WoRMS taxon details
Clavella adunca (Strøm, 1762)
135842 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135842)
accepted
Species
Anchorella adunca (Strøm, 1762) · unaccepted (synonym)
Anchorella agilis Krøyer, 1863 · unaccepted (synonym)
Anchorella quadrata Bassett-Smith, 1896 · unaccepted (synonym)
Anchorella uncinata (Müller O.F., 1776) · unaccepted (synonym)
Clavella agilis (Krøyer, 1863) · unaccepted (synonymy)
Clavella brevicollis (Milne Edwards, 1840) · unaccepted (synonymy)
Clavella deliciosa Leigh-Sharpe, 1933 · unaccepted (synonymy)
Clavella devastatrix Leigh-Sharpe, 1925 · unaccepted (synonymy)
Clavella dubia Scott T. & Scott A., 1913 · unaccepted (synonymy)
Clavella iadda Leigh-Sharpe, 1920 · unaccepted (synonymy)
Clavella invicta Leigh-Sharpe, 1925 · unaccepted (synonymy)
Clavella quadrata (Bassett-Smith, 1896) · unaccepted (synonym)
Clavella sciatherica Leigh-Sharpe, 1918 · unaccepted (synonym)
Clavella typica Leigh-Sharpe, 1933 · unaccepted (synonymy)
Lernaea adunca Strøm, 1762 · unaccepted (synonymy)
Lernaea pinnarum Fabricius, 1779 · unaccepted (synonym according to Wilson, 1917...)
synonym according to Wilson, 1917 see Damkaer, 2002
Lernaea uncinata Müller O.F., 1776 · unaccepted (synonymy)
Lernaea unicinata Müller O.F., 1776 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Strøm, H. (1762). Physisk og oeconomisk Beskrivelse over Fogderiet Sondmor, beligende i Bergens Stift i Norge. [Psychological and economic description of the Sundmor Ward, located in the Diocese of Bergen in Norway.]. <em>Forste part, Soroe.</em> 1-570, tabs. 1-4, map 1. [details] 
(of Lernaea adunca Strøm, 1762) Strøm, H. (1762). Physisk og oeconomisk Beskrivelse over Fogderiet Sondmor, beligende i Bergens Stift i Norge. [Psychological and economic description of the Sundmor Ward, located in the Diocese of Bergen in Norway.]. <em>Forste part, Soroe.</em> 1-570, tabs. 1-4, map 1. [details]
(of Lernaea adunca Strøm, 1762) Strøm, H. (1762). Physisk og oeconomisk Beskrivelse over Fogderiet Sondmor, beligende i Bergens Stift i Norge. [Psychological and economic description of the Sundmor Ward, located in the Diocese of Bergen in Norway.]. <em>Forste part, Soroe.</em> 1-570, tabs. 1-4, map 1. [details]
Distribution Northwestern Atlantic
Distribution Northwestern Atlantic [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Clavella adunca (Strøm, 1762). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135842 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Strøm, H. (1762). Physisk og oeconomisk Beskrivelse over Fogderiet Sondmor, beligende i Bergens Stift i Norge. [Psychological and economic description of the Sundmor Ward, located in the Diocese of Bergen in Norway.]. <em>Forste part, Soroe.</em> 1-570, tabs. 1-4, map 1. [details]
original description (of Clavella deliciosa Leigh-Sharpe, 1933) Leigh-Sharpe, W.H. (1933). A second list of parasitic Copepoda of Plymouth with a description of three new species. Parasitology, Cambridge 25(1):133-118, figs. 1-5. (4-iii-1933) [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Clavella devastatrix Leigh-Sharpe, 1925) Leigh-Sharpe, W.H. (1925). A revision of the British species of Clavella (Crustacea, Copepoda) with a diagnosis of new species: C. devastatrix and C. invicta. Parasitology, Cambridge 17:194-200, figs. 1-4. (18-v-1925) [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Clavella iadda Leigh-Sharpe, 1920) Leigh-Sharpe, W.H. (1920). Clavella iadda n. sp. A parasitic copepod of Gadus morrhua. Including some further remarks upon C. sciatherica, with a detailed account of the renal excretory system. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, New Series 12(2):332-338, figs. 1-9. (vii-1920) [details]
original description (of Clavella invicta Leigh-Sharpe, 1925) Leigh-Sharpe, W.H. (1925). A revision of the British species of Clavella (Crustacea, Copepoda) with a diagnosis of new species: C. devastatrix and C. invicta. Parasitology, Cambridge 17:194-200, figs. 1-4. (18-v-1925) [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Clavella sciatherica Leigh-Sharpe, 1918) Leigh-Sharpe, W.H. (1918). Clavella sciatherica, n. sp., a parasitic copepod of Gadus morrhua. Parasitology, Cambridge 11:118-126, figs. 1-8. (20-ix-1918) [details]
original description (of Clavella typica Leigh-Sharpe, 1933) Leigh-Sharpe, W.H. (1933). A second list of parasitic Copepoda of Plymouth with a description of three new species. Parasitology, Cambridge 25(1):133-118, figs. 1-5. (4-iii-1933)
page(s): 117 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Lernaea adunca Strøm, 1762) Strøm, H. (1762). Physisk og oeconomisk Beskrivelse over Fogderiet Sondmor, beligende i Bergens Stift i Norge. [Psychological and economic description of the Sundmor Ward, located in the Diocese of Bergen in Norway.]. <em>Forste part, Soroe.</em> 1-570, tabs. 1-4, map 1. [details]
