WoRMS name details
Echthrogaleus pectinatus Kirtisinghe, 1964
351229 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:351229)
unaccepted (synonym according to Tang, Yamagisawa & Nagasawa (2010))
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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 
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Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Echthrogaleus pectinatus Kirtisinghe, 1964. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=351229 on 2026-05-10
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Nomenclature
original description
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]
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source of synonymy
Tang, D., M. Yanagisawa & K. Nagasawa. (2010). Redescription of Prosaetes rhinodontis (Wright, 1876) (Crustacea: Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida), an enigmatic parasite of the whale shark, Rhincodon typus Smith (Elasmobranchii: Orectolobiformes: Rhincodontidae). Zootaxa 2493:1-15., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2493.1.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
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additional source
Pillai, N.K. (1967). Copepods parasitic on Indian marine fishes. A review. In: Proceedings of the Symposium on Crustacea. Symposium Series, Marine Biological Association of India (2)5:1556-1680, figs. 1-266. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pillai, N.K. (1985). Copepod Parasites of Marine Fishes. <em>In: The Fauna of India. Zoological Society of India, Calcutta.</em> 900pp., figs. 1-279.
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[request]additional source Pillai, N.K. (1985). Copepod Parasites of Marine Fishes. <em>In: The Fauna of India. Zoological Society of India, Calcutta.</em> 900pp., figs. 1-279.
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