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

Lernanthropus gisleri Beneden, 1852

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lernanthropus*	de Blainville, 1822	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Beneden, P.J. Van. (1852). Note sur quelques parasites d'un poisson rare sur nos côtes (le Maigre d'Europe, Sciaena aquila, Cuvier). [Note on some parasites of a rare fish on our coasts (the European meagre, Sciaena aquila, Cuvier).]. Bulletin de l'Académie Royale de Belgique. 19(3):98-109, 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	Goggio, E. (1906). Intorno al genere Lernanthropus, De Blain. (Epachthes v. Nordm.) con descrizione di tre specie non descritte. [On the genus Lernanthropus, De Blain. (Epachthes v. Nordm.) with description of three undescribed species.]. Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Residente in Pisa. 22:134-149, pl. 2.
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	Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. The Ray Society, London. 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Delamare Deboutteville, C. & L.P. Nunes-Ruivo. (1954). Parasites de poissons de mer ouest-Africains récoltés par M.J. Cadenat. II. Copépodes (Ier note). Genres Lernanthropus, Sagum, Paeon, Pennella. [Parasites of West African sea fishes collected by M.J. Chain. II. Copepods (First note). Genres Lernanthropus, Sagum, Paeon, Pennella.]. Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire, Série A, Sciences Naturelles. (A)16(1):139-166, figs. 1-16.
additional source	Diébakaté, C. (1994). Recherches sur la morphologie, la taxonomie et la bio-écologie des Hatschekiidae et des Lernanthropidae, copépodesparasites des poissons des côtes sénégalaises. [Research on the morphology, taxonomy and bio-ecology of Hatschekiidae and Lernanthropidae, copepod parasites of fish from the Senegalese coast. Thèse Docteur de Troisième Cycle de Biologie Animale, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar. 205 pp.
additional source	Özak A.A., I. Demirkale & A. Yanar. (2016). Lernanthropid copepods parasitic on marine fishes in Turkish waters, including two new records. In: Huys, R. (Ed.), Recent Developments in Taxonomy and Biodiversity of Symbiotic Copepoda (Crustacea) – A Volume in Celebration of the Career of Prof. Il-Hoi Kim. Zootaxa. 4174:161-175.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Lernanthropus gisleri Beneden, 1852. 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:135886