WoRMS taxon details
Lernanthropus de Blainville, 1822
135615 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135615)
accepted
Genus
Lernanthropus musca Blainville, 1822 (type by original designation)
Epachthes von Nordmann, 1832 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sanya Song & Chen, 1976 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Lernanthropus abitocephalus Tripathi, 1962
- Species Lernanthropus alatus Pillai, 1964
- Species Lernanthropus alepicolus Boxshall, Bernot, Barton, Diggles, Yong, Atkinson-Coyle & Hutson, 2020
- Species Lernanthropus amplitergum Pearse, 1951
- Species Lernanthropus antofagastiensis Castro-Romero & Baeza-Kuroki, 1985
- Species Lernanthropus atrox Heller, 1865
- Species Lernanthropus barnardi Capart, 1959
- Species Lernanthropus belones Krøyer, 1863
- Species Lernanthropus bifidus Pearse, 1951
- Species Lernanthropus brevicephalus Rangnekar, 1957
- Species Lernanthropus brevicornutus Kabata, 1979
- Species Lernanthropus breviculus Kabata, 1979
- Species Lernanthropus brevis Richiardi, 1879
- Species Lernanthropus brevoortiae Rathbun, 1887
- Species Lernanthropus cadenati Delamare Deboutteville & Nunes-Ruvio, 1954
- Species Lernanthropus callionymicola El-Rashidy & Boxshall, 2012
- Species Lernanthropus capistroides Olivier & van Niekerk, 1995
- Species Lernanthropus caudatus Wilson C.B., 1922
- Species Lernanthropus chacchi Suárez-Morales, Reyes-Lizama & González-Solís, 2010
- Species Lernanthropus chirocentrosus Tripathi, 1962
- Species Lernanthropus chrysophrys Shishido, 1898
- Species Lernanthropus corniger Yamaguti, 1954
- Species Lernanthropus corteziensis Deets & Kabata, 1991
- Species Lernanthropus cruciatus Pillai, 1962
- Species Lernanthropus cynoscicola Timi & Etchegoin, 1996
- Species Lernanthropus delamari Capart, 1959
- Species Lernanthropus dussumieria Gnanamuthu, 1949
- Species Lernanthropus eddiwarneri Delamare Deboutteville & Nunes-Ruivo, 1954
- Species Lernanthropus elegans Boxshall, Bernot, Barton, Diggles, Yong, Atkinson-Coyle & Hutson, 2020
- Species Lernanthropus equulus (Song & Chen, 1976)
- Species Lernanthropus erythrocles Izawa, 2014
- Species Lernanthropus francai Nuñes-Ruivo, 1962
- Species Lernanthropus frondeus Wilson C.B., 1913
- Species Lernanthropus gazzis Song & Chen, 1976
- Species Lernanthropus giganteus Krøyer, 1863
- Species Lernanthropus gisleri Beneden, 1852
- Species Lernanthropus gnathanodontus Boxshall, Bernot, Barton, Diggles, Yong, Atkinson-Coyle & Hutson, 2020
- Species Lernanthropus grassei Delamare Deboutteville & Nunes-Ruivo, 1954
- Species Lernanthropus hiatus Pearse, 1951
- Species Lernanthropus hirsutus Pearse, 1952
- Species Lernanthropus holmbergii von Nordmann, 1864
- Species Lernanthropus huamani Luque & Farfan, 1990
- Species Lernanthropus ilishae Chin, 1948
- Species Lernanthropus incilis Ho, Liu & Lin, 2011
- Species Lernanthropus indefinitus Koyuncu, Castro Romero & Karaytuğ, 2012
- Species Lernanthropus indicus Pillai, 1967 (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym)
- Species Lernanthropus koenigii Steenstrup & Lütken, 1861
- Species Lernanthropus kroyeri Beneden, 1851
- Species Lernanthropus larvatus Heller, 1865
- Species Lernanthropus latis Yamaguti, 1954
- Species Lernanthropus leidyi Wilson C.B., 1922
- Species Lernanthropus leiognathi Tripathi, 1962
- Species Lernanthropus longilamina Pearse, 1951
- Species Lernanthropus longipes Wilson C.B., 1932
- Species Lernanthropus manicatus Wilson C.B., 1935
- Species Lernanthropus microlamini Hewitt, 1968
- Species Lernanthropus micropterygis Richiardi, 1884
- Species Lernanthropus mitratus Shiino, 1959
- Species Lernanthropus mollis Kabata, 1979
- Species Lernanthropus monodi Delamare Deboutteville & Nunes-Ruivo, 1954
- Species Lernanthropus musca Blainville, 1822
- Species Lernanthropus nemipteri Jayasree & Pillai, 1976
- Species Lernanthropus nobilis Heller, 1865
- Species Lernanthropus nordmanni Wilson C.B., 1922
- Species Lernanthropus nunesi Capart, 1959
- Species Lernanthropus obscurus Wilson C.B., 1913
- Species Lernanthropus opisthopteri Pillai, 1964
- Species Lernanthropus otolithi Pillai, 1963
- Species Lernanthropus pacificus Oliva & Duran, 1982
- Species Lernanthropus pagelli Krøyer, 1863
- Species Lernanthropus pagodus Krøyer, 1863
- Species Lernanthropus pami Tripathi, 1962
- Species Lernanthropus paracruciatus Boxshall, Bernot, Barton, Diggles, Yong, Atkinson-Coyle & Hutson, 2020
- Species Lernanthropus paradoxus (von Nordmann, 1832)
- Species Lernanthropus paralonchuri Luque, Bruno & Covarrubia, 1989
