WoRMS taxon details
Alanlewisia Boxshall, 2008
378020 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:378020)
accepted
Genus
Alanlewisia fallolunulus (Lewis, A.G., 1967) (type by original designation)
marine
Boxshall, G.A. (2008). A new genus of sea louse (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae) parasitic on the bluespine unicornfish (Naso unicornis). Folia Parasitologica 55(3):231-240., available online at https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2008.031 [details] Available for editors 
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Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Alanlewisia Boxshall, 2008. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=378020 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Boxshall, G.A. (2008). A new genus of sea louse (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae) parasitic on the bluespine unicornfish (Naso unicornis). Folia Parasitologica 55(3):231-240., available online at https://doi.org/10.14411/fp.2008.031 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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