Copepoda name details
Ascomyzon Thorell, 1859
149853 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:149853)
unaccepted (synonym)
Genus
Ascomyzon lilljeborgii Thorell, 1859 accepted as Asterocheres thorelli (Sars G.O., 1879) accepted as Dermatomyzon nigripes (Brady & Robertson, 1880) represented as Dermatomyzon nigripes nigripes (Brady & Robertson, 1876) (type by original designation)
- Species Ascomyzon calvum Brady & Robertson, 1876 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Ascomyzon abyssi Hansen, 1923 accepted as Asterocheres abyssi (Hansen, 1923) (synonym)
- Species Ascomyzon asterocheres Sars G.O., 1915 accepted as Asterocheres lilljeborgi Boeck, 1859 (synonym)
- Species Ascomyzon bacescui Marcus, 1965 accepted as Asterocheres bacescui Marcus, 1965 (synonym)
- Species Ascomyzon boecki Sars G.O., 1915 accepted as Asterocheres boecki (Brady, 1880) represented as Asterocheres boeckii (Brady, 1880) (synonym)
- Species Ascomyzon carausi Marcus & Por, 1960 accepted as Asterocheres carausi (Marcus & Por, 1960) (synonym)
- Species Ascomyzon comatulae Rosoll, 1888 accepted as Collocheres gracilicauda (Brady, 1880) (synonym)
- Species Ascomyzon echinicola Norman, 1869 accepted as Asterocheres echinicola (Norman, 1869) (synonym)
- Species Ascomyzon intermedium Hansen, 1923 accepted as Asterocheres intermedius (Hansen, 1923) (synonym)
- Species Ascomyzon latum Sars G.O., 1915 accepted as Asterocheres latus (Brady, 1872) (synonym)
- Species Ascomyzon lilljeborgii Thorell, 1859 accepted as Asterocheres thorelli (Sars G.O., 1879) accepted as Dermatomyzon nigripes (Brady & Robertson, 1880) represented as Dermatomyzon nigripes nigripes (Brady & Robertson, 1876) (synonym)
- Species Ascomyzon micheli Gurney, 1927 accepted as Asterocheres micheli Gurney, 1927 (synonym)
- Species Ascomyzon nigripes Brady & Robertson, 1876 accepted as Asterocheres nigripes (Brady & Robertson, 1876) accepted as Dermatomyzon nigripes (Brady & Robertson, 1880) represented as Dermatomyzon nigripes nigripes (Brady & Robertson, 1876) (synonym)
- Species Ascomyzon ornatum Brady & Robertson, 1876 accepted as Acontiophorus ornatus (Brady & Robertson, 1876) (synonym)
- Species Ascomyzon parvum Sars G.O., 1915 accepted as Asterocheres parvus Giesbrecht, 1899 (synonym (see Gotto, 2004))
- Species Ascomyzon rubrum Campbell, 1929 accepted as Asterocheres ruber Stock, 1966 (synonym)
- Species Ascomyzon simulans Scott T., 1898 accepted as Asterocheres simulans (Scott T., 1898) (synonym)
- Species Ascomyzon tenerum Hansen, 1923 accepted as Asterocheres tenerus (Hansen, 1923) (synonym)
- Species Ascomyzon thompsoni Scott A., 1896 accepted as Asterocheres violaceus (Claus, 1889) accepted as Asterocheres echinicola (Norman, 1869) (synonym)
- Species Ascomyzon thorelli G. O. Sars, 1879 accepted as Dermatomyzon nigripes (Brady & Robertson, 1880) represented as Dermatomyzon nigripes nigripes (Brady & Robertson, 1876) (synonym)
- Species Ascomyzon ventricosum Brian, 1928 accepted as Asterocheres ventricosum (Brian, 1928) represented as Asterocheres ventricosus (Brian, 1928) accepted as Setacheres ventricosus (Brian, 1928) (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Thorell, T. (1859). Bidrag till Kännedomen om Krustaceer, som lefva i arter af Slägtet Ascidia L. [Contribution to the Knowledge of Crustacea, which live in species of the Genus Ascidia L.]. <em>Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 3 (8):1-84, pls.1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38939638 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2021). World of Copepods database. Ascomyzon Thorell, 1859. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=149853 on 2026-01-21
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Thorell, T. (1859). Bidrag till Kännedomen om Krustaceer, som lefva i arter af Slägtet Ascidia L. [Contribution to the Knowledge of Crustacea, which live in species of the Genus Ascidia L.]. <em>Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm.</em> 3 (8):1-84, pls.1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38939638 [details]
additional source Claus, C. (1889). Ueber neue oder wenig bekannte halbparasitische Copepoden insbesondere der Lichomolgiden- und Ascomyzontiden-Gruppe. [On new or little known hemiparasitic copepods, especially of the lichomolgid and ascomyzontid groups.]. <em>Arbeiten des Zoologischen Institut der Universitat Wien.</em> 8(3):327-370, pls. [details]
additional source Claus, C. (1889). Ueber neue oder wenig bekannte halbparasitische Copepoden insbesondere der Lichomolgiden- und Ascomyzontiden-Gruppe. [On new or little known hemiparasitic copepods, especially of the lichomolgid and ascomyzontid groups.]. <em>Arbeiten des Zoologischen Institut der Universitat Wien.</em> 8(3):327-370, pls. [details]
