., 1922 accepted as Achtheinus pinguis Wilson C.B., 1912 (synonym)
- Species Achtheinus parvidens Wilson C.B., 1923 accepted as Achtheinus pinguis Wilson C.B., 1912 (synonym)
- Species Achtheinus platensis Thomsen, 1949 accepted as Achtheinus pinguis Wilson C.B., 1912 (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Wilson, C.B. (1908). North American parasitic copepods: a list of those found upon the fishes of the Pacific coast, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 35(1652):431-481, pls. 66-83. (10-xii-1908)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.35-1652.431 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Achtheinus Wilson C.B., 1908. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=346695 on 2026-03-27
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Nomenclature
original description
Wilson, C.B. (1908). North American parasitic copepods: a list of those found upon the fishes of the Pacific coast, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 35(1652):431-481, pls. 66-83. (10-xii-1908)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.35-1652.431 [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. [Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru.]. <em>Neotropical Helminthology.</em> 10(2):301-375., available online at https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh2016102751 [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Barnard, K.H. (1955). South African parasitic Copepoda. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 41(5):223-312, figs. 1-33. (ii-1955). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Izawa, K. (2010). Resurrection of the parasitic copepod genus Achtheinus Wilson, 1908 (Siphonostomatoida, Pandaridae), with redescription of A. oblongus Wilson, 1908, A. dentatus Wilson, 1911, and A. pinguis Wilson, 1912 based on museum collections. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 83(8):971-995., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/001121610x510633 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Barnard, K.H. (1955). South African parasitic Copepoda. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 41(5):223-312, figs. 1-33. (ii-1955). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Izawa, K. (2010). Resurrection of the parasitic copepod genus Achtheinus Wilson, 1908 (Siphonostomatoida, Pandaridae), with redescription of A. oblongus Wilson, 1908, A. dentatus Wilson, 1911, and A. pinguis Wilson, 1912 based on museum collections. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 83(8):971-995., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/001121610x510633 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
