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

Chondracanthus Delaroche, 1811

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Chondracanthus angustatus Heller, 1865
Chondracanthus barnardi Ho, 1972
Chondracanthus lophii Johnston, 1836
Chondracanthus merluccii (Holten, 1802)
Chondracanthus neali Leigh-Sharpe, 1930
Chondracanthus nodosus (Müller O.F., 1776)
Chondracanthus ornatus Scott T., 1900
Chondracanthus zei Delaroche, 1811

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: スギノリ

Literature

original description	Delaroche, F. (1811). Sur deux animaux vivant sur les branchies des poissons. [On two animals living on the gills of fish.]. Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris. 2(44): 270-272, pl. 2 figs. 2-3.
additional source	Shimkevich, V. (1892). Sur les premieres phases du developpement du Chondracanthus. [On the early stages of Chondracanthus development.]. Vestnik Estestroznania. 1892:1-7, figs.1-4.
additional source	Krøyer, H. (1863-1864). Bidrag til Kundskab om Snyltekrebsene. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. III. 2(1/2): 75-320, pls. 1-9 [1863]; 2(3): 321-426, pls. 10-18 [1864].
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	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	Tang, D., M. Andrews & J.M. Cobcroft. (2007). The first chondracanthid (Copepoda: Chondracanthidae) reported from cultured finfish, with a revised key to the species of Chondracanthus. Journal of Parasitology 93(4):788-795.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	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

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Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Chondracanthus Delaroche, 1811. 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:128618