Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Cyclopoida > Suborder Ergasilida > Family Chondracanthidae

Acanthochondria Oakley, 1930

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Acanthochondria clavata (Bassett-Smith, 1896)
Acanthochondria cornuta (Müller O.F., 1776)
Acanthochondria limandae (Krøyer, 1863)
Acanthochondria soleae (Krøyer, 1838)
Acanthochondria triglae Herrera-Cubilla & Raibaut, 1990

Literature

original description	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)
basis of record	Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 252-268
additional source	Ho, J.S. & I.H. Kim. (1995). Acanthochondria (Copepoda: Chondracanthidae) parasitic on fishes of Sado Island in the Sea of Japan, with a preliminary review of the genus. Reports of the Sado Marine Biological Station, Niigata University 25:45-67. (iii.1995)
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. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. 463 pp.
additional source	Kabata, Z. (1959). Ecology of the genus Acanthochondria Oakley (Copepoda Parasitica). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 38(2):249-261, figs. 1-4. (vi-1959)
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).
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)
additional source	Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. The Ray Society, London. 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203.
additional source	Leigh-Sharpe, W.H. & C.L. Oakley. (1927). Lernentominae, a new subfamily of Chondracanthidae (Crustacea: Copepoda), with a description of Oralien triglae (Blainville 1822). Parasitology, Cambridge 19(4):455-467, figs. 1-7. (9-xii-1927)

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Acanthochondria Oakley, 1930. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:128615