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Chondracanthus Delaroche, 1811

128618  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:128618)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Copepoda (Class)
  7. Neocopepoda (Infraclass)
  8. Podoplea (Superorder)
  9. Cyclopoida (Order)
  10. Ergasilida (Suborder)
  11. Chondracanthidae (Family)
  12. Chondracanthus (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Chondracanthus zei Delaroche, 1811 (type by original designation)
Barnardia Yamaguti, 1963 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Chondracanthopsis Oakley, 1930 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Disphaerocephalus Oakley, 1930 · unaccepted (synonym)
Lernacantha Blainville, 1822 · unaccepted (synonym)
Protochondracanthoides Yamaguti, 1963 · unaccepted (synonym)

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  1. Species Chondracanthus angustatus Heller, 1865
  2. Species Chondracanthus australis Ho, 1991
  3. Species Chondracanthus barnardi Ho, 1972
  4. Species Chondracanthus brotulae Capart, 1959
  5. Species Chondracanthus colligens Barnard, 1955
  6. Species Chondracanthus cottunculi Rathbun, 1886
  7. Species Chondracanthus deltoideus Fraser, 1920
  8. Species Chondracanthus dibranchi Gómez, Aguirre-Villaseñor & Morales-Serna, 2018
  9. Species Chondracanthus distortus Wilson C.B., 1922
  10. Species Chondracanthus genypteri Thomson G.M., 1890
  11. Species Chondracanthus goldsmidi Tang, Andrews & Cobcroft, 2007
  12. Species Chondracanthus gracilis Fraser, 1920
  13. Species Chondracanthus heterostichi Ho, 1972
  14. Species Chondracanthus hoi Braicovich, Lanfranchi, Incorvaia, Inés & Timi, 2013
  15. Species Chondracanthus horridus Heller, 1865
  16. Species Chondracanthus irregularis Fraser, 1920
  17. Species Chondracanthus janebennettae Causey, 1953
  18. Species Chondracanthus kabatai Aneesh, Helna & Kumar, 2020
  19. Species Chondracanthus lepidionis Kabata, 1970
  20. Species Chondracanthus lepophidii Ho, 1974
  21. Species Chondracanthus lophii Johnston, 1836
  22. Species Chondracanthus merluccii (Holten, 1802)
  23. Species Chondracanthus multituberculatus (Markevich, 1956)
  24. Species Chondracanthus narium Kabata, 1969
  25. Species Chondracanthus neali Leigh-Sharpe, 1930
  26. Species Chondracanthus nodosus (Müller O.F., 1776)
  27. Species Chondracanthus ornatus Scott T., 1900
  28. Species Chondracanthus palpifer Wilson C.B., 1912
  29. Species Chondracanthus pinguis Wilson C.B., 1912
  30. Species Chondracanthus polymixiae Yamaguti, 1939
  31. Species Chondracanthus psetti Krøyer, 1863
  32. Species Chondracanthus pusillus Kabata, 1968
  33. Species Chondracanthus shiinoi Yamaguti, 1963
  34. Species Chondracanthus solidus (Gusev, 1951)
  35. Species Chondracanthus theragrae Yamaguti, 1939
  36. Species Chondracanthus triventricosus Sekerak, 1970
  37. Species Chondracanthus tuberculatus von Nordmann, 1832
  38. Species Chondracanthus wilsoni Ho, 1971
  39. Species Chondracanthus yabei Ho, J.S., Kim I.H. & Nagasawa, 2005
  40. Species Chondracanthus yanezi Atria, 1980
  41. Species Chondracanthus zei Delaroche, 1811
  42. Species Chondracanthus abdominalis Heegaard, 1943 accepted as Chondracanthus lophii Johnston, 1836 (synonym)
  43. Species Chondracanthus alatus Heller, 1865 accepted as Protochondracanthus alatus (Heller, 1865) (synonym)
  44. Species Chondracanthus annulatus Olsson, 1869 accepted as Acanthochondrites annulatus (Olsson, 1869) (synonym)
  45. Species Chondracanthus bifurcatus Capart, 1959 accepted as Chondracanthus angustatus Heller, 1865 (synonym)
  46. Species Chondracanthus bleekeri Richiardi, 1881 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, a complete description has never been made)
  47. Species Chondracanthus brevicollis Krøyer, 1863 accepted as Ceratochondria brevicollis (Krøyer, 1863)
