WoRMS name details
Paeon ferox Wilson C.B., 1919
354120 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:354120)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Paeon Wilson C.B., 1919 accepted as Tripaphylus Richiardi, 1878
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Wilson, C.B. (1919). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the new family Sphyriidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 55(2286):549-604, pls. 50-59. (18-vi-1919)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.55-2286.549 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Paeon ferox Wilson C.B., 1919. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=354120 on 2026-08-17
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Wilson, C.B. (1919). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the new family Sphyriidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 55(2286):549-604, pls. 50-59. (18-vi-1919)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.55-2286.549 [details]
new combination reference Benz, G.W. & G.A. Boxshall. (2017). Redescription of Tripaphylus musteli (van Beneden, 1851) (Copepoda: Sphyriidae) and the relegation of Paeon Wilson, 1919 to synonymy with Tripaphylus richiardi in Anonymous, 1878. Systematic Parasitology, 94(6):689-698., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-017-9734-4 [details] Available for editors
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new combination reference Benz, G.W. & G.A. Boxshall. (2017). Redescription of Tripaphylus musteli (van Beneden, 1851) (Copepoda: Sphyriidae) and the relegation of Paeon Wilson, 1919 to synonymy with Tripaphylus richiardi in Anonymous, 1878. Systematic Parasitology, 94(6):689-698., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-017-9734-4 [details] Available for editors
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Delamare Deboutteville, C. & L.P. Nunes-Ruivo. (1954). Parasites de poissons de mer ouest-Africains récoltés par M.J. Cadenat. II. Copépodes (Ier note). Genres Lernanthropus, Sagum, Paeon, Pennella. [Parasites of West African sea fishes collected by M.J. Chain. II. Copepods (First note). Genres Lernanthropus, Sagum, Paeon, Pennella.]. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire, Série A, Sciences Naturelles.</em> (A)16(1):139-166, figs. 1-16. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Najarian, H.H. (1949). Parasitic copepods of the family Sphyridae with special reference to the internal anatomy of the redfish parasite, Sphyrion Lumpi (Krøyer) 1837 Bassett-Smith, 1899. <em>M.A. Thesis, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.</em> viii + 76 pp., available online at https://hdl.handle.net/2144/17374 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Najarian, H.H. (1949). Parasitic copepods of the family Sphyridae with special reference to the internal anatomy of the redfish parasite, Sphyrion Lumpi (Krøyer) 1837 Bassett-Smith, 1899. <em>M.A. Thesis, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.</em> viii + 76 pp., available online at https://hdl.handle.net/2144/17374 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
