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

Lernaeocera branchialis (Linnaeus, 1767)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lernaeocera*	Blainville, 1822	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Lernaea branchialis*	Linnaeus, 1767	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: torskens gælleorm sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: throat-ogre sources: McLaughlin, P.A., D.K. Camp, M.V. Angel, E.L. Bousfield, P. Brunel, R.C. Brusca, A.C. Cohen, K. Conlan, L.G. Eldredge, D.L. Felder, J.W. Goy, T. Haney, B. Hann, R.W. Heard, E.A. Hendrycks, H.H. Hobbs III, J.R. Holsinger, B. Kensley, D.R. Laubitz, S.E. LeCroy, R. Lemaitre, R.F. Maddocks, J.W. Martin, P. Mikkelsen, E. Nelson, W.A. Newman, R.M. Overstreet, W.J. Poly, W.W. Price, J.W. Reid, A. Robertson, D.C. Rogers, A. Ross, M. Schotte, F.R. Schram, C.T. Shih, L. Watling & G.D.F. Wilson. (2005). Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Crustaceans. American Fisheries Society Special Publication. 31. 545 pp. plus index. ISBN 1-888569-64-6.

Norwegian Bokmål: torskegjelleorm sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: torskegjellemakk

Literature

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	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Brooker, A.J. (2007). Aspects of the biology and behaviour of Lernaeocera branchialis (Linnaeus, 1767) (Copepoda: Pennellidae). Ph.D. Thesis, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland. 224 pp.
additional source	Siva-Kumari, J. & D. Sreenivas-Rao. (2002). The development of fertilized eggs into larvae of Lernaeocera branchialis in the vascular system of mackerel Rastrelliger kanagurta. Rivista di Parassitologia, Italy. 19(2): 141-145. Aug 2002.
additional source	Sproston, N.G. (1942). The developmental stages of Lernaeocera branchialis (Linn.). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom n. ser. 25:441-466, figs. 1-6. (x-1942)
additional source	Brooker, A.J., J.E. Bron & A.P. Shinn. (2012). Description of the free-swimming juvenile stages of Lernaeocera branchialis (Pennellidae), using traditional light and confocal microscopy methods. Aquatic Biology. 14(2):153-163.
additional source	Capart, A. (1948). Le Lernaeocera branchialis (Linne, 1767). Cellule 52(2):159-212, figs. 1-22, pls. 1-7.
additional source	Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. The Ray Society, London. 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203.
additional source	Kabata, Z. (1962). The mouth and mouth-parts of Lernaeocera branchialis (L.), a parasitic copepod. Crustaceana, Leiden 3(4):311-317, figs. 1-5. (15-iii-1962)
additional source	Arntz, W.E. (1972). Über das Auftreten des parasitischen Copepoden Lernaeocera branchialis in der Kieler Bucht und seine Bedeutung als biologische Markierung. [On the occurrence of the parasitic copepod Lernaeocera branchialis in Kiel Bay and its significance as a biological marker.]. Archiv für Fischereiwissenschaft. 23(2):118-127, figs. 1-3, tabs. 1-5. (x-1972).
additional source	Wilson, C.B. (1917). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the Lernaeidae with a revision of the entire family. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 53(2194):1-150, pls. 1-21. (13-vi-1917).
additional source	Templeman, W. & A.M. Fleming. (1963). Distribution of Lernaeocera branchialis (L.) on cod as an indicator of cod movement in the Newfoundland area. Studies Stns. Fisheries Research Board of Canada. 878(1):318-322, figs. 1-2. (Also in: Spec. Publn NW Atlant. Fish., 4: 318-322, figs. 1-2).
additional source	Sundnes, G. (1968). Lernaeocera branchialis på torsk (Gadus morrhua). [Lernaeocera branchialis on cod (Gadus morrhua).]. Tiedoksianto (= Information) Suomen Tiedesenran Parasitologian Laitos. 9:22-23.
additional source	Schuurmans Stekhoven, J.H. Jr. (1936). Beobachtungen zur Morphologie und Physiologie der Lernaeocera branchialis L. und Lernaeocera lusci Bassett-Smith (Crustacea parasitica). [Observations on the morphology and physiology of Lernaeocera branchialis L. and Lernaeocera lusci Bassett-Smith (Crustacea parasitica).]. Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde. 8(6):659-696, figs. 1-28.