  48. Species Chondracanthus briani Yü & Wu, 1932 accepted as Acanthochondria briani (Yü & Wu, 1932) (synonym)
  49. Species Chondracanthus bulbosus (Kabata, 1965) accepted as Chondracanthodes bulbosus Kabata, 1965 (synonym)
  50. Species Chondracanthus chilensis Wilson C.B., 1918 accepted as Acanthochondria phycidis (Rathbun, 1886) (synonym)
  51. Species Chondracanthus chilomycteri Thomson G.M., 1890 accepted as Acanthocanthopsis chilomycteri (Thomson, 1889) (synonym)
  52. Species Chondracanthus clavatus Bassett-Smith, 1896 accepted as Acanthochondria clavata (Bassett-Smith, 1896)
  53. Species Chondracanthus congiopodi Barnard, 1955 accepted as Chondracanthus tuberculatus von Nordmann, 1832 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  54. Species Chondracanthus cornutus (Müller O.F., 1776) accepted as Acanthochondria cornuta (Müller O.F., 1776) (synonym)
  55. Species Chondracanthus crassicornis Krøyer, 1837 accepted as Heterochondria crassicornis (Krøyer, 1837) (synonym)
  56. Species Chondracanthus cynoglottidis Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1903 accepted as Heterochondria cynoglottidis (Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1903) (transferred to Heterochondria by Ho, Lin & Liu (2011))
  57. Species Chondracanthus delarochiana (Blainville, 1822) accepted as Chondracanthus lophii Johnston, 1836 (synonym)
  58. Species Chondracanthus depressus Scott T., 1905 accepted as Acanthochondria cornuta (Müller O.F., 1776) (synonym)
  59. Species Chondracanthus dogieli Gusev, 1951 accepted as Chondracanthus irregularis Fraser, 1920 (synonym)
  60. Species Chondracanthus dufresnii (Blainville, 1822) accepted as Chondracanthus lophii Johnston, 1836 (synonym)
  61. Species Chondracanthus elongatus Bassett-Smith, 1898 accepted as Acanthochondria elongata (Bassett-Smith, 1898) (synonym)
  62. Species Chondracanthus epachthes Wilson C.B., 1908 accepted as Acanthochondria epachthes (Wilson C.B., 1908) (synonym)
  63. Species Chondracanthus flurae Krøyer, 1863 accepted as Acanthochondria cornuta (Müller O.F., 1776) (synonym)
  64. Species Chondracanthus galeritus Rathbun, 1886 accepted as Acanthochondria galerita (Rathbun, 1886) (synonym)
  65. Species Chondracanthus gibbosus Shiino, 1955 accepted as Chondracanthus shiinoi Yamaguti, 1963 (according to Yamaguti (1963))
  66. Species Chondracanthus gibbosus Krøyer, 1837 accepted as Chondracanthus lophii Johnston, 1836 (synonym)
  67. Species Chondracanthus gobinus (Müller O.F., 1776) accepted as Diocus gobinus (Müller O.F., 1776) (synonym)
  68. Species Chondracanthus grandigenitalis Yü & Wu, 1932 accepted as Acanthochondria grandigenitalis (Yü & Wu, 1932) (synonym)
  69. Species Chondracanthus gurnardi Olsson, 1869 accepted as Acanthochondria gurnardi (Olsson, 1869) accepted as Lernentoma asellina (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
  70. Species Chondracanthus inflatus Bainbridge, 1909 accepted as Acanthochondrites annulatus (Olsson, 1869) (synonym)
  71. Species Chondracanthus laevigatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 accepted as Sphyrion laevigatum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (not a chondracanthid)
  72. Species Chondracanthus laevirajae Della Valle, 1881 accepted as Acanthochondrites annulatus (Olsson, 1869) (synonym)
  73. Species Chondracanthus larochii Krøyer, 1837 accepted as Chondracanthus zei Delaroche, 1811 (synonym)
  74. Species Chondracanthus limandae Krøyer, 1863 accepted as Acanthochondria limandae (Krøyer, 1863) (synonym)
  75. Species Chondracanthus lisse Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 accepted as Sphyrion laevigatum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
  76. Species Chondracanthus longicephalus Yü & Wu, 1932 accepted as Heterochondria longicephala (Yü & Wu, 1932) (synonym)
