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 lusci (Bassett-Smith, 1896)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lernaeocera*	Blainville, 1822	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Lernaea lusci*	Bassett-Smith, 1896	synonym

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	Leigh-Sharpe, W.H. (1933). A second list of parasitic Copepoda of Plymouth with a description of three new species. Parasitology, Cambridge 25(1):133-118, figs. 1-5. (4-iii-1933)
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.
additional source	Tirard, C. & A. Raibaut. (1989). Quelques aspects de l'écologie de Lernaeocera lusci (Bassett-Smith, 1896) copépode parasite de poissons Merlucciidae et Gadidae. Bulletin d'Écologie, Brunoy, France 20(4):289-294. (English summary.)
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	Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. The Ray Society, London. 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203.
additional source	Evans, N.A., P.J. Whitfield, R.N. Bamber & P.M. Espin. (1983). Lernaeocera lusci (Copepoda: Pennellidae) on bib (Trisopterus luscus) from Southampton Water. Parasitology, Cambridge. 86(1):161-173, figs. 1-3, tabs. 1-7. (ii-1983).
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.
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 lusci (Bassett-Smith, 1896). 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:135994