WoRMS taxon details
Dichelesthium oblongum (Abildgaard, 1794)
135798 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135798)
accepted
Species
Caligus oblongus Abildgaard, 1794 · unaccepted
Dichelesthium sturionis Krøyer, 1837 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Caligus oblongus Abildgaard, 1794) Abildgaard, P.C. (1794). Beskrivelse af Tvende nye Insekter henhorende under den Linneiske Slaegt Monoculus og den Müllerske Slaegt Caligus. [Description of two new insects belonging to the Linnaean genus Monoculus and the Müllerian genus Caligus.]. <em>Skrifter af Naturhistorik-Selskabs Kiobenhavn.</em> 3(2):46-54, pl. 5. [details] 
Distribution North Atlantic; the Mediterranean; Adriatic and Black Seas.
Distribution North Atlantic; the Mediterranean; Adriatic and Black Seas. [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Dichelesthium oblongum (Abildgaard, 1794). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135798 on 2026-08-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Caligus oblongus Abildgaard, 1794) Abildgaard, P.C. (1794). Beskrivelse af Tvende nye Insekter henhorende under den Linneiske Slaegt Monoculus og den Müllerske Slaegt Caligus. [Description of two new insects belonging to the Linnaean genus Monoculus and the Müllerian genus Caligus.]. <em>Skrifter af Naturhistorik-Selskabs Kiobenhavn.</em> 3(2):46-54, pl. 5. [details]
original description (of Dichelesthium sturionis Krøyer, 1837) Krøyer, H. (1837). Om Snyltekrebsene, isaer med Hensyn til den danske Fauna. III. Formbeskrivelser (Fortsaettelse).[Concerning parasitic Crustacea with special reference to the Danish fauna. ]. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. I.</em> 1(3): 252-302, pl. 3.
page(s): 299-303. [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 Dichelesthium sturionis Krøyer, 1837) Krøyer, H. (1837). Om Snyltekrebsene, isaer med Hensyn til den danske Fauna. III. Formbeskrivelser (Fortsaettelse).[Concerning parasitic Crustacea with special reference to the Danish fauna. ]. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. I.</em> 1(3): 252-302, pl. 3.
page(s): 299-303. [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
Hogans, W.E. (1995). Parasitic Copepoda in the collection of the Atlantic Reference Centre, St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada. <em>Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> Report no. 2028:1-6. [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Guibe, J. (1935). Deux Copépodes parasites de l'esturgeon. [Two Copepod parasites of sturgeon.]. <em>Bulletin de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie.</em> (8)8:4-6. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Gusev, A.V. (1987). Class Crustacea Lamarck, 1801. <em>In: Bauer, O.N. (ed.). Opredelitel' parazitov presnovodnykh ryb SSSR. [Key to the Parasites of Freshwater Fishes of the USSR.] Opredeliteli po Faune SSSR, Zoologicheskii Instituta SSSR. Nauka, Leningrad.</em> 3(149):378-432. [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 Markevich, A.P. (1934). Skorupiaki pasorzytnicze ryb Ukrainy. Die Schmarotzerkrebse der Fische der Ukraine. [Parasitic crustaceans of fish of Ukraine.]. <em>Annales du Musée de Zoologie Polonaise.</em> 10(12):223-249, pls. 44-45. (9-v-1934). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Markevich, A.P. (1937). Copepoda parasitica prisnikh vod SRSR. Copepoda parasitica der Binnengewässer der USSR. [Copepods parasitic on freshwater fishes of the USSR.]. <em>Institut Zoologii i Biologii, Akademiya Nauk Ukrainii SSR, Kiev.</em> :1-223, figs. 1-10, pls. 1-27. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Markevich, A.P. (1956). Paraziticheskie veslonogie ryb SSSR. [Parasitic copepods of fishes of the USSR.]. <em>Akademiya Nauk Ukraine SSR, Institut Zoology, Kiev.</em> 259 pp. figs. 1-153. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source 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. for taxa in Volume I., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/910552 [details]
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)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.60-2400.1 [details]
