Copepoda taxon details
Lepeophtheirus monacanthus Heller, 1865
358955 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:358955)
accepted
Species
Lepeophtheirus unispinosus Pearse, 1952 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Heller, C. (1865). Crustaceen. [Crustacea]. <em>Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erdre, in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair, Zoologischer Theil, Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Wien, Band.</em> 2 (Abtheilung 3): 1–280, pls. 1–25., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13188320 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2021). World of Copepods database. Lepeophtheirus monacanthus Heller, 1865. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=358955 on 2026-03-01
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Heller, C. (1865). Crustaceen. [Crustacea]. <em>Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erdre, in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair, Zoologischer Theil, Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Wien, Band.</em> 2 (Abtheilung 3): 1–280, pls. 1–25., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13188320 [details]
original description (of Lepeophtheirus unispinosus 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 Tavares, L.E.R. & J.L. Luque. (2004). Community ecology of the metazoan parasites of white sea catfish, Netuma barba (Osteichthyes: Ariidae), from the coastal zone of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Ecologia da comunidade de metazoarios parasitos de Netuma barba do litoral do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. <em>Brazilian Journal of Biology.</em> 64(1):169-176., available online at https://doi.org/10.1590/s1519-69842004000100019 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Wilson, C.B. (1908). North American parasitic copepods: new genera and species of Caliginae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 33(1580):593-627, pls. 49-56. (28-ii-1908)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.33-1580.593 [details]
redescription Luque, J.L. & A.D. Cezar. (2000). Redescriptions of two species of Lepeophtheirus (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida, Caligidae) parasitic in teleost marine fishes from the coastal zone of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, Curitiba 17(4):1079-1088. (dated xii.2000; distributed 31.xii.2000), available online at https://doi.org/10.1590/s0101-81752000000400015 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Lepeophtheirus unispinosus 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 Tavares, L.E.R. & J.L. Luque. (2004). Community ecology of the metazoan parasites of white sea catfish, Netuma barba (Osteichthyes: Ariidae), from the coastal zone of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Ecologia da comunidade de metazoarios parasitos de Netuma barba do litoral do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. <em>Brazilian Journal of Biology.</em> 64(1):169-176., available online at https://doi.org/10.1590/s1519-69842004000100019 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Wilson, C.B. (1908). North American parasitic copepods: new genera and species of Caliginae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 33(1580):593-627, pls. 49-56. (28-ii-1908)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.33-1580.593 [details]
redescription Luque, J.L. & A.D. Cezar. (2000). Redescriptions of two species of Lepeophtheirus (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida, Caligidae) parasitic in teleost marine fishes from the coastal zone of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, Curitiba 17(4):1079-1088. (dated xii.2000; distributed 31.xii.2000), available online at https://doi.org/10.1590/s0101-81752000000400015 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lepeophtheirus unispinosus Pearse, 1952)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (7 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 93708) (from synonym Lepeophtheirus unispinosus Pearse, 1952)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (7 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 93708) (from synonym Lepeophtheirus unispinosus Pearse, 1952)
To ITIS