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WoRMS name details

Alebion difficile (Beneden, 1892)

1296021  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1296021)

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Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Caligera difficilis Beneden, 1892) Beneden, P.J. Van. (1892). Quelques nouveaux Caligidés de la côte d'Afrique et de l'archipel des Açores. [Some new Caligidae from the coast of Africa and the Azores archipelago.]. <em>Bulletin de l'Académie Royale de Belgique.</em> (3)24:241-262, pls. 1-4. [details] OpenAccess publication
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Alebion difficile (Beneden, 1892). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1296021 on 2025-05-24
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2018-09-04 15:37:01Z
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2019-07-05 18:51:56Z
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2023-12-09 18:07:34Z
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Nomenclature

original description (of Caligera difficilis Beneden, 1892) Beneden, P.J. Van. (1892). Quelques nouveaux Caligidés de la côte d'Afrique et de l'archipel des Açores. [Some new Caligidae from the coast of Africa and the Azores archipelago.]. <em>Bulletin de l'Académie Royale de Belgique.</em> (3)24:241-262, pls. 1-4. [details] OpenAccess publication

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Cressey, R.F. (1972). Revision of the genus Alebion (Copepoda: Caligoida). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 123:1-29, figs. 1-132. (24-v-1972). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

redescription Dippenaar, S.M. (2018). Resurrection of Alebion difficile (van Beneden, 1892) ( Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae) with notes on other species of Alebion Kroyer, 1863 collected from elasmobranchs off South Africa and an updated key of the adult fema, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-018-9811-3 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Wilson, C.B. (1907). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the family Caligidae. Part 2.- The Trebinae and Euryphorinae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 31(1504):669-720, pls. 15-20. (17-i-1907). [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Bassett-Smith, P.W. (1899). A systematic description of parasitic Copepoda found on fishes, with an enumeration of the known species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1899:438-507, pl. 26. (18-iv-1899) [details] OpenAccess publication