WoRMS taxon details
Amaterasia lewisi Tang, Benz & Nagasawa, 2012
714169 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:714169)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Tang, D., G.W. Benz & K. Nagasawa. (2012). Description of the male of Prosaetes rhinodontis (Wright, 1876) (Crustacea, Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida), with a proposal to synonymize Cecropidae Dana, 1849 and Amaterasidae Izawa, 2008 with Pandaridae Milne Edwards. <em>Zoosymposia.</em> 8:7-19., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zoosymposia.8.1.4 [details] Available for editors 
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Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Amaterasia lewisi Tang, Benz & Nagasawa, 2012. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714169 on 2026-04-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Tang, D., G.W. Benz & K. Nagasawa. (2012). Description of the male of Prosaetes rhinodontis (Wright, 1876) (Crustacea, Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida), with a proposal to synonymize Cecropidae Dana, 1849 and Amaterasidae Izawa, 2008 with Pandaridae Milne Edwards. <em>Zoosymposia.</em> 8:7-19., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zoosymposia.8.1.4 [details] Available for editors [request]
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additional source
Lewis, A.G. (1964). Caligoid copepods (Crustacea) of the Hawaiian islands: parasitic on fishes of the family Acanthuridae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 11(3482):137-244, figs. 1-23. (28-ii-1964), available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.115-3482.137
note: Lewis originally described this species as "Nessipus costatus?" but it was later erected as a distinct species, Amaterasia lewisi, by Tang, Benz, and Nagasawa (2012) although they did not provide any ...
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note: Lewis originally described this species as "Nessipus costatus?" but it was later erected as a distinct species, Amaterasia lewisi, by Tang, Benz, and Nagasawa (2012) although they did not provide any ...
Lewis originally described this species as "Nessipus costatus?" but it was later erected as a distinct species, Amaterasia lewisi, by Tang, Benz, and Nagasawa (2012) although they did not provide any redescription
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Tang Benz & Nagasawa 2012 
Note: review of the family Pandaridae
Note: review of the family Pandaridae 