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

Lernaeenicus vorax Richiardi, 1877

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lernaeenicus*	Le Sueur, 1824	accepted genus name
*Lernaeonema*	Milne Edwards H., 1840	synonym

Literature

original description	Richiardi, S. (1877). Descrizioni di due specie nuove di Lernaeenicus Les. con osservazioni intorno a questo ed al generi Lernaeocera Bl. e Lernaeonema M. Edw. Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Processi Verbali e Memorie, Serie B. 3(1): 195-206, 206a, pl. 7.
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	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].

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Lernaeenicus vorax Richiardi, 1877. 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:135992