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

Nemesis lamna Risso, 1826

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Nemesis*	Risso, 1826	accepted genus name
*Ergasilina*	Beneden, 1851	synonym

Species group names

*Nemesis lamna lamna*	Risso, 1826	synonym; alternate representation

Literature

original description	Risso, A. (1826). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Tome quatrième. F.-G. Levrault, Paris, viii + 439 pp. + pls 1-12.
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	Brian, A. (1944). Copépodos parasitos de peces y cetaceos del Museo Argentino de Ciencias naturales. [Copepods parasitic on fish and cetaceans from the Argentine Museum of Natural Sciences.]. Anales del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (Buenos Aires). 41:193-220, pls. 1-10. (vii-1944).
additional source	Markevich, A.P. (1956). Paraziticheskie veslonogie ryb SSSR. [Parasitic copepods of fishes of the USSR.]. Akademiya Nauk Ukraine SSR, Institut Zoology, Kiev. 259 pp. figs. 1-153.
additional source	Guérin-Méneville, F.E. (1829-1843). Iconographie du régne animal de G. Cuvier. [Representation d'apres nature de l'une des especes les plus remarquables et souvent non encore figurees, de chaque genre d'animaux.Iconography of the animal kingdom by G. Cuvier.]. Planches des Animaux invertébrés. Zoophytes. 2. Crustacées. A. Londres publisher. (Publication began in 1829). :1-48, [ Copepods pl. 35, This plate was published in 1837.].
additional source	Essafi, K. & A. Raibaut. (1977). Copépodes parasites des poissons de Tunisie (deuxième série). [Copepod parasites of Tunisian fish (second series).]. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de Tunisie. 12:23-38.
additional source	Delamare Deboutteville, C. & L.P. Nunes-Ruivo. (1954). Copépodes parasites des poissons Méditerranéens (3e série). [Copepod parasites of Mediterranean fish (3rd series).]. Vie et Milieu. 4(2):201-218, figs. 1-9.
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	Yamaguti, S. (1939). Parasitic copepods from fishes of Japan. Part 5. Caligoida, III. Volume Jubilare for Prof. Sadao Yoshida. 2:443-487, pls. 14-33. (iii.1939).
additional source	Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41.
additional source	Heegaard, P.E. (1962). Parasitic Copepoda from Australian waters. Records of the Australian Museum 25(9):149-234, figs. 1-250. (28-v-1962)
additional source	Scott, A. (1929). The copepod parasites of Irish Sea fishes. Proceedings and Transactions of the Liverpool Biological Society 43:81-119, pls. 1-3.
additional source	Kensley, B. & J.R. Grindley. (1973). South African parasitic Copepoda. Annals of the South African Museum 62(3):69-130, figs. 1-35. (x-1973)

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Nemesis lamna Risso, 1826. 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:135815