- Species Lernanthropus pemphericola Boxshall, Bernot, Barton, Diggles, Yong, Atkinson-Coyle & Hutson, 2020
- Species Lernanthropus pillaii Kabata, 2005
- Species Lernanthropus polynemi Richiardi, 1881
- Species Lernanthropus pomadasysis Rangnekar & Murti, 1961
- Species Lernanthropus pomatomi Rathbun, 1887
- Species Lernanthropus pristipomoides Kirtisinghe, 1937
- Species Lernanthropus pupa Burmeister, 1835
- Species Lernanthropus rathbuni Wilson C.B., 1922
- Species Lernanthropus robustus Pillai, 1964
- Species Lernanthropus sarbae Kensley & Grindley, 1973
- Species Lernanthropus sciaenae Gnanamuthu, 1947
- Species Lernanthropus scribae Krøyer, 1863
- Species Lernanthropus secutoris Pillai, 1963
- Species Lernanthropus selenotoca Boxshall, Bernot, Barton, Diggles, Yong, Atkinson-Coyle & Hutson, 2020
- Species Lernanthropus senegalensis Diebakate & Raibaut, 1996
- Species Lernanthropus seriolii Shishido, 1898
- Species Lernanthropus sillaginis Pillai, 1963
- Species Lernanthropus sphyraenae Chin, 1948
- Species Lernanthropus spiculatus Wilson C.B., 1913
- Species Lernanthropus talipes Wilson C.B., 1935
- Species Lernanthropus tenuis Wilson C.B., 1922
- Species Lernanthropus theodori Brian, 1924
- Species Lernanthropus togatus Kabata, 1971
- Species Lernanthropus toguebayei Diebakate & Raibaut, 1996
- Species Lernanthropus triangularis Pillai, 1963
- Species Lernanthropus tylosuri Richiardi, in Goggio, 1906
- Species Lernanthropus villiersi Delamare Deboutteville & Nunes-Ruivo, 1954
- Species Lernanthropus wilsoni Pearse, 1952
- Species Lernanthropus wilsonis Capart, 1941
- Species Lernanthropus angulatus Krøyer, 1863 accepted as Sagum angulatum (Krøyer, 1863)
- Species Lernanthropus caesionis Yamaguti, 1954 accepted as Sagum caesionis (Yamaguti, 1954) (generic transfer)
- Species Lernanthropus carangis Hesse, 1878 accepted as Lernanthropus caranxi Hesse, 1878 accepted as Lernanthropinus caranxi (Hesse, 1878) (unjustified emendation)
- Species Lernanthropus carangis Pillai N.K., 1967 accepted as Lernanthropus indicus Pillai, 1967 (indicus is the replacement name as L. carangis was preoccupied by Hesse species)
- Species Lernanthropus caranxi Hesse, 1878 accepted as Lernanthropinus caranxi (Hesse, 1878) (generic transfer)
- Species Lernanthropus chlamydotus Wilson C.B., 1922 accepted as Lernanthropus belones Krøyer, 1863 (synonym)
- Species Lernanthropus cornutus Kirtisinghe, 1937 accepted as Lernanthropus tylosuri Richiardi, in Goggio, 1906 (synonymy)
- Species Lernanthropus decapteri Pillai, 1964 accepted as Lernanthropinus decapteri (Pillai, 1964)
- Species Lernanthropus delamarei Marques, 1960 accepted as Lernanthropus micropterygis Richiardi, 1884 (synonymy)
- Species Lernanthropus ecclesi Kensley & Grindley, 1973 accepted as Lernanthropus micropterygis Richiardi, 1884 (synonymy)
- Species Lernanthropus engraulis Tripathi, 1962 accepted as Mitrapus engraulis (Tripathi, 1962)
- Species Lernanthropus foliaceus Richiardi, 1880 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Lernanthropus foliaceus Goggio, 1906 accepted as Sagum foliaceum (Goggio, 1906) (attributed to Goggio by Hewitt (1968) as replacement for L. foliaceus of Richiardi (1880) which is a nomen nudum)
- Species Lernanthropus forficatus Redkar, Rangnekar & Murti, 1949 accepted as Lernanthropinus forficatus (Redkar, Rangnekar & Murti, 1949)
- Species Lernanthropus gibbosus Pillai, 1964 accepted as Lernanthropinus temminckii (von Nordmann, 1864) (synonym according to Venmathi Maran et al., 2014)
- Species Lernanthropus guacoldae Villalba & Fernandez, 1984 accepted as Lernanthropus pacificus Oliva & Duran, 1982 (synonym according to Luque & Farfan, 1990)
- Species Lernanthropus heteropodus Yü, 1933 accepted as Mitrapus heteropodus (Yü, 1933) (synonym)
- Species Lernanthropus kanagurta Tripathi, 1962 accepted as Lernanthropus corniger Yamaguti, 1954 (synonym)
- Species Lernanthropus kroyeri von Nordmann, 1864 accepted as Lernanthropus nordmanni Wilson C.B., 1922 (replacement name: preoccupied by L. kroyeri van Beneden, 1851)
- Species Lernanthropus lappaceus Wilson C.B., 1912 accepted as Lernanthropus polynemi Richiardi, 1881 (synonym according to Piasecki & Hayward (2002))
- Species Lernanthropus latesi Tripathi, 1962 accepted as Lernanthropus latis Yamaguti, 1954 (synonym according to Pillai, 1985)
- Species Lernanthropus lativentris Heller, 1865 accepted as Sagum lativentris (Heller, 1865) (generic transfer)
- Species Lernanthropus lichiae Goggio, 1906 accepted as Lernanthropinus trachuri (Brian, 1903) accepted as Lernanthropinus caranxi (Hesse, 1878) (synonym according to Delamare-Deboutteville & Nunes-Ruivo (1954))
