Traits name details
Cardiodectes medusaeus (Wilson C.B., 1908)
349964 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:349964)
unaccepted
Species
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). [details] 
(of ) 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). [details]
(of ) 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). [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2021). World of Copepods database. Cardiodectes medusaeus (Wilson C.B., 1908). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2021) Marine Species Traits at: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=349964 on 2025-05-14
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Cardiodectes medusaeus (Wilson C.B., 1908). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=349964 on 2025-05-14
original description
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). [details]
original description (of ) 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). [details]
context source (Deepsea) Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
additional source Barnard, K.H. (1955). South African parasitic Copepoda. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 41(5):223-312, figs. 1-33. (ii-1955). [details] Available for editors
additional source Perkins, P.S. (1983). The life history of Cardiodectes medusaeus (Wilson), a copepod parasite of lanternfishes (Myctophidae). Journal of Crustacean Biology 3(1):70-87. (22-ii-1983). [details] Available for editors
additional source Shiino, S.M. (1958). Über eine neue Art der schmarotzenden Copepodengattung Dysgamus, aus der Bucht von Sagami. [On a new species of the parasitic copepod genus Dysgamus, from Sagami Bay.]. <em>Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses.</em> 31(3):161-166, figs. 1-2. (ix-1958). [details] Available for editors
additional source Shiino, S.M. (1958). Über drei Arten von der parasitischen Copepodengattung Cardiodectes aus Japan.[On three species of the parasitic copepod genus Cardiodectes from Japan.]. <em>Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Scientific Fisheries (= Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi).</em> 24(6-7):394-397, figs. 1-6. (xi-1958). [details] Available for editors
additional source Shiino, S.M. (1958). Copepods parasitic on Japanese fishes. 17. Lerneidae. Reports of the Faculty of Fisheries, Prefectural University of Mie 3(1):75-100, figs. 1-13, pls. 4-5. (x-1958) [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Hogans, W.E. (2017). Cardiodectes medusaeus (Copepoda: Pennellidae) a synonym of Cardiodectes bellottii, a parasite of mid-water fishes in the North Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Proceedings Of The Biological Society Of Washington, 130(1):250-255., available online at https://doi.org/10.2988/17-00019 [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Moser, M. & S. Taylor. (1978). Effects of the copepod Cardiodectes medusaeus on the laternfish Stenobrachius leucopsarus with notes on hypercastration by the hydroid Hydrichthys sp. <em>Canadian Journal of Zoology.</em> 56(11): 2372-2376., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z78-321 [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Wilson, C.B. (1917). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the Lernaeidae with a revision of the entire family. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 53(2194):1-150, pls. 1-21. (13-vi-1917). [details]
original description (of ) 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). [details]
context source (Deepsea) Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
additional source Barnard, K.H. (1955). South African parasitic Copepoda. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 41(5):223-312, figs. 1-33. (ii-1955). [details] Available for editors
additional source Perkins, P.S. (1983). The life history of Cardiodectes medusaeus (Wilson), a copepod parasite of lanternfishes (Myctophidae). Journal of Crustacean Biology 3(1):70-87. (22-ii-1983). [details] Available for editors
additional source Shiino, S.M. (1958). Über eine neue Art der schmarotzenden Copepodengattung Dysgamus, aus der Bucht von Sagami. [On a new species of the parasitic copepod genus Dysgamus, from Sagami Bay.]. <em>Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses.</em> 31(3):161-166, figs. 1-2. (ix-1958). [details] Available for editors
additional source Shiino, S.M. (1958). Über drei Arten von der parasitischen Copepodengattung Cardiodectes aus Japan.[On three species of the parasitic copepod genus Cardiodectes from Japan.]. <em>Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Scientific Fisheries (= Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi).</em> 24(6-7):394-397, figs. 1-6. (xi-1958). [details] Available for editors
additional source Shiino, S.M. (1958). Copepods parasitic on Japanese fishes. 17. Lerneidae. Reports of the Faculty of Fisheries, Prefectural University of Mie 3(1):75-100, figs. 1-13, pls. 4-5. (x-1958) [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Hogans, W.E. (2017). Cardiodectes medusaeus (Copepoda: Pennellidae) a synonym of Cardiodectes bellottii, a parasite of mid-water fishes in the North Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Proceedings Of The Biological Society Of Washington, 130(1):250-255., available online at https://doi.org/10.2988/17-00019 [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Moser, M. & S. Taylor. (1978). Effects of the copepod Cardiodectes medusaeus on the laternfish Stenobrachius leucopsarus with notes on hypercastration by the hydroid Hydrichthys sp. <em>Canadian Journal of Zoology.</em> 56(11): 2372-2376., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z78-321 [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Wilson, C.B. (1917). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the Lernaeidae with a revision of the entire family. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 53(2194):1-150, pls. 1-21. (13-vi-1917). [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
