WoRMS taxon details
Orbitacolax Shen, 1957
347639 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:347639)
accepted
Genus
Orbitacolax uniunquis Shen, 1957 (type by original designation)
Species Orbitacolax aculeatus (Pillai, 1962)
Species Orbitacolax analogus Vervoort, 1969
Species Orbitacolax bispinus Izawa, 2021
Species Orbitacolax brevispinus Moon, Choi & Venmathi Maran, 2018
Species Orbitacolax dactylopterusi (Carvalho, 1958)
Species Orbitacolax hapalogenyos (Yamaguti & Yamasu, 1959)
Species Orbitacolax kukiensis Izawa, 2022
Species Orbitacolax leptoscari (Yamaguti, 1953)
Species Orbitacolax pteragogi Kim I.H. & Moon, 2013
Species Orbitacolax scombropsi Izawa, 2020
Species Orbitacolax trichiuri Kim I.H. & Moon, 2013
Species Orbitacolax unguifer Kim I.H. & Moon, 2013
Species Orbitacolax uniunquis Shen, 1957
Species Orbitacolax williamsi Cressey & Cressey, 1989
Species Orbitacolax depressus Balaraman, 1983 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Species Orbitacolax nudus Cressey & Boyle, 1973 accepted as Pseudorbitacolax nudus (Cressey & Boyle, 1973)
Species Orbitacolax oniscoides Vervoort, 1969 accepted as Orbitacolax analogus Vervoort, 1969
Species Orbitacolax analogus Vervoort, 1969
Species Orbitacolax bispinus Izawa, 2021
Species Orbitacolax brevispinus Moon, Choi & Venmathi Maran, 2018
Species Orbitacolax dactylopterusi (Carvalho, 1958)
Species Orbitacolax hapalogenyos (Yamaguti & Yamasu, 1959)
Species Orbitacolax kukiensis Izawa, 2022
Species Orbitacolax leptoscari (Yamaguti, 1953)
Species Orbitacolax pteragogi Kim I.H. & Moon, 2013
Species Orbitacolax scombropsi Izawa, 2020
Species Orbitacolax trichiuri Kim I.H. & Moon, 2013
Species Orbitacolax unguifer Kim I.H. & Moon, 2013
Species Orbitacolax uniunquis Shen, 1957
Species Orbitacolax williamsi Cressey & Cressey, 1989
Species Orbitacolax depressus Balaraman, 1983 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Species Orbitacolax nudus Cressey & Boyle, 1973 accepted as Pseudorbitacolax nudus (Cressey & Boyle, 1973)
Species Orbitacolax oniscoides Vervoort, 1969 accepted as Orbitacolax analogus Vervoort, 1969
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Shen, C.J. (1957). Parasitic Copepoda from fishes of China. Part I. Cyclopoida (1). <em>Acta Zoologica Sinica.</em> 9(4):297-328, pls. 1-9. (xii-1957, Chinese with English summary). [details] Available for editors 
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Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2022). World of Copepods Database. Orbitacolax Shen, 1957. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=347639 on 2022-06-28
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original description
Shen, C.J. (1957). Parasitic Copepoda from fishes of China. Part I. Cyclopoida (1). <em>Acta Zoologica Sinica.</em> 9(4):297-328, pls. 1-9. (xii-1957, Chinese with English summary). [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Walter, T. Chad. The World of Copepods. International online database. , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda [details]
additional source Pillai, N.K. (1962). On a new species of Bomolochus (Copepoda) with remarks on Orbitacolax Shen. Journal of Parasitology 48(4):610-612, fig. 1. (viii-1962) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Vervoort, W. (1969). Caribbean Bomolochidae (Copepoda: Cyclopoida). Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and Other Caribbean Islands 28(105):1-125, figs. 1-57. (Uitgaven Natuurwetensch. Studiekring Suriname Ned. Antillen, 53). [details] Available for editors [request]
[request] basis of record Walter, T. Chad. The World of Copepods. International online database. , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda [details]
additional source Pillai, N.K. (1962). On a new species of Bomolochus (Copepoda) with remarks on Orbitacolax Shen. Journal of Parasitology 48(4):610-612, fig. 1. (viii-1962) [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Vervoort, W. (1969). Caribbean Bomolochidae (Copepoda: Cyclopoida). Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and Other Caribbean Islands 28(105):1-125, figs. 1-57. (Uitgaven Natuurwetensch. Studiekring Suriname Ned. Antillen, 53). [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
