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

Lernaeocera Blainville, 1822

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Lernaeocera branchialis (Linnaeus, 1767)
Lernaeocera lusci (Bassett-Smith, 1896)
Lernaeocera minuta (Scott T., 1900)

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	Illg, P.L. (1955). Proposed designation, under the plenary powers, for the generic name 'Lernaeocera' (emend. of 'Lerneocera') Blainville, 1822 (Class Crustacea, Order Copepoda) of a type species in harmony with current nomenclatural usage. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 11(8):252-255. (vii-1955)
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. (1965). Lernaeocera (Copepoda) parasitic on ling (Molva elongata Otto). Crustaceana, Leiden 9(1):104-105. (15-vii-1965)
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]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Wilson, C.B. (1917). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the Lernaeidae with a revision of the entire family. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 53(2194):1-150, pls. 1-21. (13-vi-1917).
additional source	Hamon, M. (1952). Un nouveau Lernaeidae, parasite larvaire du poisson Serranus cabrilla L. [A new Lernaeidae, larval parasite of the fish Serranus cabrilla L.]. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Série Zoologie et Biologie Animale, Paris. (11)14:207-218, figs. 1-8.
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.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Lernaeocera 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:135645