- Species Lernanthropus mugilii Shishido, 1898 accepted as Lernanthropsis mugilii (Shishido, 1898)
- Species Lernanthropus mugilis Brian, 1898 accepted as Lernanthropsis mugilis (Brian, 1898) (Transferred to Lernanthropsis by Ho, Liu & Lin (2008))
- Species Lernanthropus nudus Bassett-Smith, 1898 accepted as Lernanthropsis mugilii (Shishido, 1898) (synonym)
- Species Lernanthropus oblongus Pillai, 1964 accepted as Mitrapus oblongus (Pillai, 1964) (synonym)
- Species Lernanthropus paenulatus Wilson C.B., 1922 accepted as Lernanthropus seriolii Shishido, 1898 (synonymy)
- Species Lernanthropus percis Thomson G.M., 1890 accepted as Aethon percis (Thomson G.M., 1890)
- Species Lernanthropus petersi Beneden, 1857 accepted as Sagum petersi (Beneden, 1857) (synonym)
- Species Lernanthropus priacanthi Kirtisinghe, 1956 accepted as Norion priacanthi (Kirtisinghe, 1956) accepted as Aethon priacanthi (Kirtisinghe, 1956)
- Species Lernanthropus quadratus Krøyer, 1837 accepted as Aethon quadratus Krøyer, 1837
- Species Lernanthropus rubiginosus Redkar, Rangnekar & Murti, 1949 accepted as Mitrapus rubiginosus (Redkar, Rangnekar & Murti, 1949) accepted as Mitrapus heteropodus (Yü, 1933) (synonym in El-Rashidy & Boxshall, 2010)
- Species Lernanthropus sanguineus Song, in Song & Chen, 1976 accepted as Sagum sanguineus (Song, in Song & Chen, 1967) (generic transfer)
- Species Lernanthropus shishidoi Shiino, 1955 accepted as Lernanthropsis mugilii (Shishido, 1898) (synonym)
- Species Lernanthropus sphyraenae Yamaguti & Yamasu, 1959 accepted as Lernanthropinus sphyraenae (Yamaguti & Yamasu, 1959)
- Species Lernanthropus temminckii von Nordmann, 1864 accepted as Lernanthropinus temminckii (von Nordmann, 1864)
- Species Lernanthropus tetradactylus Bassett-Smith, 1903 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Lernanthropus thompsoni Brian, 1898 accepted as Lernanthropus micropterygis Richiardi, 1884 (synonym according to Brian (1906) - in error slip: see note in Wilson, 1922 )
- Species Lernanthropus trachuri Brian, 1903 accepted as Lernanthropinus trachuri (Brian, 1903) accepted as Lernanthropinus caranxi (Hesse, 1878)
- Species Lernanthropus trifoliatus Bassett-Smith, 1898 accepted as Lernanthropus polynemi Richiardi, 1881 (synonym according to Piasecki & Hayward (2002))
- Species Lernanthropus trigonocephalus Heller, 1865 accepted as Lernanthropus scribae Krøyer, 1863 (synonym according to Brian (1906))
- Species Lernanthropus tylosuri Richiardi, 1880 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Lernanthropus vorax Richiardi, 1880 accepted as Lernanthropus brevis Richiardi, 1879 (synonym)
- Species Lernanthropus psciaenae Blainville, 1822 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Blainville, H.M.D. de. (1822). Mémoire sur les Lernées (Lernaea, Lin.). Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts, Paris 95:372-380, 437-447, pl. 1. [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Lernanthropus de Blainville, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135615 on 2025-03-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Blainville, H.M.D. de. (1822). Mémoire sur les Lernées (Lernaea, Lin.). Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts, Paris 95:372-380, 437-447, pl. 1. [details] 
original description (of Epachthes von Nordmann, 1832) von Nordmann, A. (1832). Mikrographische Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der wirbellosen Thiere. [Micrographic contributions to the natural history of invertebrates.]. Zweites Heft. Mit zehn Kupfertafeln, G. Reimer, Berlin. XVIII:1-150, plates I-X., available online at https://archive.org/details/mikrographische00nordgoog [details]
original description (of Sanya Song & Chen, 1976) Song, D.X. & G.X. Chen. 1976. Some parasitic copepods from marine fishes of China. Acta Zoologica Sinica 22(4):406-424, figs. 1-9. (1977)? (Chinese with English summary). [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Epachthes von Nordmann, 1832) von Nordmann, A. (1832). Mikrographische Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der wirbellosen Thiere. [Micrographic contributions to the natural history of invertebrates.]. Zweites Heft. Mit zehn Kupfertafeln, G. Reimer, Berlin. XVIII:1-150, plates I-X., available online at https://archive.org/details/mikrographische00nordgoog [details]
original description (of Sanya Song & Chen, 1976) Song, D.X. & G.X. Chen. 1976. Some parasitic copepods from marine fishes of China. Acta Zoologica Sinica 22(4):406-424, figs. 1-9. (1977)? (Chinese with English summary). [details] Available for editors

basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Iannacone, J., Alvarino, L. (2009). Quantitative aspects on the parasite fauna of Anisotremus scapularis (Tschudi) (Osteichthyes, Haemulidae) captured during artisanal fishery at Chorrillos, Lima, Peru. Revista Ibero-Latinoamericana de Parasitologia. 1: 56–64. [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. The Ray Society, London. 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Krøyer, H. (1863-1864). Bidrag til Kundskab om Snyltekrebsene. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. III. 2(1/2): 75-320, pls. 1-9 [1863]; 2(3): 321-426, pls. 10-18 [1864]. [details]
additional source Pillai, N.K. (1985). Copepod Parasites of Marine Fishes. In: The Fauna of India. Zoological Society of India, Calcutta. 900pp., figs. 1-279.
page(s): 524 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Wilson, C.B. (1922). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the family Dichelestiidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 60(5)(2400):1-100, pls. 1-13. (22-iii-1922). [details]
additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. The Ray Society, London. 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203. [details] Available for editors

additional source Krøyer, H. (1863-1864). Bidrag til Kundskab om Snyltekrebsene. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. III. 2(1/2): 75-320, pls. 1-9 [1863]; 2(3): 321-426, pls. 10-18 [1864]. [details]
additional source Pillai, N.K. (1985). Copepod Parasites of Marine Fishes. In: The Fauna of India. Zoological Society of India, Calcutta. 900pp., figs. 1-279.
page(s): 524 [details] Available for editors

additional source Wilson, C.B. (1922). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the family Dichelestiidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 60(5)(2400):1-100, pls. 1-13. (22-iii-1922). [details]
additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors





3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Epachthes
(from synonym Epachthes von Nordmann, 1832)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Lernanthropus
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Sanya
(from synonym Sanya Song & Chen, 1976)
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Epachthes
(from synonym Epachthes von Nordmann, 1832)
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Lernanthropus
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Sanya
(from synonym Sanya Song & Chen, 1976)
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3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Lernanthropus

3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Sanya

3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Epachthes

3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Lernanthropus

3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Sanya

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