MSBIAS taxon details
Tripaphylus musteli (Beneden, 1851)
136011 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:136011)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Beneden, P.J. van. (1851). Note sur un Crustacé parasite nouveau, avec l'énumération des espèces de cette classe qu'on observe sur les poissons du littoral de Belgique. [Note on a new parasitic Crustacean, with the enumeration of the species of this class which are observed on fish from the Belgian coast.]. <em>Bulletin de l'Académie Royale de Belgique.</em> 18(1):286-290, pl. 1. (look up in IMIS) [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Tripaphylus musteli (Beneden, 1851). 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=136011 on 2026-06-07
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. Tripaphylus musteli (Beneden, 1851). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/MSBIAS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=136011 on 2026-06-07
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(of ) Beneden, P.J. van. (1851). Note sur un Crustacé parasite nouveau, avec l'énumération des espèces de cette classe qu'on observe sur les poissons du littoral de Belgique. [Note on a new parasitic Crustacean, with the enumeration of the species of this class which are observed on fish from the Belgian coast.]. <em>Bulletin de l'Académie Royale de Belgique.</em> 18(1):286-290, pl. 1. (look up in IMIS) [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 Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
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 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 Najarian, H.H. (1949). Parasitic copepods of the family Sphyridae with special reference to the internal anatomy of the redfish parasite, Sphyrion Lumpi (Krøyer) 1837 Bassett-Smith, 1899. <em>M.A. Thesis, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.</em> viii + 76 pp., available online at https://hdl.handle.net/2144/17374 [details] Available for editors
redescription Benz, G.W. & G.A. Boxshall. (2017). Redescription of Tripaphylus musteli (van Beneden, 1851) (Copepoda: Sphyriidae) and the relegation of Paeon Wilson, 1919 to synonymy with Tripaphylus richiardi in Anonymous, 1878. Systematic Parasitology, 94(6):689-698., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-017-9734-4 [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 Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
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 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 Najarian, H.H. (1949). Parasitic copepods of the family Sphyridae with special reference to the internal anatomy of the redfish parasite, Sphyrion Lumpi (Krøyer) 1837 Bassett-Smith, 1899. <em>M.A. Thesis, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.</em> viii + 76 pp., available online at https://hdl.handle.net/2144/17374 [details] Available for editors
redescription Benz, G.W. & G.A. Boxshall. (2017). Redescription of Tripaphylus musteli (van Beneden, 1851) (Copepoda: Sphyriidae) and the relegation of Paeon Wilson, 1919 to synonymy with Tripaphylus richiardi in Anonymous, 1878. Systematic Parasitology, 94(6):689-698., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-017-9734-4 [details] Available for editors
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