Copepoda taxon details
Pseudochondracanthus diceraus Wilson C.B., 1908
355091 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:355091)
accepted
Species
Pseudochondracanthus elongatus Pearse, 1952 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Wilson, C.B. (1908). North American parasitic copepods: a list of those found upon the fishes of the Pacific coast, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 35(1652):431-481, pls. 66-83. (10-xii-1908)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.35-1652.431 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2021). World of Copepods database. Pseudochondracanthus diceraus Wilson C.B., 1908. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=355091 on 2026-02-16
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Wilson, C.B. (1908). North American parasitic copepods: a list of those found upon the fishes of the Pacific coast, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 35(1652):431-481, pls. 66-83. (10-xii-1908)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.35-1652.431 [details]
original description (of Pseudochondracanthus elongatus 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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additional source Ho, J.S. (1970). Revision of the genera of the Chondracanthidae, a copepod family parasitic on marine fishes. Beaufortia 17(229):105-218, figs. 1-296. (28-iv-1970) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ostergaard, P. (2003). Catalogue of genera and species of the family Chondracanthidae Milne Edwards, 1840 (Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida) with notes on morphology. Systematic Parasitology 55(2): 135-150, available online at https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1024054902853 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Morales-Serna, F.N., S. Gomez & G. Perez-Ponce de Leon. (2012). Parasitic copepods reported from Mexico. Zootaxa 3234:43-68. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.158.i [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fajer-Ávila, E.J., L. Guzman-Beltran, W.C. Zárate-Rodrígues, O.B. del Río-Zaragoza & P. Almazan-Rueda. (2011). Pathology caused by adult Pseudochondracanthus diceraus (Copepoda: Chondracanthidae), a parasite of bullseye puffer fish Sphoeroides annulatus. <em>Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia.</em> 46(3):293-302., available online at https://doi.org/10.4067/s0718-19572011000300001 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source May-Tec, A.L., C. Baños-Ojeda & E.F. Mendoza-Franco. (2022). Parasitic crustaceans (Branchiura and Copepoda) parasitizing the gills of puffer fish species (Tetraodontidae) from the coast of Campeche, Gulf of Mexico. <em>Zookeys.</em> 1089:73-92. Mar 2022., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1089.79999 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Pseudochondracanthus elongatus 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]additional source Ho, J.S. (1970). Revision of the genera of the Chondracanthidae, a copepod family parasitic on marine fishes. Beaufortia 17(229):105-218, figs. 1-296. (28-iv-1970) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ostergaard, P. (2003). Catalogue of genera and species of the family Chondracanthidae Milne Edwards, 1840 (Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida) with notes on morphology. Systematic Parasitology 55(2): 135-150, available online at https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1024054902853 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Morales-Serna, F.N., S. Gomez & G. Perez-Ponce de Leon. (2012). Parasitic copepods reported from Mexico. Zootaxa 3234:43-68. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.158.i [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Fajer-Ávila, E.J., L. Guzman-Beltran, W.C. Zárate-Rodrígues, O.B. del Río-Zaragoza & P. Almazan-Rueda. (2011). Pathology caused by adult Pseudochondracanthus diceraus (Copepoda: Chondracanthidae), a parasite of bullseye puffer fish Sphoeroides annulatus. <em>Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia.</em> 46(3):293-302., available online at https://doi.org/10.4067/s0718-19572011000300001 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source May-Tec, A.L., C. Baños-Ojeda & E.F. Mendoza-Franco. (2022). Parasitic crustaceans (Branchiura and Copepoda) parasitizing the gills of puffer fish species (Tetraodontidae) from the coast of Campeche, Gulf of Mexico. <em>Zookeys.</em> 1089:73-92. Mar 2022., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1089.79999 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Pseudochondracanthus elongatus Pearse, 1952)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (23 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 93699) (from synonym Pseudochondracanthus elongatus Pearse, 1952)
To ITIS
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Pseudochondracanthus elongatus Pearse, 1952)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (23 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 93699) (from synonym Pseudochondracanthus elongatus Pearse, 1952)
To ITIS