MSBIAS taxon details
Chondracanthus merluccii (Holten, 1802)
128764 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:128764)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Holten, H.S. (1802). VII. Anmaerkininger till Beskrivelsen over Zeus guttatus samt Beskrivelser over tvende nye Arter Lernaer. [VII. Notes on the description of Zeus guttatus and descriptions of two new species of Lernaeans.]. <em>Kongelige Danske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter.</em> 5(2): 129-137, pl. 3 figs. 2-3. [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Chondracanthus merluccii (Holten, 1802). 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=128764 on 2026-06-17
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. Chondracanthus merluccii (Holten, 1802). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128764 on 2026-06-17
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(of ) Holten, H.S. (1802). VII. Anmaerkininger till Beskrivelsen over Zeus guttatus samt Beskrivelser over tvende nye Arter Lernaer. [VII. Notes on the description of Zeus guttatus and descriptions of two new species of Lernaeans.]. <em>Kongelige Danske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter.</em> 5(2): 129-137, pl. 3 figs. 2-3. [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 Hogans, W.E. (1993). Guide to common external parasites of fishes of the Canadian Atlantic: I. Crustacea: Isopoda, Amphipoda, Brachiura & Copepoda. ARC Species ID Leaflet #93-01-INV. [details]
additional source Barnard, K.H. (1955). South African parasitic Copepoda. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 41(5):223-312, figs. 1-33. (ii-1955). [details] Available for editors
additional source Etchegoin, J.A., N.H. Sardella & J.T. Timi. (1997). Clarification of the identity of copepods of the genus Chondracanthus parasitizing Merluccius hubbsi from Argentinean waters. <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 83(1):155-158., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3284337 [details] Available for editors
additional source Ho, J.S. (1971). Parasitic copepods of the family Chondracanthidae from fishes of eastern North America. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 87:1-38, figs. 1-26. (7-vii-1971)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.87 [details] Available for editors
additional source Gusev, A.V. (1987). Class Crustacea Lamarck, 1801. <em>In: Bauer, O.N. (ed.). Opredelitel' parazitov presnovodnykh ryb SSSR. [Key to the Parasites of Freshwater Fishes of the USSR.] Opredeliteli po Faune SSSR, Zoologicheskii Instituta SSSR. Nauka, Leningrad.</em> 3(149):378-432. [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 Krøyer, H. (1837). Om Snyltekrebsene, isaer med Hensyn til den danske Fauna. III. Formbeskrivelser (Fortsaettelse).[Concerning parasitic Crustacea with special reference to the Danish fauna. ]. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. I.</em> 1(3): 252-302, pl. 3. [details]
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. [details] Available for editors
additional source 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), available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000011057 [details] Available for editors
additional source Scott, T. & A. Scott. (1913). The British Parasitic Copepoda: Copepoda Parasitic on Fishes. <em>Ray Society, London.</em> Vol. 1: xi, 1-256 text; pls A-B, Vol. 2: xii, 72 pls. for taxa in Volume I., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/910552 [details]
additional source Della Valle, A. (1881). Crostacei parassiti dei pesci del Mare Adriatico. [Crustaceans parasitic on fish in the Adriatic Sea.]. <em>Bollettino della Società Adriatica di Scienze Naturali, Trieste.</em> 6(1):55-90. [for 1880]. [details]
additional source Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.158.i [details] Available for editors
additional source Öktener, A. & M. Sirin. (2019). Occurrence of Chondracanthus merluccii (Holten, 1802) and Chondracanthus angustatus Heller, 1865 (Copepoda: Chondracanthidae) in Turkish Marine Waters. <em>Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences.</em> 35:201-208., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-018-0110-1 [details] Available for editors
additional source Taborda, N.L., J.R. Lima, V.S. Pinheiro, D.R. Alves & A.R. Senna. (2014). Copépodes e isópodes parasitos de nove espécies de peixes marinhos (Osteichthyes) do litoral do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. [Copepods and isopods parasitic on nine species of marine fish (Osteichthyes) from the coast of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.]. <em>Cadernos UniFOA, Volta Redonda.</em> 9(25):105-111., available online at https://doi.org/10.47385/cadunifoa.v9.n25.127 [details] Available for editors
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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 Hogans, W.E. (1993). Guide to common external parasites of fishes of the Canadian Atlantic: I. Crustacea: Isopoda, Amphipoda, Brachiura & Copepoda. ARC Species ID Leaflet #93-01-INV. [details]
additional source Barnard, K.H. (1955). South African parasitic Copepoda. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 41(5):223-312, figs. 1-33. (ii-1955). [details] Available for editors
additional source Etchegoin, J.A., N.H. Sardella & J.T. Timi. (1997). Clarification of the identity of copepods of the genus Chondracanthus parasitizing Merluccius hubbsi from Argentinean waters. <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 83(1):155-158., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3284337 [details] Available for editors
additional source Ho, J.S. (1971). Parasitic copepods of the family Chondracanthidae from fishes of eastern North America. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 87:1-38, figs. 1-26. (7-vii-1971)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.87 [details] Available for editors
additional source Gusev, A.V. (1987). Class Crustacea Lamarck, 1801. <em>In: Bauer, O.N. (ed.). Opredelitel' parazitov presnovodnykh ryb SSSR. [Key to the Parasites of Freshwater Fishes of the USSR.] Opredeliteli po Faune SSSR, Zoologicheskii Instituta SSSR. Nauka, Leningrad.</em> 3(149):378-432. [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 Krøyer, H. (1837). Om Snyltekrebsene, isaer med Hensyn til den danske Fauna. III. Formbeskrivelser (Fortsaettelse).[Concerning parasitic Crustacea with special reference to the Danish fauna. ]. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. I.</em> 1(3): 252-302, pl. 3. [details]
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. [details] Available for editors
additional source 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), available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000011057 [details] Available for editors
additional source Scott, T. & A. Scott. (1913). The British Parasitic Copepoda: Copepoda Parasitic on Fishes. <em>Ray Society, London.</em> Vol. 1: xi, 1-256 text; pls A-B, Vol. 2: xii, 72 pls. for taxa in Volume I., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/910552 [details]
additional source Della Valle, A. (1881). Crostacei parassiti dei pesci del Mare Adriatico. [Crustaceans parasitic on fish in the Adriatic Sea.]. <em>Bollettino della Società Adriatica di Scienze Naturali, Trieste.</em> 6(1):55-90. [for 1880]. [details]
additional source Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.158.i [details] Available for editors
additional source Öktener, A. & M. Sirin. (2019). Occurrence of Chondracanthus merluccii (Holten, 1802) and Chondracanthus angustatus Heller, 1865 (Copepoda: Chondracanthidae) in Turkish Marine Waters. <em>Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences.</em> 35:201-208., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-018-0110-1 [details] Available for editors
additional source Taborda, N.L., J.R. Lima, V.S. Pinheiro, D.R. Alves & A.R. Senna. (2014). Copépodes e isópodes parasitos de nove espécies de peixes marinhos (Osteichthyes) do litoral do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. [Copepods and isopods parasitic on nine species of marine fish (Osteichthyes) from the coast of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.]. <em>Cadernos UniFOA, Volta Redonda.</em> 9(25):105-111., available online at https://doi.org/10.47385/cadunifoa.v9.n25.127 [details] Available for editors
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chondracanthus merluccii)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chondracanthus merluccii)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chondracanthus merluccii)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (16 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chondracanthus merluccii)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chondracanthus merluccii)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chondracanthus merluccii)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (16 records)
To ITIS
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