Copepoda taxon details
Bomolochus nitidus Wilson C.B., 1911
349306 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:349306)
accepted
Species
Bomolochoides nitidus (Wilson C.B., 1911) · unaccepted (synonym)
Bomolochus chalguanus Fernández Bargiela, 1987 · unaccepted (synonym)
Bomolochus mugilis Pearse, 1952 · unaccepted (according to Vervoort (1969))
Parabomolochus nitidus (Wilson C.B., 1911) · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Wilson, C.B. (1911). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the family Ergasilidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 39(1788):263-400, pls. 41-60. (11-i-1911), available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.39-1788.263 [details] 
(of Bomolochoides nitidus (Wilson C.B., 1911)) Wilson, C.B. (1911). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the family Ergasilidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 39(1788):263-400, pls. 41-60. (11-i-1911), available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.39-1788.263 [details]
(of Bomolochoides nitidus (Wilson C.B., 1911)) Wilson, C.B. (1911). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the family Ergasilidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 39(1788):263-400, pls. 41-60. (11-i-1911), available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.39-1788.263 [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Bomolochus nitidus Wilson C.B., 1911. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=349306 on 2026-03-13
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Wilson, C.B. (1911). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the family Ergasilidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 39(1788):263-400, pls. 41-60. (11-i-1911), available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.39-1788.263 [details]
original description (of Bomolochus mugilis Pearse, 1952) Pearse, A.S. (1952). Parasitic crustaceans from Alligator Harbor, Florida. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences.</em> 15(4):187-243, figs. 1-143. Dec 1952. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Bomolochus chalguanus Fernández Bargiela, 1987) Fernández Bargiela, J. (1987). Los parasitos de la lisa Mugil cephalus L., en Chile: sistematica y aspectos poblacionales (Perciformes: Mugilidae). [The parasites of the 'Lisa' Mugil cephalic L. in Chile: Systematic and populations features (Perciformes: Mugilidae).]. <em>Gayana Zoologist.</em> 51(1-4): 3–58. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Bomolochoides nitidus (Wilson C.B., 1911)) Wilson, C.B. (1911). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the family Ergasilidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 39(1788):263-400, pls. 41-60. (11-i-1911), available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.39-1788.263 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. [Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru.]. <em>Neotropical Helminthology.</em> 10(2):301-375., available online at https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh2016102751 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Iannacone, J. & L. Alvarino. (2009). Metazoos parásitos de Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758 (Mugilidae: Perciformes) procedentes del terminal pesquero de Chorrillos, Lima, Peru. [Metazoan parasites of Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758 (Mugilidae: Perciformes), acquired from Chorrillos fishmarket, Lima, Peru. ]. <em>Neotropical Helminthology.</em> 3(1):15-28. (Spanish). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Nizar, T.S., M. Raveendran, S. Chenkayi Parambil & S. Kappalli. (2021). The occurrence of parasitic copepods and isopods infesting the marine teleost fishes of Kerala coast, India. <em>Journal of Parasitic Diseases.</em> 45(1):78-88. MAR 2021., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-020-01268-8 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Swaraj, P., M.V.N. Reshmi, K. Rijin, O.K. Drisya, T.A.J. Priya & S. Kappalli. (2025). Bomolochidae Claus, 1875 (Cyclopoida: Copepoda) Parasitizing the Marine Fishes of Kerala Coast (India): Host-Parasite Interaction and Species Diversity. <em>Acta Parasitologica.</em> 70(3):1-23. Jun 2025., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11686-025-01052-9 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Bomolochus mugilis Pearse, 1952) Pearse, A.S. (1952). Parasitic crustaceans from Alligator Harbor, Florida. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences.</em> 15(4):187-243, figs. 1-143. Dec 1952. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Bomolochus chalguanus Fernández Bargiela, 1987) Fernández Bargiela, J. (1987). Los parasitos de la lisa Mugil cephalus L., en Chile: sistematica y aspectos poblacionales (Perciformes: Mugilidae). [The parasites of the 'Lisa' Mugil cephalic L. in Chile: Systematic and populations features (Perciformes: Mugilidae).]. <em>Gayana Zoologist.</em> 51(1-4): 3–58. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Bomolochoides nitidus (Wilson C.B., 1911)) Wilson, C.B. (1911). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the family Ergasilidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 39(1788):263-400, pls. 41-60. (11-i-1911), available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.39-1788.263 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. [Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru.]. <em>Neotropical Helminthology.</em> 10(2):301-375., available online at https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh2016102751 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Iannacone, J. & L. Alvarino. (2009). Metazoos parásitos de Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758 (Mugilidae: Perciformes) procedentes del terminal pesquero de Chorrillos, Lima, Peru. [Metazoan parasites of Mugil cephalus Linnaeus, 1758 (Mugilidae: Perciformes), acquired from Chorrillos fishmarket, Lima, Peru. ]. <em>Neotropical Helminthology.</em> 3(1):15-28. (Spanish). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Nizar, T.S., M. Raveendran, S. Chenkayi Parambil & S. Kappalli. (2021). The occurrence of parasitic copepods and isopods infesting the marine teleost fishes of Kerala coast, India. <em>Journal of Parasitic Diseases.</em> 45(1):78-88. MAR 2021., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-020-01268-8 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Swaraj, P., M.V.N. Reshmi, K. Rijin, O.K. Drisya, T.A.J. Priya & S. Kappalli. (2025). Bomolochidae Claus, 1875 (Cyclopoida: Copepoda) Parasitizing the Marine Fishes of Kerala Coast (India): Host-Parasite Interaction and Species Diversity. <em>Acta Parasitologica.</em> 70(3):1-23. Jun 2025., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11686-025-01052-9 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Transfer authority Cressey, 1981 [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Bomolochus mugilis Pearse, 1952)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Bomolochus chalguanus Fernández Bargiela, 1987)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (8 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 93728) (from synonym Bomolochus mugilis Pearse, 1952)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Bomolochus chalguanus Fernández Bargiela, 1987)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (8 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 93728) (from synonym Bomolochus mugilis Pearse, 1952)
To ITIS