additional source Fast, M.D., M.S. Sokolowski, K.J. Dunton & P.R. Bowser. (2009). Dichelesthium oblongum (Copepoda: Dichelesthiidae) infestation in wild-caught Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus. ICES Journal of Marine Science / Journal du Conseil 66(10):2141-2147., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsp186 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Sokolowski, M.S., B.A. Allam, K.J. Dunton, M.A. Clark, E.B. Kurtz & M.D. Fast. (2012). Immunophysiology of Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus (Mitchill), and the relationship to parasitic copepod, Dichelesthium oblongum (Abilgaard) infection. <em>Journal of Fish Diseases.</em> 35(9):649-660., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2761.2012.01390.x [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.158.i [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Brown, A. (2010). Life cycle and population dynamics of the marine ectoparasite Dichelesthium oblongum (Copepoda: Dichelesthiidae) on Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus). <em>M.S. Thesis, Stony Brook Universtiy.</em> 78 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Dementev, M.S. (2015). Predvaritel'nyy obzor vodnykh bespozvonochnykh Tsentral'nogo Predkavkaz'ya (Severnyy Kavkaz) i prilegayushchikh gornykh territoriy. [Preliminary summary aquatic invertebrates in central Ciscaucasia (Nort Caucasus region) and adjacent mountain areas. ]. <em>Advances in Current Natural Sciences.</em> 6:102-118. [In Russian; English abstract]. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Guibe, J. (1935). Deux Copépodes parasites de l'esturgeon. [Two Copepod parasites of sturgeon.]. <em>Bulletin de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie.</em> (8)8:4-6. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Gusev, A.V. (1987). Class Crustacea Lamarck, 1801. <em>In: Bauer, O.N. (ed.). Opredelitel' parazitov presnovodnykh ryb SSSR. [Key to the Parasites of Freshwater Fishes of the USSR.] Opredeliteli po Faune SSSR, Zoologicheskii Instituta SSSR. Nauka, Leningrad.</em> 3(149):378-432. [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 Markevich, A.P. (1934). Skorupiaki pasorzytnicze ryb Ukrainy. Die Schmarotzerkrebse der Fische der Ukraine. [Parasitic crustaceans of fish of Ukraine.]. <em>Annales du Musée de Zoologie Polonaise.</em> 10(12):223-249, pls. 44-45. (9-v-1934). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Markevich, A.P. (1937). Copepoda parasitica prisnikh vod SRSR. Copepoda parasitica der Binnengewässer der USSR. [Copepods parasitic on freshwater fishes of the USSR.]. <em>Institut Zoologii i Biologii, Akademiya Nauk Ukrainii SSR, Kiev.</em> :1-223, figs. 1-10, pls. 1-27. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Markevich, A.P. (1956). Paraziticheskie veslonogie ryb SSSR. [Parasitic copepods of fishes of the USSR.]. <em>Akademiya Nauk Ukraine SSR, Institut Zoology, Kiev.</em> 259 pp. figs. 1-153. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source 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. for taxa in Volume I., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/910552 [details]
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)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.60-2400.1 [details]
additional source Fast, M.D., M.S. Sokolowski, K.J. Dunton & P.R. Bowser. (2009). Dichelesthium oblongum (Copepoda: Dichelesthiidae) infestation in wild-caught Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus. ICES Journal of Marine Science / Journal du Conseil 66(10):2141-2147., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsp186 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sokolowski, M.S., B.A. Allam, K.J. Dunton, M.A. Clark, E.B. Kurtz & M.D. Fast. (2012). Immunophysiology of Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus (Mitchill), and the relationship to parasitic copepod, Dichelesthium oblongum (Abilgaard) infection. <em>Journal of Fish Diseases.</em> 35(9):649-660., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2761.2012.01390.x [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.158.i [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Brown, A. (2010). Life cycle and population dynamics of the marine ectoparasite Dichelesthium oblongum (Copepoda: Dichelesthiidae) on Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus). <em>M.S. Thesis, Stony Brook Universtiy.</em> 78 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Dementev, M.S. (2015). Predvaritel'nyy obzor vodnykh bespozvonochnykh Tsentral'nogo Predkavkaz'ya (Severnyy Kavkaz) i prilegayushchikh gornykh territoriy. [Preliminary summary aquatic invertebrates in central Ciscaucasia (Nort Caucasus region) and adjacent mountain areas. ]. <em>Advances in Current Natural Sciences.</em> 6:102-118. [In Russian; English abstract]. [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution North Atlantic; the Mediterranean; Adriatic and Black Seas. [details]Unreviewed
Habitat parasitic species (host: e.g. Gill cavity of Acipenser brevirostrum, Shortnose sturgeon) [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (21 records)
To ITIS
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (21 records)
To ITIS
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