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Acanthochondria platycephali Heegaard, 1940 
AphiaID: 348369

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Podoplea (Superorder) > Poecilostomatoida (Order) > Chondracanthidae (Family) > Acanthochondria (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Acanthochondria Oakley, 1930
Synonymised
taxa		  Acanthochondria gemina Heegaard, 1962 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Subspecies Acanthochondria platycephali gemina Heegaard, 1962

Subspecies Acanthochondria platycephali alatalongicollis Heegaard, 1940 accepted as Acanthochondria alatalongicollis Heegaard, 1940
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Feedingtypes  adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Neoplatycephalus richardsoni (Castelnau, 1872) accepted as Platycephalus richardsoni Castelnau, 1872 [details]
adult: parasitic: ectoparasitic on Platycephalus bassensis Cuvier, 1829 [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:348369
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-07-15 14:41:49Z  created  Walter, T. Chad
  
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  Citation: Walter, T. Chad (2013). Acanthochondria platycephali Heegaard, 1940. In: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2013). World of Copepods database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=348369 on 2013-05-25
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