  77. Species Chondracanthus lophius Risso, 1826 accepted as Chondracanthus lophii Johnston, 1836 (synonym)
  78. Species Chondracanthus lotellae Thomson G.M., 1890 accepted as Chondracanthus irregularis Fraser, 1920 (synonym)
  79. Species Chondracanthus macrurus Brady, 1883 accepted as Lateracanthus macrurus (Brady, 1883) (synonym)
  80. Species Chondracanthus merlangi (Holten, 1802) accepted as Chondracanthus merluccii (Holten, 1802) (synonym)
  81. Species Chondracanthus ninnii Richiardi, 1882 accepted as Pharodes ninnii (Richiardi, 1882) (synonym)
  82. Species Chondracanthus ophidii Krøyer, 1863 accepted as Acanthochondria ophidii (Krøyer, 1863) (synonym)
  83. Species Chondracanthus pallidus Beneden, 1870 accepted as Acanthochondrites annulatus (Olsson, 1869) (synonym)
  84. Species Chondracanthus parvus Ho, Kim I.H. & Nagasawa, 2005 accepted as Chondracanthus solidus (Gusev, 1951) (according to Tang, Andrews & Cobcroft (2007))
  85. Species Chondracanthus phycidis Rathbun, 1886 accepted as Acanthochondria phycidis (Rathbun, 1886) (synonym)
  86. Species Chondracanthus pingi Yü & Wu, 1932 accepted as Acanthochondria pingi (Yü & Wu, 1932) (synonym)
  87. Species Chondracanthus quadratus (Heegaard, 1945) accepted as Acanthocanthopsis quadrata Heegaard, 1945 (according to Tang & Ho (2005))
  88. Species Chondracanthus radiatus (Müller O.F., 1776) accepted as Chondracanthodes radiatus (Müller O.F., 1776) (synonym)
  89. Species Chondracanthus rectangularis Fraser, 1920 accepted as Acanthochondria rectangularis (Fraser, 1920) (synonym)
  90. Species Chondracanthus rickettsi (Wilson C.B., 1935) accepted as Chondracanthodes deflexus Wilson C.B., 1932 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  91. Species Chondracanthus sicyasis Krøyer, 1863 accepted as Acanthochondria sicyasis (Krøyer, 1863) (synonym)
  92. Species Chondracanthus similis Yü & Wu, 1932 accepted as Heterochondria similis (Yü & Wu, 1932) (synonym)
  93. Species Chondracanthus sixteni Wilson C.B., 1922 accepted as Acanthochondria sixteni (Wilson C.B., 1922) (synonym)
  94. Species Chondracanthus slastnicovi Gusev, 1951 accepted as Chondracanthus pinguis Wilson C.B., 1912 (synonym)
  95. Species Chondracanthus soleae Krøyer, 1838 accepted as Acanthochondria soleae (Krøyer, 1838) (synonym)
  96. Species Chondracanthus stramineus Wilson C.B., 1923 accepted as Chondracanthus merluccii (Holten, 1802) (synonym)
  97. Species Chondracanthus triglae Guérin-Méneville, 1837 accepted as Lernentoma asellina (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
  98. Species Chondracanthus trilobatus Pillai, 1964 accepted as Protochondracanthus trilobatus (Pillai, 1964) (synonym)
  99. Species Chondracanthus williamsoni Scott T., 1909 accepted as Chondracanthus nodosus (Müller O.F., 1776) (synonym)
  100. Species Chondracanthus xiphiae Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Chondracanthus merluccii (Holten, 1802) (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Delaroche, F. (1811). Sur deux animaux vivant sur les branchies des poissons. [On two animals living on the gills of fish.]. <em>Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris.</em> 2(44): 270-272, pl. 2 figs. 2-3. [details] OpenAccess publication
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Chondracanthus Delaroche, 1811. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128618 on 2025-04-23
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Boxshall, Geoff
2006-09-07 06:51:43Z
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Martinez, Olga
2008-09-01 12:58:09Z
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Walter, T. Chad
2013-03-01 16:52:47Z
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Boxshall, Geoff
2015-09-29 10:46:35Z
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Walter, T. Chad
2020-06-18 12:07:36Z
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Walter, T. Chad