original description (of Clavella dubia Scott T. & Scott A., 1913) Scott, T. & A. Scott. (1913). The British Parasitic Copepoda: Copepoda Parasitic on Fishes. <em>Ray Society, London.</em> Vol. 1: xi, 1-256 text, pls. A-B, Vol. 2: xii, 72 pls. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/910552
page(s): 217 [details]
original description (of Lernaea uncinata Müller O.F., 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodrome of Danish Zoology, or the Native Animals of Denmark and Norway: the characters, names, and synonyms of the most popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen.</em> 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [details]
original description (of Lernaea pinnarum Fabricius, 1779) Fabricius, J. C. (1779). Reise nach Norwegen mit Bemerkungen aus der Naturhistorie und Oekonomie. [Journey to Norway with Remarks on Natural History and Economics.]. <em>Hamburg. Carl Ernst Bohn.</em> 388 pp., available online at https://books.google.es/books?hl=ca&lr=&id=QY8BAAAAYAAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR5&dq=Fabricius,+J.+C.+(1779).+Reise+nach+Norwegen+mit+Bemerkungen+aus+der+Naturhistorie+und+Oekonomie.+Hamburg.+Carl+Ernst+Bohn.+388pp.&ots=bTWKm1Y8uz&sig=86Su70_D9c9Z_dOhus3iXvnGBC0&redi [details]
original description (of Lernaea unicinata Müller O.F., 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodrome of Danish Zoology, or the Native Animals of Denmark and Norway: the characters, names, and synonyms of the most popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen.</em> 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 226; note: only lists as a species 2746 [details]
original description (of Anchorella quadrata Bassett-Smith, 1896) Bassett-Smith, P.W. (1896). Notes on the parasitic Copepoda of fish obtained at Plymouth, with descriptions of new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)18:8-16, pls. 3-6. (vii-1896) [details]
original description (of Anchorella agilis Krøyer, 1863) Krøyer, H. (1863-1864). Bidrag til Kundskab om Snyltekrebsene. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. III.</em> 2(1/2): 75-320, pls. 1-9 [1863]; 2(3): 321-426, pls. 10-18 [1864]. [details]
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]
original description (of Clavella deliciosa Leigh-Sharpe, 1933) Leigh-Sharpe, W.H. (1933). A second list of parasitic Copepoda of Plymouth with a description of three new species. Parasitology, Cambridge 25(1):133-118, figs. 1-5. (4-iii-1933) [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Clavella devastatrix Leigh-Sharpe, 1925) Leigh-Sharpe, W.H. (1925). A revision of the British species of Clavella (Crustacea, Copepoda) with a diagnosis of new species: C. devastatrix and C. invicta. Parasitology, Cambridge 17:194-200, figs. 1-4. (18-v-1925) [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Clavella iadda Leigh-Sharpe, 1920) Leigh-Sharpe, W.H. (1920). Clavella iadda n. sp. A parasitic copepod of Gadus morrhua. Including some further remarks upon C. sciatherica, with a detailed account of the renal excretory system. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, New Series 12(2):332-338, figs. 1-9. (vii-1920) [details]
original description (of Clavella invicta Leigh-Sharpe, 1925) Leigh-Sharpe, W.H. (1925). A revision of the British species of Clavella (Crustacea, Copepoda) with a diagnosis of new species: C. devastatrix and C. invicta. Parasitology, Cambridge 17:194-200, figs. 1-4. (18-v-1925) [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Clavella sciatherica Leigh-Sharpe, 1918) Leigh-Sharpe, W.H. (1918). Clavella sciatherica, n. sp., a parasitic copepod of Gadus morrhua. Parasitology, Cambridge 11:118-126, figs. 1-8. (20-ix-1918) [details]
original description (of Clavella typica Leigh-Sharpe, 1933) Leigh-Sharpe, W.H. (1933). A second list of parasitic Copepoda of Plymouth with a description of three new species. Parasitology, Cambridge 25(1):133-118, figs. 1-5. (4-iii-1933)
page(s): 117 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Lernaea adunca Strøm, 1762) Strøm, H. (1762). Physisk og oeconomisk Beskrivelse over Fogderiet Sondmor, beligende i Bergens Stift i Norge. [Psychological and economic description of the Sundmor Ward, located in the Diocese of Bergen in Norway.]. <em>Forste part, Soroe.</em> 1-570, tabs. 1-4, map 1. [details]
original description (of Clavella dubia Scott T. & Scott A., 1913) Scott, T. & A. Scott. (1913). The British Parasitic Copepoda: Copepoda Parasitic on Fishes. <em>Ray Society, London.</em> Vol. 1: xi, 1-256 text, pls. A-B, Vol. 2: xii, 72 pls. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/910552
