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

Alebion carchariae Krøyer, 1863

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Alebion*	Krøyer, 1863	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	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].
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	Vaissière, R. (1959). Parasites de poissons de mer ouest-africains récoltés par J. Cadenat. II. Copépodes. Copépodes caligides. Première note: Les Euryphorinae. [Parasites of West African sea fish collected by J. Cadenat. II. Copepods. Caligid copepods. First note: The Euryphorinae.]. Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire. (A)21:534-553, figs. 1-7. (iv-1959).
additional source	Kumar, K.A. (1990). Studies on copepod parasites on elasmobranchs of Kerala Coast. Ph.D. Thesis, The Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, India. 286 pp.
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	Hogans, W.E. (1995). Parasitic Copepoda in the collection of the Atlantic Reference Centre, St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2028:1-6.
additional source	Bassett-Smith, P.W. (1898). Some new or rare parasitic copepods found on fish in the Indo-tropic region. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)2:357-372, pls. 10-12. (xi-1898)
additional source	Orrell, D.L., J.M. Questel, C.A. Smoot, T. Simpson & N.E. Hussey. (2023). Alebion carchariae (Copepod: Caligidae) host plasticity and distribution: a new host and locality record from Ascension Island. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 103:1–6.
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	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Heegaard, P.E. (1955). Parasitic copepods from tropical West Africa. Atlantide Report 3:41-56, figs. 1-20. (24-xi-1955)
additional source	Barnard, K.H. (1955). South African parasitic Copepoda. Annals of the South African Museum. 41(5):223-312, figs. 1-33. (ii-1955).
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	Capart, A. (1953). Quelques Copépodes parasites de poissons marins de la région de Dakar. [Some copepod parasites of marine fish from the Dakar region.]. Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire. 15(2):647-671, figs. 1-10. (iv-1953).

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Alebion carchariae Krøyer, 1863. 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:135818