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Nomenclature

original description Delaroche, F. (1811). Sur deux animaux vivant sur les branchies des poissons. [On two animals living on the gills of fish.]. <em>Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris.</em> 2(44): 270-272, pl. 2 figs. 2-3. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Protochondracanthoides Yamaguti, 1963) Yamaguti, S. (1963). Parasitic Copepoda and Branchiura of Fishes. <em>Wiley Interscience, New York.</em> 1104 pp., 333 pls. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Barnardia Yamaguti, 1963) Yamaguti, S. (1963). Parasitic Copepoda and Branchiura of Fishes. <em>Wiley Interscience, New York.</em> 1104 pp., 333 pls. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Chondracanthopsis Oakley, 1930) Oakley, C.L. (1930). The Chondracanthidae (Crustacea: Copepoda); with a description of five new genera and one new species. Parasitology, Cambridge 22:182-201, figs. 1-8. (24-iii-1930) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Disphaerocephalus Oakley, 1930) Oakley, C.L. (1930). The Chondracanthidae (Crustacea: Copepoda); with a description of five new genera and one new species. Parasitology, Cambridge 22:182-201, figs. 1-8. (24-iii-1930) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Lernacantha Blainville, 1822) 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] OpenAccess publication

Other

context source (PeRMS) Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru. Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. <em>Neotropical Helminthology.</em> 10(2), jul-dic: 301-375. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Ho, J.S. (1970). Revision of the genera of the Chondracanthidae, a copepod family parasitic on marine fishes. Beaufortia 17(229):105-218, figs. 1-296. (28-iv-1970) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [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  PDF available [request]

additional source Kabata, Z. (1988). Copepoda and Brachiura. In: Margolis, L. & Z. Kabata (eds.). Guide to the parasites of fishes of Canada. Part II. Crustacea. Canadian Special Publication in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 101:3-127, figs. 1-53. (French summary). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Krøyer, H. (1863-1864). Bidrag til Kundskab om Snyltekrebsene. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. III.</em> 2(1/2): 75-320, pls. 1-9 [1863]; 2(3): 321-426, pls. 10-18 [1864]. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source 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 Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details] 

additional source Tang, D., M. Andrews & J.M. Cobcroft. (2007). The first chondracanthid (Copepoda: Chondracanthidae) reported from cultured finfish, with a revised key to the species of Chondracanthus. Journal of Parasitology 93(4):788-795. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Shimkevich, V. (1892). Sur les premieres phases du developpement du Chondracanthus. [On the early stages of Chondracanthus development.]. <em>Vestnik Estestroznania.</em> 1892:1-7, figs.1-4. [details] OpenAccess publication

 
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3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Barnardia Document hosted within WoRMS (from synonym Barnardia Yamaguti, 1963)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Chondracanthopsis Document hosted within WoRMS (from synonym Chondracanthopsis Oakley, 1930)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Chondracanthus Document hosted within WoRMS 
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Disphaerocephalus Document hosted within WoRMS (from synonym Disphaerocephalus Oakley, 1930)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Lernacanthus Document hosted within WoRMS (from synonym Lernacantha Blainville, 1822)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Protochondracanthoides Document hosted within WoRMS (from synonym Protochondracanthoides Yamaguti, 1963)
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Barnardia Document hosted within WoRMS (from synonym Barnardia Yamaguti, 1963)
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Chondracanthopsis Document hosted within WoRMS (from synonym Chondracanthopsis Oakley, 1930)
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Chondracanthus Document hosted within WoRMS 
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Disphaerocephalus Document hosted within WoRMS (from synonym Disphaerocephalus Oakley, 1930)
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Lernacantha Document hosted within WoRMS (from synonym Lernacantha Blainville, 1822)
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Protochondracanthoides Document hosted within WoRMS (from synonym Protochondracanthoides Yamaguti, 1963)
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Barnardia) (from synonym Barnardia Yamaguti, 1963)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chondracanthus) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chondracanthus) 
To Genbank (from synonym Barnardia Yamaguti, 1963)
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