WoRMS taxon details
Bomolochus megaceros Heller, 1865
349300 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:349300)
accepted
Species
Parabomolochus megaceros (Heller, 1865) · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Heller, C. (1865). Crustaceen. <em>Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erdre, in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair, Zoologischer Theil.</em> Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Wien, Band 2 (Abtheilung 3): 1–280, pls. 1–25., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13188320 [details] 
Distribution India, Sri Lanka, South China Sea, Taiwan
Distribution India, Sri Lanka, South China Sea, Taiwan [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2024). World of Copepods Database. Bomolochus megaceros Heller, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=349300 on 2024-05-08
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Heller, C. (1865). Crustaceen. <em>Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erdre, in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair, Zoologischer Theil.</em> Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Wien, Band 2 (Abtheilung 3): 1–280, pls. 1–25., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13188320 [details]
basis of record Walter, T. Chad. The World of Copepods. International online database. , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda [details]
additional source Bassett-Smith, P.W. (1898). Further new parasitic copepods found on fish in the Indotropical region. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)2:77-98, pls. 3-6. (viii-1898) [details]
additional source Gnanamuthu, C.P. (1949). Two male parasitic copepods from Madras. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (12)2:359-367, figs. 1-23. (v-1949) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Kirtisinghe, P. (1964). A review of the parasitic copepods of fish recorded from Ceylon, with descriptions of additional forms. Bulletin of the Fisheries Research Station, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 17(1):45-132, figs. 1-191. (vi-1964) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lin, C.L. & J.S. Ho. (2005). Three species of Bomolochus Claus, 1864 (Copepoda: Bomolochidae) parasitic on marine fishes of Taiwan. Journal of the Fisheries Society of Taiwan 32(2):113-128. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Walter, T. Chad. The World of Copepods. International online database. , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda [details]
additional source Bassett-Smith, P.W. (1898). Further new parasitic copepods found on fish in the Indotropical region. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)2:77-98, pls. 3-6. (viii-1898) [details]
additional source Gnanamuthu, C.P. (1949). Two male parasitic copepods from Madras. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (12)2:359-367, figs. 1-23. (v-1949) [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Kirtisinghe, P. (1964). A review of the parasitic copepods of fish recorded from Ceylon, with descriptions of additional forms. Bulletin of the Fisheries Research Station, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 17(1):45-132, figs. 1-191. (vi-1964) [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Lin, C.L. & J.S. Ho. (2005). Three species of Bomolochus Claus, 1864 (Copepoda: Bomolochidae) parasitic on marine fishes of Taiwan. Journal of the Fisheries Society of Taiwan 32(2):113-128. [details] Available for editors
[request] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution India, Sri Lanka, South China Sea, Taiwan [details]
