WoRMS taxon details
Tanypleurus alcicornis Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861
360309 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:360309)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Steenstrup, J.J.S. & C.F. Lütken. (1861). Bidrag til kundskab om det aabne havs snyltekrebs og lernæer samt om nogle andre nye eller hidtil kun ufuldstændigt kjendte parasitiske Copepoder. [Contribution to knowledge about the open sea parasitic crabs and mud crabs and about some other new or hitherto only incompletely known parasitic Copepods.]. <em>Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturhistorisk og Mathematisk Afdeling, Kjöbenhavn.</em> (5)5: 343-432, pls. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39308528 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Tanypleurus alcicornis Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=360309 on 2026-08-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Steenstrup, J.J.S. & C.F. Lütken. (1861). Bidrag til kundskab om det aabne havs snyltekrebs og lernæer samt om nogle andre nye eller hidtil kun ufuldstændigt kjendte parasitiske Copepoder. [Contribution to knowledge about the open sea parasitic crabs and mud crabs and about some other new or hitherto only incompletely known parasitic Copepods.]. <em>Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturhistorisk og Mathematisk Afdeling, Kjöbenhavn.</em> (5)5: 343-432, pls. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39308528 [details]
Other
additional source
Khan, R.A. & T.K. Pitt. (1974). An infestation of the marine fish Lycodes lavalaei by the parasitic copepod Tanypleurus alcicornis. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 31(4):470-471, figs. 1-3. (29-iii-1974), available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/f74-079 [details] Available for editors 
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