WoRMS taxon details
Lernaeocera Blainville, 1822
135645 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135645)
accepted
Genus
Lernaeocera branchialis (Linnaeus, 1767) (type by original designation)
Saucissona Leigh-Sharpe, 1935 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Lernaeocera abyssicola (Brady, 1883)
- Species Lernaeocera branchialis (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Species Lernaeocera esocina (Hermann, 1783)
- Species Lernaeocera lusci (Bassett-Smith, 1896)
- Species Lernaeocera minuta (Scott T., 1900)
- Species Lernaeocera sauciatonis (Leigh-Sharpe, 1935)
- Species Lernaeocera brevicollis Schuurmans Stekhoven J.H. Jr, 1935 accepted as Lernaeocera lusci (Bassett-Smith, 1896) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Lernaeocera caparti Machado-Cruz, 1959 accepted as Lernaeocera branchialis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Lernaeocera centropristi Pearse, 1947 accepted as Lernaeenicus centropristi (Pearse, 1947)
- Species Lernaeocera cyclopterina Blainville, 1822 accepted as Haemobaphes cyclopterina (Müller O.F., 1776) (synonymy)
- Species Lernaeocera galei (Krøyer, 1837) accepted as Lernaeopoda galei Krøyer, 1837 (unaccepted > superseded combination, incorrect genus in Muller (2004), probably typographical error)
- Species Lernaeocera godfroyi (Quidor, 1913) accepted as Trifur godfroyi (Quidor, 1913)
- Species Lernaeocera lotellae (Thomson G.M., 1890) accepted as Trifur tortuosus Wilson C.B., 1917 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Lernaeocera lumpi (Scott T., 1901) accepted as Lernaeocera branchialis (Linnaeus, 1767) (synonym)
- Species Lernaeocera megacephala Scott A., 1929 accepted as Lernaeocera branchialis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Lernaeocera mulli Leigh-Sharpe, 1935 accepted as Lernaeocera lusci (Bassett-Smith, 1896) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Lernaeocera obtusa Kabata, 1957 accepted as Lernaeocera branchialis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Lernaeocera phycidis Leigh-Sharpe, 1933 accepted as Lernaeocera lusci (Bassett-Smith, 1896) (synonymy)
- Species Lernaeocera radiata Lesueur, 1824 accepted as Lernaeenicus radiatus Lesueur, 1824 (synonym according to Wilson (1917) )
- Species Lernaeocera rigida (Krøyer, 1863) accepted as Trifur tortuosus Wilson C.B., 1917 (Member of Trifur and possible synonym)
- Species Lernaeocera surriraiis Blainville, 1822 accepted as Lernaeenicus sprattae (Sowerby, 1806) (synonymy)
- Species Lernaeocera wilsoni Schuurmans Stekhoven J.H. Jr, 1936 accepted as Lernaeocera branchialis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
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.
page(s): 375-376 [details]
page(s): 375-376 [details]
Taxonomy In Müller (2004) it is included in the Family Lernaeidae
Taxonomy In Müller (2004) it is included in the Family Lernaeidae [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Lernaeocera Blainville, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135645 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.
page(s): 375-376 [details]
original description (of Saucissona Leigh-Sharpe, 1935) Leigh-Sharpe, W.H. (1935). Some new and rare Lernaeidae (Copepoda) from Plymouth. <em>Parasitology, Cambridge.</em> 27:107-110, figs. 1-2. (11-iii-1935). [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 375-376 [details]
original description (of Saucissona Leigh-Sharpe, 1935) Leigh-Sharpe, W.H. (1935). Some new and rare Lernaeidae (Copepoda) from Plymouth. <em>Parasitology, Cambridge.</em> 27:107-110, figs. 1-2. (11-iii-1935). [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France.</em> 463 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Hamon, M. (1952). Un nouveau Lernaeidae, parasite larvaire du poisson Serranus cabrilla L. [A new Lernaeidae, larval parasite of the fish Serranus cabrilla L.]. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Série Zoologie et Biologie Animale, Paris.</em> (11)14:207-218, figs. 1-8. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Illg, P.L. (1955). Proposed designation, under the plenary powers, for the generic name 'Lernaeocera' (emend. of 'Lerneocera') Blainville, 1822 (Class Crustacea, Order Copepoda) of a type species in harmony with current nomenclatural usage. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 11(8):252-255. (vii-1955) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kabata, Z. (1965). Lernaeocera (Copepoda) parasitic on ling (Molva elongata Otto). Crustaceana, Leiden 9(1):104-105. (15-vii-1965) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. <em>The Ray Society, London.</em> 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Hamon, M. (1952). Un nouveau Lernaeidae, parasite larvaire du poisson Serranus cabrilla L. [A new Lernaeidae, larval parasite of the fish Serranus cabrilla L.]. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Série Zoologie et Biologie Animale, Paris.</em> (11)14:207-218, figs. 1-8. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Illg, P.L. (1955). Proposed designation, under the plenary powers, for the generic name 'Lernaeocera' (emend. of 'Lerneocera') Blainville, 1822 (Class Crustacea, Order Copepoda) of a type species in harmony with current nomenclatural usage. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 11(8):252-255. (vii-1955) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kabata, Z. (1965). Lernaeocera (Copepoda) parasitic on ling (Molva elongata Otto). Crustaceana, Leiden 9(1):104-105. (15-vii-1965) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. <em>The Ray Society, London.</em> 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203. [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Taxonomy In Müller (2004) it is included in the Family Lernaeidae [details]
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Lernaeocera 
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Saucissona (from synonym Saucissona Leigh-Sharpe, 1935)
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Lernaeocera
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Saucissona (from synonym Saucissona Leigh-Sharpe, 1935)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lernaeocera)
To Genbank
To ITIS
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Saucissona
(from synonym Saucissona Leigh-Sharpe, 1935)3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Lernaeocera
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Saucissona
(from synonym Saucissona Leigh-Sharpe, 1935)To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lernaeocera)
To Genbank
To ITIS
