Copepoda taxon details
Lernaea diceracephala (Cunnington, 1914)
359044 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:359044)
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Species
Lernaeocera diceracephala Cunnington, 1914 · unaccepted (synonym)
(of Lernaeocera diceracephala Cunnington, 1914) Cunnington, W.A. (1914). Zoological results of the Third Tanganyika Expedition, conducted by Dr. W.A. Cunnington, 1904-1905. Report on the parasitic Eucopepoda. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1914:819-829, fig. 1, pl. 1., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1914.tb07064.x [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2021). World of Copepods database. Lernaea diceracephala (Cunnington, 1914). Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=359044 on 2026-08-23
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(of Lernaeocera diceracephala Cunnington, 1914) Cunnington, W.A. (1914). Zoological results of the Third Tanganyika Expedition, conducted by Dr. W.A. Cunnington, 1904-1905. Report on the parasitic Eucopepoda. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1914:819-829, fig. 1, pl. 1., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1914.tb07064.x [details]
additional source Fryer, G. (1964). Further studies on the parasitic Crustacea of African freshwater fishes. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 143(1):79-102, figs. 1-28. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Harding, J.P. (1950). On some species of Lernaea (Crustacea, Copepoda: parasites of fresh-water fish). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology 1(1):1-27, figs. 1-95. (i-1950), available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.314117 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fryer, G. (1964). Further studies on the parasitic Crustacea of African freshwater fishes. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 143(1):79-102, figs. 1-28. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Harding, J.P. (1950). On some species of Lernaea (Crustacea, Copepoda: parasites of fresh-water fish). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology 1(1):1-27, figs. 1-95. (i-1950), available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.314117 [details] Available for editors
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