WoRMS name details

Sciaenophilus tenuis Beneden, 1852

355494  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:355494)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Copepoda (Class)
  7. Neocopepoda (Infraclass)
  8. Podoplea (Superorder)
  9. Siphonostomatoida (Order)
  10. Caligidae (Family)
  11. Sciaenophilus (Genus)
  12. Sciaenophilus tenuis (Species)
 unaccepted (generic transfer)
Species
Sciaenophilus benedeni (Bassett-Smith, 1898) · unaccepted (Synonymized by Kabata (1979))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Beneden, P.J. van. (1852). Note sur un nouveau genre de Crustacé parasite de la famille des Peltocéphales. [Note on a new genus of parasitic Crustacean of the Caligidae family.]. <em>Bulletin de l'Académie Royale de Belgique.</em> 19(3):462-467, pl. 1. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication
Distribution British Isles; Atlantic coast of Africa; the Caribbvean,; coasts of Sri Lanka and India  
Distribution British Isles; Atlantic coast of Africa; the Caribbvean,; coasts of Sri Lanka and India [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Sciaenophilus tenuis Beneden, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=355494 on 2025-05-10
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2008-07-15 14:41:49Z
created
Walter, T. Chad
2015-09-10 13:18:14Z
changed
Boxshall, Geoff
2017-01-10 16:33:36Z
changed
Boxshall, Geoff
2019-07-05 18:51:56Z
changed
Walter, T. Chad
2019-08-04 14:43:44Z
changed
Walter, T. Chad
2020-11-13 16:04:44Z
changed
Boxshall, Geoff

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Nomenclature

original description Beneden, P.J. van. (1852). Note sur un nouveau genre de Crustacé parasite de la famille des Peltocéphales. [Note on a new genus of parasitic Crustacean of the Caligidae family.]. <em>Bulletin de l'Académie Royale de Belgique.</em> 19(3):462-467, pl. 1. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

new combination reference Gerstaecker, A. (1866). Spaltfüssler: Copepoda. [Oar-footed: Copepoda.]. <em>In: Bronn, H.G. (ed.). Klassen und Ordnungen des Tierreiches, 5 Abt.</em> 1: Crustacea, 590-806, pls. 7-15 (1879). [details] OpenAccess publication

Taxonomy

redescription Rangnekar, P.G. & N.N. Murti. (1966). Redescription of three known species of parasitic copepods. <em>Journal of the University of Bombay.</em> 35(3):19-27 ,pls. 1,2. (xi.1966). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Heegaard, P.E. (1966). Parasitic copepods from Texas. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistoriske Forening, Copenhagen 129: 187-197, figs. 1-23. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. <em>The Ray Society, London.</em> 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Ramakrishnan, P. (1980). Revision of the Caligidae (Copepoda) with special reference to the Indian fauna. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Kerala 400pp. + 15 plates. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Pillai, N.K. (1961). Copepods parasitic on South Indian Fishes. Part I, Caligidae. Bulletin of the Research Institute, University of Kerala (C)8:87-130, figs. 1-23. (xi-1961) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source 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): 394 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
From editor or global species database
Distribution British Isles; Atlantic coast of Africa; the Caribbvean,; coasts of Sri Lanka and India [details]
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) 
To PESI 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records) (from synonym Sciaenophilus benedeni (Bassett-Smith, 1898))
To ITIS