MSBIAS taxon details
Brachiella Cuvier, 1830
135596 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135596)
accepted
Genus
Brachiella thynni Cuvier, 1830 (type by original designation)
- Species Brachiella thynni Cuvier, 1830
- Species Brachiella obesa (Krøyer, 1837) accepted as Parabrachiella bispinosa (von Nordmann, 1832) (listed as synonym by Kabata, 1979)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Cuvier, G. (1830). Le règne animal distingué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The animal kingdom distinguished according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Paris: Déterville & Crochard.</em> Nouvelle édition 2, Vol. 3: 1-504, pls. 1-20., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33372853 [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Brachiella Cuvier, 1830. 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=135596 on 2026-09-12
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. Brachiella Cuvier, 1830. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135596 on 2026-09-12
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2006-09-06 06:55:51Z
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Martinez, Olga
original description
Cuvier, G. (1830). Le règne animal distingué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The animal kingdom distinguished according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Paris: Déterville & Crochard.</em> Nouvelle édition 2, Vol. 3: 1-504, pls. 1-20., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33372853 [details]
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 Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France.</em> 463 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Miculicich, M. (1905). 3. Zur Kenntnis der Gattung Brachiella Cuv. und der Organisation der Lernaeopodiden. 3. On the knowledge of the genus Brachiella Cuv. and the organization of the Lernaeopodidae. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 28(18):599-620, figs. 1-7. (14-iii-1905). [details]
additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Ohtsuka, S., W. Piasecki, N. Ismail & A.S. Kamarudin. (2020). A new species of Brachiella (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida, Lernaeopodidae) from Peninsular Malaysia, with relegation of two genera Charopinopsis and Eobrachiella to junior synonyms of Brachiella. <em>Parasite.</em> 27(40):1-13., available online at https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2020038 [details] Available for editors
additional source Pillai, N.K. (1985). Copepod Parasites of Marine Fishes. <em>In: The Fauna of India. Zoological Society of India, Calcutta.</em> 900pp., figs. 1-279.
page(s): 781 [details] Available for editors
additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors
additional source Wilson, C.B. (1908). North American parasitic copepods: a list of those found upon the fishes of the Pacific coast, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 35(1652):431-481, pls. 66-83. (10-xii-1908)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.35-1652.431 [details]
source of synonymy Kabata, Z. (1970). Discovery of Brachiella lageniformis (Copepoda: Lernaeopodidae) in the Canadian Pacific and its significance to zoogeography of the genus Merluccius (Pisces: Teleostei). Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 27(12):2159-2165, figs. 1-19., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/f70-245 [details] Available for editors
status 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 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 Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France.</em> 463 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Miculicich, M. (1905). 3. Zur Kenntnis der Gattung Brachiella Cuv. und der Organisation der Lernaeopodiden. 3. On the knowledge of the genus Brachiella Cuv. and the organization of the Lernaeopodidae. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 28(18):599-620, figs. 1-7. (14-iii-1905). [details]
additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Ohtsuka, S., W. Piasecki, N. Ismail & A.S. Kamarudin. (2020). A new species of Brachiella (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida, Lernaeopodidae) from Peninsular Malaysia, with relegation of two genera Charopinopsis and Eobrachiella to junior synonyms of Brachiella. <em>Parasite.</em> 27(40):1-13., available online at https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2020038 [details] Available for editors
additional source Pillai, N.K. (1985). Copepod Parasites of Marine Fishes. <em>In: The Fauna of India. Zoological Society of India, Calcutta.</em> 900pp., figs. 1-279.
page(s): 781 [details] Available for editors
additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors
additional source Wilson, C.B. (1908). North American parasitic copepods: a list of those found upon the fishes of the Pacific coast, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 35(1652):431-481, pls. 66-83. (10-xii-1908)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.35-1652.431 [details]
source of synonymy Kabata, Z. (1970). Discovery of Brachiella lageniformis (Copepoda: Lernaeopodidae) in the Canadian Pacific and its significance to zoogeography of the genus Merluccius (Pisces: Teleostei). Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 27(12):2159-2165, figs. 1-19., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/f70-245 [details] Available for editors
status 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
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Brachiella 
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Brachiella
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Brachiella)
To Genbank
To ITIS
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Brachiella
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Brachiella)
To Genbank
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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