Copepoda taxon details

Mappates plataxus Rangnekar, 1958

353238  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:353238)

accepted
Species
Eirgos plataxus (Rangnekar, 1958) · unaccepted (synonym, according to Dojiri & Ho...)  
synonym, according to Dojiri & Ho (2013)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Rangnekar, M.P. (1958). Mappates plataxus gen. et sp. nov., a copepod parasitic on the fish Platax teira (Forsk.). Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta 53:303-308, figs. 1-2. (20-ii-1958) [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 
Distribution India, Sri Lanka, Taiwan  
Distribution India, Sri Lanka, Taiwan [details]

Taxonomic remark Kirtisinghe 1964 says this is a synonym of Eirgos plateaus  
Taxonomic remark Kirtisinghe 1964 says this is a synonym of Eirgos plateaus [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2021). World of Copepods Database. Mappates plataxus Rangnekar, 1958. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=353238 on 2024-04-19
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original description Rangnekar, M.P. (1958). Mappates plataxus gen. et sp. nov., a copepod parasitic on the fish Platax teira (Forsk.). Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta 53:303-308, figs. 1-2. (20-ii-1958) [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

basis of record Walter, T. Chad. The World of Copepods. International online database. , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda [details]   

additional source Ho, J.S. & C.L. Lin. (2004). Sea lice of Taiwan (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae). <em>The Sueichan Press, Keelung, Taiwan.</em> 388 pp. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Kirtisinghe, P. (1964). A review of the parasitic copepods of fish recorded from Ceylon, with descriptions of additional forms. Bulletin of the Fisheries Research Station, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 17(1):45-132, figs. 1-191. (vi-1964) [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Ramakrishnan, P. (1980). Revision of the Caligidae (Copepoda) with special reference to the Indian fauna. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Kerala 400pp. + 15 plates. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Pillai, N.K. (1967). Copepods parasitic on Indian marine fishes. A review. In: Proceedings of the Symposium on Crustacea. Symposium Series, Marine Biological Association of India (2)5:1556-1680, figs. 1-266. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Pillai, N.K. (1977). Copepods parasitic on Platax riera in Indian waters. Aquatic Biology 2:53-60. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Pillai, N.K. (1985). Copepod Parasites of Marine Fishes. <em>In: The Fauna of India. Zoological Society of India, Calcutta.</em> 900pp., figs. 1-279. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

redescription Dojiri, M. & J.S.Ho. (2013). Systematics of the Caligidae, copepods parasitic on marine fishes. Crustaceana Monographs 18()i-xii, 1-448. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

redescription Boxshall, G.A. (2018). The sea lice (Copepoda: Caligidae) of Moreton Bay (Queensland, Australia), with descriptions of thirteen new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4398(1): 1-172., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4398.1.1 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

redescription Hameed, M.S. & N.K. Pillai. (1973). Redescription of Mappates plataxus Rangnekar (Copepoda: Caligidae). Hydrobiologia 42(4):403-411, figs. 1-18. (28-ix-1973) [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
From editor or global species database
Distribution India, Sri Lanka, Taiwan [details]

Habitat gill filaments [details]

Taxonomic remark Kirtisinghe 1964 says this is a synonym of Eirgos plateaus [details]