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
additional source	Van den Broek, W.L.F. (1979). Infection of estuarine populations by Lernaeocera branchialis and its effects on whiting, Merlangius merlangus. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 6(4):2-3. (Abstract.)
additional source	Kabata, Z. (1961). Lernaeocera branchialis (L.), a parasitic copepod from the European and the American shores of the Atlantic. Crustaceana, Leiden 2(3):243-249, figs. 1-5. (21-vi-1961)
additional source	Smith, J.W. (1969). The distribution of one monogenean and two copepod parasites of whiting, Merlangius merlangius (L.), caught in British waters. Nytt Magasin för Zoologi 17(1):57-63, figs. 1-2, tabs. 1-6.
additional source	Capart, A. (1947). Le Lernaeocera branchialis (Linné), Copépode parasite des Gadides. [Lernaeocera branchialis (Linnaeus), a parasitic copepod of Gadidae.]. Journal du Conseil International pour l'Exploration de la Mer. 15(1):69-76, fig. 1.
additional source	Schuurmans Stekhoven, J.H. Jr. (1936). De biologie van Lernaeocera branchialis. [The biology of Lernanocera brachialis.]. Overgedrukt uit het Natuurwetenschappelijk Tijdschrift XXIX Vlaamsch Natuur-en Geneeskundig Congres. Gent 13-19 April 1936. 18, Congres-nummer.:157-161.
additional source	Anstensrud, M. (1989). Experimental studies of the reproductive behaviour of the parasitic copepod Lernaeocera branchialis (Pennellidae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 69(2):465-476. (v.1989)
additional source	Sproston, N.G. & P.H.T. Hartley. (1941). The ecology of some parasitic copepods of gadoids and other fishes. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom n. ser. 25:361-392, figs. 1-2, tabs. 1-11. (xi-1941)
additional source	Van den Broek, W.L.F. (1978). The effects of Lernaeocera branchialis on the Merlangius merlangus population in the Medway Estuary. Journal of Fish Biology. 13(6):709-715, fig. 1, tabs. 1-2. (xii-1978).
additional source	Kabata, Z. (1963). The free-swimming stage of Lernaeenicus (Copepoda Parasitica). Crustaceana, Leiden 5(3):181-187, fig. 1. (22-v-1963)
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Sundnes, G. (1970). Lernaeocera branchialis (L.) on cod Gadus morhua (L.) in Norwegian waters. Institute of Marine Research, Bergen. 48 pp.
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	Mann, H. (1964). Vorkommen, Verbreitung und Schadwirkung von Lernaeocera minuta T. Scott (Copepoda parasitica). [Occurrence, distribution and harmful effects of Lernaeocera minuta T. Scott (Copepoda parasitica).]. Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Meeresforschung in Bremerhaven. 9(1):79-83, fig. 1.
additional source	Mann, H. (1953). Lernaeocera branchialis (Copepoda parasitica) und seine Schadwirkung bei einigen Gadiden. [Lernaeocera branchialis (Copepoda parasitica) and its damaging effects on some Gadids.]. Archiv für Fischereiwissenschaft. 4:133-144, tabs. 1-10.
additional source	Sproston, N.G. & P.H.T. Hartley. (1941). Observations on the bionomics and physiology of Trebius caudatus and Lernaeocera branchialis (Copepoda). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom n. ser. 25:393-417, figs. 1-5, tabs. 1-4. (xi-1941)
additional source	Schuurmans Stekhoven, J.H. Jr. & A. Punt. (1937). Weitere Beiträge zur Morphologie und Physiologie der Lernaeocera branchialis L. [urther contributions to the morphology and physiology of Lernaeocera branchialis L.]. Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde. 9(5):648-668, figs. 1-9. (15-ix-1937).
additional source	Sherman, K. & J.P. Wise. (1961). Incidence of the cod parasite Lernaeocera branchialis L. in the New England area, and its possible use as an indicator of cod populations. Limnology and Oceanography 6(1):61-67, figs. 1-2. (i-1961)
additional source	Schuurmans Stekhoven, J.H. Jr. (1936). Copepoda Parasitica from the Belgian coast. II. (Included some habitats in the North-Sea). Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique. 74:1-20, pls. 1-5.
redescription	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. Lernaeocera branchialis (Linnaeus, 1767). 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:135993