Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Siphonostomatoida > Family Lernanthropidae

Lernanthropus de Blainville, 1822

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Lernanthropus brevis Richiardi, 1879
Lernanthropus gisleri Beneden, 1852
Lernanthropus kroyeri Beneden, 1851
Lernanthropus micropterygis Richiardi, 1884
Lernanthropus scribae Krøyer, 1863
Lernanthropus tylosuri Richiardi, 1880

Literature

original description	Blainville, H.M.D. de. (1822). Mémoire sur les Lernées (Lernaea, Lin.). Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts, Paris 95:372-380, 437-447, pl. 1.
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	Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. The Ray Society, London. 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203.
additional source	Wilson, C.B. (1922). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the family Dichelestiidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 60(5)(2400):1-100, pls. 1-13. (22-iii-1922).
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	Pillai, N.K. (1985). Copepod Parasites of Marine Fishes. In: The Fauna of India. Zoological Society of India, Calcutta. 900pp., figs. 1-279.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
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. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.).

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Lernanthropus de Blainville, 1822. 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:135615