WoRMS taxon details
Mitrapus oblongus (Pillai, 1964)
356706 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:356706)
accepted
Species
Lernanthropus oblongus Pillai, 1964 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lernanthropus oblongus Pillai, 1964) Pillai, N.K. (1964). Copepods parasitic on South Indian fishes: Family Anthosomidae -2. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 61(1):46-59, figs. 8-14. (25-viii-1964)
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Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Mitrapus oblongus (Pillai, 1964). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=356706 on 2026-02-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lernanthropus oblongus Pillai, 1964) Pillai, N.K. (1964). Copepods parasitic on South Indian fishes: Family Anthosomidae -2. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 61(1):46-59, figs. 8-14. (25-viii-1964)
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redescription
Romero, R.C. & A. Öktener. (2010). Mitrapus oblongus (Pillai, 1964) (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Lernanthropidae) female and male redescription from specimens collected on Sardinella aurita from Turkey. <em>Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologist.</em> 30(4):120-127. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]Other
context source (Introduced species)
Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Nizar, T.S., M. Raveendran, S. Chenkayi Parambil & S. Kappalli. (2021). The occurrence of parasitic copepods and isopods infesting the marine teleost fishes of Kerala coast, India. <em>Journal of Parasitic Diseases.</em> 45(1):78-88. MAR 2021., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-020-01268-8 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Mikhila Reshmi, M.V., K. Rijin, O.K. Drisya, T.A. Jose Priya & S. Kappalli. (2023). Lernanthropids (Siphonostomatoida: Copepoda) parasitizing the marine fishes of Kerala Coast (India): Species diversity, phylogeny and host-parasite interaction. <em>Regional Studies In Marine Science.</em> 68:1-18 . online Dec 2023., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2023.103238 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
[request]additional source Nizar, T.S., M. Raveendran, S. Chenkayi Parambil & S. Kappalli. (2021). The occurrence of parasitic copepods and isopods infesting the marine teleost fishes of Kerala coast, India. <em>Journal of Parasitic Diseases.</em> 45(1):78-88. MAR 2021., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-020-01268-8 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Mikhila Reshmi, M.V., K. Rijin, O.K. Drisya, T.A. Jose Priya & S. Kappalli. (2023). Lernanthropids (Siphonostomatoida: Copepoda) parasitizing the marine fishes of Kerala Coast (India): Species diversity, phylogeny and host-parasite interaction. <em>Regional Studies In Marine Science.</em> 68:1-18 . online Dec 2023., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2023.103238 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Introduced species vector dispersal in Egyptian part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals [details]
