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

Brachiella thynni Cuvier, 1830

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Brachiella*	Cuvier, 1830	accepted genus name
*Eobrachiella*	Ho & Do, 1984	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ナガクビムシ

Literature

original description	Cuvier, G. (1830). Le règne animal distingué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The animal kingdom distinguished according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. Paris: Déterville & Crochard. Nouvelle édition 2, Vol. 3: 1-504, pls. 1-20.
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	Miculicich, M. (1905). 3. Zur Kenntnis der Gattung Brachiella Cuv. und der Organisation der Lernaeopodiden. 3. On the knowledge of the genus Brachiella Cuv. and the organization of the Lernaeopodidae. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 28(18):599-620, figs. 1-7. (14-iii-1905).
additional source	Miculicich, M. (1905). Weitere Mitteilungen zur Kenntnis der Gattung Brachiella Cuv. [Further information on the genus Brachiella Cuv.]. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 28(21-22):733-736. (11-iv-1905).
additional source	Della Valle, A. (1881). Crostacei parassiti dei pesci del Mare Adriatico. [Crustaceans parasitic on fish in the Adriatic Sea.]. Bollettino della Società Adriatica di Scienze Naturali, Trieste. 6(1):55-90. [for 1880].
additional source	Kirtisinghe, P. (1964). A review of the parasitic copepods of fish recorded from Ceylon, with descriptions of additional forms. Bulletin of the Fisheries Research Station, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 17(1):45-132, figs. 1-191. (vi-1964)
additional source	Guérin, F.E. (1829-1830). Atlas. Crustacés et Arachnides In: Duperrey, L. I., Capitaine de Frégate, Chevalier de Saint-Louis et Membre de la Légion D'Honneur, Commandant de l'Expédition, Voyage Autour du Monde, exécuté par Ordre du Roi, sur la Corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825, sous le ministère et conformément aux instructions de S.E.M. Le Marquis de Clermont-Tonnerre, Ministre, de la Marine; et publié sous les auspices de son Excellence Mgr le Cte de Chabrol, Ministre de la Marine et des Colonies. Zoologie par R.P. Lesson. Arthus Bertrand, Paris, vol. II(2): i–xii + 9–56 pp.; Atlas (Crustacea): pls. 1–5. [Pls. 1, 3: November or December 1829; pls. 2, 4: before 3 April 1830; pl. 5: 25 November 1830; text: after 15 November 1838.].
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.).
additional source	Brian, A. (1901). Caso di anomalia verificatosi su di una Brachiella del Tonno. [Case of anomaly occurred on a Brachiella del Tonno.]. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia e Anatomia Comparata della R. Università di Genova. 104:1-3, fig. 1.
additional source	Lewis, A.G. (1967). Copepod crustaceans parasitic on teleost fishes of the Hawaiian islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 121(3574):1-204, figs. 1-70. (22-vi-1967).
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	Shiino, S.M. (1958). Parasitic copepods from fishes collected in the Indian Ocean. Reports of the Prefectural University of Mie, 2, Natural Sciences 2(3):98-113, figs. 1-6, tabs. 1-2. (iii-1958)
additional source	Baudin Laurencin, F. (1971). Crustacés et Helminthes parasites de l'Albacore (Thunnus albacares) du golfe de Guinée-Note préliminaire. [Crustaceans and helminths parasites of Albacore (Thunnus albacares) from the Gulf of Guinea - Preliminary note.]. Documents Scientifiques, Centre de Recherches Océanographiques, Abidjan (ORSTOM). 2(1-2):11-30, figs. 1-4.
additional source	Steenstrup, J.J.S. & C.F. Lütken. (1861). Bidrag til kundskab om det aabne havs snyltekrebs og lernæer samt om nogle andre nye eller hidtil kun ufuldstændigt kjendte parasitiske Copepoder. [Contribution to knowledge about the open sea parasitic crabs and mud crabs and about some other new or hitherto only incompletely known parasitic Copepods.]. Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturhistorisk og Mathematisk Afdeling, Kjöbenhavn. (5)5: 343-432, pls. 1-15.
additional source	Pillai, N.K. (1967). Copepods parasitic on Indian marine fishes. A review. In: Proceedings of the Symposium on Crustacea. Symposium Series, Marine Biological Association of India (2)5:1556-1680, figs. 1-266.
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	Pillai, N.K. (1962). Copepods parasitic on South Indian fishes: Families Lernaeopodidae and Naobranchidae. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 4:58-94, figs. 1-22. (iv-1962)
additional source	Brian, A. (1901). Un cas de monstruosité constaté sur une Brachiella du thon. [A case of monstrosity observed on a tuna Brachiella]. Cosmos, Revue Encyclopédique de la Progrèe des Sciences, Nouvelle Série, Paris. 44(832):10-11, fig. 1. (5-i-1901).
additional source	Nagasawa, K. (2015). Infection of Brachiella thynni (Copepoda, Lernaeopodidae) on pacific bluefin tuna, Thunnus orientalis (Actinopterygii, Scombridae), cultured in Japan. Crustaceana (Leiden). 88(7-8):945-948.
status source	Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. The Ray Society, London. 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Brachiella thynni Cuvier, 1830. 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:135839