page(s): 217 [details]
original description (of Lernaea uncinata Müller O.F., 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodrome of Danish Zoology, or the Native Animals of Denmark and Norway: the characters, names, and synonyms of the most popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen.</em> 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [details]
original description (of Lernaea pinnarum Fabricius, 1779) Fabricius, J. C. (1779). Reise nach Norwegen mit Bemerkungen aus der Naturhistorie und Oekonomie. [Journey to Norway with Remarks on Natural History and Economics.]. <em>Hamburg. Carl Ernst Bohn.</em> 388 pp., available online at https://books.google.es/books?hl=ca&lr=&id=QY8BAAAAYAAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR5&dq=Fabricius,+J.+C.+(1779).+Reise+nach+Norwegen+mit+Bemerkungen+aus+der+Naturhistorie+und+Oekonomie.+Hamburg.+Carl+Ernst+Bohn.+388pp.&ots=bTWKm1Y8uz&sig=86Su70_D9c9Z_dOhus3iXvnGBC0&redi [details]
original description (of Lernaea unicinata Müller O.F., 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodrome of Danish Zoology, or the Native Animals of Denmark and Norway: the characters, names, and synonyms of the most popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen.</em> 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 226; note: only lists as a species 2746 [details]
original description (of Anchorella quadrata Bassett-Smith, 1896) Bassett-Smith, P.W. (1896). Notes on the parasitic Copepoda of fish obtained at Plymouth, with descriptions of new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)18:8-16, pls. 3-6. (vii-1896) [details]
original description (of Anchorella agilis Krøyer, 1863) Krøyer, H. (1863-1864). Bidrag til Kundskab om Snyltekrebsene. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. III.</em> 2(1/2): 75-320, pls. 1-9 [1863]; 2(3): 321-426, pls. 10-18 [1864]. [details]
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
Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hogans, W.E. (1995). Parasitic Copepoda in the collection of the Atlantic Reference Centre, St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2028:1-6. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ho, J.S. (1985). Copepod parasites of deep sea benthic fishes from the western North Atlantic. Parasitology, Cambridge 90(3):485-497, figs. 1-5. (vi-1985) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Gjosaeter, J. (1987). Morphological and ecological studies of Clavella adunca (Copepoda: Lernaeopodidae) on polar cod, Boreogadus saida. Sarsia 72(3-4):291-297, tabs. 1-8. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ho, J.S. & I.H. Kim. (1996). Copepods parasitic on fishes of western North Pacific. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 37(3/6):275-303. (xii-1996; errata sheet) [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 Klimpel, S., H.W. Palm, M.W. Busch, E. Kellermanns & S. Rückert. (2006). Fish parasites in the Arctic deep-sea: Poor diversity in pelagic fish species vs. heavy parasite load in a demersal fish. <em>Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers.</em> 53(7):1167-1181., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2006.05.009 [details]
additional source Nuñes-Ruivo, L. (1957). Contribution a l'étude des variations morphologiques de Clavella adunca (H. Strom), copépode parasite de Gadus callarias L., considérations sur quelques Clavella parasites des Gadidae. [Contribution to the study of the morphological variations of Clavella adunca (H. Strom), parasitic copepod of Gadus callarias L., considerations on some Clavella parasites of the Gadidae.]. <em>Revista da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa.</em> (2c)5(2):229-256, figs. 1-7. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Schram, T.A. (1980). The parasitic Copepoda Clavella adunca (Strom), Haemobaphes cyclopterina (Fabricius), and Sphyrion lumpi (Kroyer) on polar cod, Boreogadus saida (Lepechin) from Spitzbergen. Sarsia, Bergen 65(3-4):273-286, figs. 1-8, tabs. 1-6. (21-xi-1980) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Scott, J.S. (1981). Alimentary tract parasites of haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus L.) on the Scotian Shelf. Canadian Journal of Zoology 59(12):2244-2252. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Smith, J.W. (1969). The distribution of one monogenean and two copepod parasites of whiting, Merlangius merlangius (L.), caught in British waters. Nytt Magasin för Zoologi 17(1):57-63, figs. 1-2, tabs. 1-6. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Yanagimoto, T. & M. Ichimura. (2018). Genetic variations of two parasitic copepod species in gill of walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus collected in the North Pacific. <em>CANCER, Carcinological Society of Japan.</em> 27:29-36. [In Japanese; English abstract]., available online at https://doi.org/10.18988/cancer.27.0_29 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
