BeRMS taxon details
Lernaeocera Blainville, 1822
135645 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135645)
accepted
Genus
Lernaeocera branchialis (Linnaeus, 1767) (type by subsequent designation)
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]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Lernaeocera Blainville, 1822. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards) Belgian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135645 on 2026-08-25
VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards). Belgian Register of Marine Species. Lernaeocera Blainville, 1822. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135645 on 2026-08-25
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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 ) 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. [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]
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 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
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), available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.2847 [details] Available for editors
additional source Kabata, Z. (1965). Lernaeocera (Copepoda) parasitic on ling (Molva elongata Otto). Crustaceana, Leiden 9(1):104-105. (15-vii-1965), available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854065x00235 [details] Available for editors
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
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)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.53-2194.1 [details]
page(s): 375-376 [details]
original description (of ) 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. [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]
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 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
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), available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.2847 [details] Available for editors
additional source Kabata, Z. (1965). Lernaeocera (Copepoda) parasitic on ling (Molva elongata Otto). Crustaceana, Leiden 9(1):104-105. (15-vii-1965), available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854065x00235 [details] Available for editors
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
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)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.53-2194.1 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Lernaeocera 
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Lernaeocera
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lernaeocera)
To Genbank
To ITIS
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Lernaeocera
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lernaeocera)
To Genbank
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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