MSBIAS taxon details
Ergasilidae Burmeister, 1835
128571 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:128571)
accepted
Family
- Genus Ergasilus von Nordmann, 1832
- Genus Thersitina Norman, 1905
marine, brackish, fresh
Burmeister, H. (1835). Beschreibung einiger neuen oder weniger bekannten Schmarotzerkrebse, nebst allgemeinen Betrachtungen über die Gruppe, welcher sie angehören. [Description of some new or lesser known parasitic crustaceans, together with general considerations about the group to which they belong.]. <em>Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum (Acta der Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher), Halle.</em> 17(1):269-336, pls. 23, 24, 24a, 25.(for 1833)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27013390 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Ergasilidae Burmeister, 1835. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128571 on 2026-04-07
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Ergasilidae Burmeister, 1835. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128571 on 2026-04-07
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Burmeister, H. (1835). Beschreibung einiger neuen oder weniger bekannten Schmarotzerkrebse, nebst allgemeinen Betrachtungen über die Gruppe, welcher sie angehören. [Description of some new or lesser known parasitic crustaceans, together with general considerations about the group to which they belong.]. <em>Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum (Acta der Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher), Halle.</em> 17(1):269-336, pls. 23, 24, 24a, 25.(for 1833)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27013390 [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 Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. <em>Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA).</em> 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Amado, M.A.P.M., J.S. Ho & C.E.F. Rocha. (1995). Phylogeny and biogeography of the Ergasilidae (Copepoda, Poecilostomatoida), with reconsideration of the taxonomic status of the Vaigamidae. Contributions to Zoology 65(4):233-243., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/26660644-06504002 [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 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
additional source Markevich, A.P. (1956). Paraziticheskie veslonogie ryb SSSR. [Parasitic copepods of fishes of the USSR.]. <em>Akademiya Nauk Ukraine SSR, Institut Zoology, Kiev.</em> 259 pp. figs. 1-153.
note: key to the Family [details] Available for editors
additional source Thatcher, V.E. (1991). Amazon fish parasites. Amazoniana 11(3-4):263-571. [details] Available for editors
additional source Wilson, C.B. (1911). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the family Ergasilidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 39(1788):263-400, pls. 41-60. (11-i-1911), available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.39-1788.263 [details]
additional source Marques Orsi, T.M. (2018). Sistemática e história evolutiva de Ergasilidae (Crustacea: Copepoda; Cyclopoida). [Systematics and evolutionary history of Ergasilidae (Crustacea: Copepoda; Cyclopoida).]. <em>203 pp. [In Portuguese and English].</em> Tese de Doutorado, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil., available online at https://hdl.handle.net/1884/62264 [details] Available for editors
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 Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. <em>Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA).</em> 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Amado, M.A.P.M., J.S. Ho & C.E.F. Rocha. (1995). Phylogeny and biogeography of the Ergasilidae (Copepoda, Poecilostomatoida), with reconsideration of the taxonomic status of the Vaigamidae. Contributions to Zoology 65(4):233-243., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/26660644-06504002 [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 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
additional source Markevich, A.P. (1956). Paraziticheskie veslonogie ryb SSSR. [Parasitic copepods of fishes of the USSR.]. <em>Akademiya Nauk Ukraine SSR, Institut Zoology, Kiev.</em> 259 pp. figs. 1-153.
note: key to the Family [details] Available for editors
additional source Thatcher, V.E. (1991). Amazon fish parasites. Amazoniana 11(3-4):263-571. [details] Available for editors
additional source Wilson, C.B. (1911). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the family Ergasilidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 39(1788):263-400, pls. 41-60. (11-i-1911), available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.39-1788.263 [details]
additional source Marques Orsi, T.M. (2018). Sistemática e história evolutiva de Ergasilidae (Crustacea: Copepoda; Cyclopoida). [Systematics and evolutionary history of Ergasilidae (Crustacea: Copepoda; Cyclopoida).]. <em>203 pp. [In Portuguese and English].</em> Tese de Doutorado, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil., available online at https://hdl.handle.net/1884/62264 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