[request]additional source Hogans, W.E. (1995). Parasitic Copepoda in the collection of the Atlantic Reference Centre, St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2028:1-6. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ho, J.S. (1985). Copepod parasites of deep sea benthic fishes from the western North Atlantic. Parasitology, Cambridge 90(3):485-497, figs. 1-5. (vi-1985) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Gjosaeter, J. (1987). Morphological and ecological studies of Clavella adunca (Copepoda: Lernaeopodidae) on polar cod, Boreogadus saida. Sarsia 72(3-4):291-297, tabs. 1-8. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ho, J.S. & I.H. Kim. (1996). Copepods parasitic on fishes of western North Pacific. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 37(3/6):275-303. (xii-1996; errata sheet) [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 Klimpel, S., H.W. Palm, M.W. Busch, E. Kellermanns & S. Rückert. (2006). Fish parasites in the Arctic deep-sea: Poor diversity in pelagic fish species vs. heavy parasite load in a demersal fish. <em>Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers.</em> 53(7):1167-1181., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2006.05.009 [details]
additional source Nuñes-Ruivo, L. (1957). Contribution a l'étude des variations morphologiques de Clavella adunca (H. Strom), copépode parasite de Gadus callarias L., considérations sur quelques Clavella parasites des Gadidae. [Contribution to the study of the morphological variations of Clavella adunca (H. Strom), parasitic copepod of Gadus callarias L., considerations on some Clavella parasites of the Gadidae.]. <em>Revista da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa.</em> (2c)5(2):229-256, figs. 1-7. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Schram, T.A. (1980). The parasitic Copepoda Clavella adunca (Strom), Haemobaphes cyclopterina (Fabricius), and Sphyrion lumpi (Kroyer) on polar cod, Boreogadus saida (Lepechin) from Spitzbergen. Sarsia, Bergen 65(3-4):273-286, figs. 1-8, tabs. 1-6. (21-xi-1980) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Scott, J.S. (1981). Alimentary tract parasites of haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus L.) on the Scotian Shelf. Canadian Journal of Zoology 59(12):2244-2252. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Smith, J.W. (1969). The distribution of one monogenean and two copepod parasites of whiting, Merlangius merlangius (L.), caught in British waters. Nytt Magasin för Zoologi 17(1):57-63, figs. 1-2, tabs. 1-6. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Yanagimoto, T. & M. Ichimura. (2018). Genetic variations of two parasitic copepod species in gill of walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus collected in the North Pacific. <em>CANCER, Carcinological Society of Japan.</em> 27:29-36. [In Japanese; English abstract]., available online at https://doi.org/10.18988/cancer.27.0_29 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Northwestern Atlantic [details]Habitat ectoparasite found on Gadus morhua. circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (100 publications) (from synonym Anchorella uncinata (Müller O.F., 1776))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Lernaea uncinata Müller O.F., 1776)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Clavella brevicollis (Milne Edwards, 1840))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Clavella dubia Scott T. & Scott A., 1913)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Lernaea adunca Strøm, 1762)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Clavella adunca)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (100 publications) (from synonym Anchorella uncinata (Müller O.F., 1776))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Lernaea uncinata Müller O.F., 1776)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Clavella brevicollis (Milne Edwards, 1840))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Clavella dubia Scott T. & Scott A., 1913)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Lernaea adunca Strøm, 1762)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Clavella adunca)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Image from synonym
