Copepoda taxon details

Lernaeidae Wilson, 1917

1864810 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1864810)

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  2. Animalia
  3. Arthropoda
  4. Crustacea
  5. Multicrustacea
  6. Copepoda
  7. Neocopepoda
  8. Podoplea
  9. Cyclopoida
  10. Cyclopida
  11. Lernaeidae
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Cyclopida
Catlaphilidae Tripathi, 1960 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lernaeidae Cobbold, 1879 · unaccepted > nomen nudum (this family name was only...)  
this family name was only mentioned on page 6 of Cobbold, 1879

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  1. Subfamily Lamprogleninae Sproston, Yin & Hu, 1950
    1. Genus Afrolernaea Fryer, 1956
    2. Genus Catlaphilla Tripathi, 1960
    3. Genus Indolernaea Kabata, 1983
    4. Genus Indopeniculus Kumari, Khera & Gupta, 1988
    5. Genus Lamproglena von Nordmann, 1832
    6. Genus Lamproglenoides Fryer, 1964
    7. Genus Pseudolamproglena Boxshall, 1976
  2. Subfamily Lernaeinae Wilson C.B., 1917
    1. Genus Amazolernaea Thatcher & Williams, 1998
    2. Genus Areotrachelus Wilson C.B., 1924
    3. Genus Bedsylernaea Thatcher & Williams, 1998
    4. Genus Dysphorus Kurtz, 1924
    5. Genus Lernaea Linnaeus, 1758
    6. Genus Lernaeogiraffa Zimmermann, 1923
    7. Genus Minilernaea Thatcher & Huergo, 2005
    8. Genus Opistholernaea Yin, 1960
    9. Genus Perulernaea Thatcher & Paredes, 1985
    10. Genus Pillainus Kabata, 1983
    11. Genus Taurocheros Brian, 1924
  3. Subfamily Afrolernaeinae Yin, Ling, Hsu, Cheng, Kuang & Chu, 1963 accepted as Lamprogleninae Sproston, Yin & Hu, 1950 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  4. Genus Channaculina Kumari, Gupta & Khera, 1987 accepted as Pillainus Kabata, 1983 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  5. Genus Delamarina Dollfus, 1960 accepted as Afrolernaea Fryer, 1956 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  6. Genus Leptotrachelus Brian, 1903 accepted as Areotrachelus Wilson C.B., 1924 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  7. Genus Mesolamproglena Kuang, 1980 accepted as Pseudolamproglena Boxshall, 1976 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  8. Genus Pseudolernaea Manohar, Venkateshappa & Seenappa, 1991 accepted as Indolernaea Kabata, 1983 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  9. Genus Silvestria Brian, 1903 accepted as Areotrachelus Wilson C.B., 1924 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh
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] OpenAccess publication
Taxonomy The authority of the family name Lernaeidae is problematic. In the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, Linnaeus (1758)...  
Taxonomy The authority of the family name Lernaeidae is problematic. In the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, Linnaeus (1758) established the name Lernaea Linnaeus, 1758 to accommodate 3 species, the first of which was Lernaea cyprinacea Linnaeus, 1758. This is the type species of the genus Lernaea. In 1822, de Blainville established a new genus, Lernaeocera, based on L. branchialis Linnaeus, 1767 as its type. Unfortunately, de Blainville also included Lernaea cyprinacea in his new genus, as Lernaeocera cyprinacea. This action resulted in nearly a century of confusion between Lernaea and Lernaeocera, which impacted classification at multiple levels from generic to ordinal. Wilson's (1917) revision of the family Lernaeidae recognised 4 subfamilies: Lernaeinae, Lernaeocerinae, Lernaeenicinae and Pennellinae. His key to subfamilies serves to diagnose each subfamily. In using the subfamily Lernaeinae to accommodate Lernaea and relatives, Wilson (1917) established the modern concept of the Lernaeidae as distinct from the other 3 subfamilies which are now classified in the siphonostomatoid family Pennellidae. [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Lernaeidae Wilson, 1917. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1864810 on 2026-10-08
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original description 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] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Lernaeidae Cobbold, 1879) Cobbold, T.S. (1879). Crustacea. Chapter. <em>In: London, J. & A. Churchill (eds.). Parasites : a treatise on the Entozoa of man and animals including some account of the Ectozoa. Publisher J. & A. Churchill, 508 pp.</em> :6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/22473 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Catlaphilidae Tripathi, 1960) Tripathi, Y.R. (1960). Parasitic copepods from Indian fishes. II. Two new families Therodamasidae and Catlaphillidae. Libro homenaje al Dr. Eduardo Caballero y Caballero, Jubileo 1930-1960, Mexico City, D.F. :543-548. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
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Taxonomy The authority of the family name Lernaeidae is problematic. In the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, Linnaeus (1758) established the name Lernaea Linnaeus, 1758 to accommodate 3 species, the first of which was Lernaea cyprinacea Linnaeus, 1758. This is the type species of the genus Lernaea. In 1822, de Blainville established a new genus, Lernaeocera, based on L. branchialis Linnaeus, 1767 as its type. Unfortunately, de Blainville also included Lernaea cyprinacea in his new genus, as Lernaeocera cyprinacea. This action resulted in nearly a century of confusion between Lernaea and Lernaeocera, which impacted classification at multiple levels from generic to ordinal. Wilson's (1917) revision of the family Lernaeidae recognised 4 subfamilies: Lernaeinae, Lernaeocerinae, Lernaeenicinae and Pennellinae. His key to subfamilies serves to diagnose each subfamily. In using the subfamily Lernaeinae to accommodate Lernaea and relatives, Wilson (1917) established the modern concept of the Lernaeidae as distinct from the other 3 subfamilies which are now classified in the siphonostomatoid family Pennellidae. [details]
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Japanese イカリムシ科 [from synonym]  [details]
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Lernaeidae Cobbold, 1879)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lernaeidae) (from synonym Lernaeidae Cobbold, 1879)
To Genbank (from synonym Lernaeidae Cobbold, 1879)