WoRMS taxon details
Anuretes branchialis Rangnekar, 1954
348871 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:348871)
accepted
Species
Heniochophilus branchialis (Rangnekar, 1953) · unaccepted (synonym according to Dojiri & Ho (2013))
Heniochophilus japonicus Yamaguti & Yamasu, 1959 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Rangnekar, M.P. (1954). Anuretes branchialis sp. nov., a copepod parasitic on the fish Thynnus pelamys (Linn.). <em>Journal of the Zoological Society of India.</em> 5(2):239-242, fig. 1. (for 1953) publ. Aug 1954. [details] Available for editors 
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Distribution Bombay, India; Sri Lanka, Celebes; Moreton Bay, Australia; Arabian Sea; Shirahama, Japan, Taiwan
Distribution Bombay, India; Sri Lanka, Celebes; Moreton Bay, Australia; Arabian Sea; Shirahama, Japan, Taiwan [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Anuretes branchialis Rangnekar, 1954. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=348871 on 2025-05-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Rangnekar, M.P. (1954). Anuretes branchialis sp. nov., a copepod parasitic on the fish Thynnus pelamys (Linn.). <em>Journal of the Zoological Society of India.</em> 5(2):239-242, fig. 1. (for 1953) publ. Aug 1954. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Heniochophilus japonicus Yamaguti & Yamasu, 1959) Yamaguti, S. & T. Yamasu. (1959). Parasitic copepods from fishes of Japan with description of 26 new species and remarks on two known species. Biological Journal of Okayama University 5(3-4):89-165, pls. 1-14. (ix-1959) [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Pillai, N.K. (1985). Copepod Parasites of Marine Fishes. <em>In: The Fauna of India. Zoological Society of India, Calcutta.</em> 900pp., figs. 1-279.
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[request]original description (of Heniochophilus japonicus Yamaguti & Yamasu, 1959) Yamaguti, S. & T. Yamasu. (1959). Parasitic copepods from fishes of Japan with description of 26 new species and remarks on two known species. Biological Journal of Okayama University 5(3-4):89-165, pls. 1-14. (ix-1959) [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Pillai, N.K. (1985). Copepod Parasites of Marine Fishes. <em>In: The Fauna of India. Zoological Society of India, Calcutta.</em> 900pp., figs. 1-279.
page(s): 460 [details] Available for editors
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taxonomy source
Dojiri, M. & J.S.Ho. (2013). Systematics of the Caligidae, copepods parasitic on marine fishes. Crustaceana Monographs 18()i-xii, 1-448. [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Boxshall, G.A. (2018). The sea lice (Copepoda: Caligidae) of Moreton Bay (Queensland, Australia), with descriptions of thirteen new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4398(1): 1-172., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4398.1.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Dojiri, M. & J.S.Ho. (2013). Systematics of the Caligidae, copepods parasitic on marine fishes. Crustaceana Monographs 18()i-xii, 1-448. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]redescription Boxshall, G.A. (2018). The sea lice (Copepoda: Caligidae) of Moreton Bay (Queensland, Australia), with descriptions of thirteen new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4398(1): 1-172., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4398.1.1 [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Dojiri, M. & J.S.Ho. (2013). Systematics of the Caligidae, copepods parasitic on marine fishes. Crustaceana Monographs 18()i-xii, 1-448. [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Ho, J.S. & C.L. Lin. (2004). Sea lice of Taiwan (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae). <em>The Sueichan Press, Keelung, Taiwan.</em> 388 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Truong, V.T., H.T.T. Ngo, T.Q. Bui, H.W. Palm & R.A. Bray. (2022). Marine fish parasites of Vietnam: a comprehensive review and updated list of species, hosts, and zoogeographical distribution. <em>Parasite.</em> 29: 1-36., available online at https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2022033 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Venmathi Maran, B.A., E.R. Cruz-Lacierda, S. Ohtsuka & K. Nagasawa. (2016). New records of Caligidae (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida) from the Philippines. <em>In: Huys, R. (Ed.), Recent Developments in Taxonomy and Biodiversity of Symbiotic Copepoda (Crustacea) – A Volume in Celebration of the Career of Prof. Il-Hoi Kim. Zootaxa.</em> 4174:237-248. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Truong, V.T., H.T.T. Ngo, T.Q. Bui, H.W. Palm & R.A. Bray. (2022). Marine fish parasites of Vietnam: a comprehensive review and updated list of species, hosts, and zoogeographical distribution. <em>Parasite.</em> 29: 1-36., available online at https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2022033 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Venmathi Maran, B.A., E.R. Cruz-Lacierda, S. Ohtsuka & K. Nagasawa. (2016). New records of Caligidae (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida) from the Philippines. <em>In: Huys, R. (Ed.), Recent Developments in Taxonomy and Biodiversity of Symbiotic Copepoda (Crustacea) – A Volume in Celebration of the Career of Prof. Il-Hoi Kim. Zootaxa.</em> 4174:237-248. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Distribution Bombay, India; Sri Lanka, Celebes; Moreton Bay, Australia; Arabian Sea; Shirahama, Japan, Taiwan [details]Habitat gill arch and floor of oral cavity [details]
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (4 records) (from synonym Heniochophilus branchialis (Rangnekar, 1953))
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