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

Sphyrion lumpi (Krøyer, 1845)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sphyrion*	Cuvier, 1830	accepted genus name
*Lestes*	Krøyer, 1845	synonym

Species group names

*Lestes lumpi*	Krøyer, 1845	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	Priebe, K. (1963). Einige wenig bekannte parasitologische lebensmittel- hygienisch bedeutsame Befunde bei Meeresfischen. [Some little-known parasitological findings of food hygiene significance in marine fish.]. Archiv für Lebensmittel-Hygiene. 14(11):257-260. (20-xi-1963).
additional source	Kelly, G.F. & A.M. Barker. (1965). The copepod ectoparasite Sphyrion lumpi (Kroyer) in relation to redfish Sebastes marinus (L.) in the Gulf of Main. Special Publications of the International Commission on Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (ICNAF Environmental symposium) 6:481-500, figs. 1-18, tabs. 1-4.
additional source	Barnard, K.H. (1955). South African parasitic Copepoda. Annals of the South African Museum. 41(5):223-312, figs. 1-33. (ii-1955).
additional source	Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. The Ray Society, London. 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203.
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	Jara, Z. (1961). Sphyrion lumpi (Kroyer). Wiadomosci Parazytologiczne 7:595-599, figs. 1-4. (Polish with English summary.)
additional source	Dippenaar, S.M. & M.M. Sebone. (2022). Morphology of Three Sphyrion (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Sphyriidae) Species Infecting Teleost Fishes off South Africa with the First Description of Males of Two Species. Diversity-Basel. 14:1-14.
additional source	Leigh-Sharpe, W.H. (1928). The genera Sphyrion and Basanistes (Copepoda) as represented by the collection of the British Museum. Parasitology, Cambridge 20:179-184, figs. 1-4. (13-vii-1928)
additional source	Nigrelli, R.F. & F.E. Firth. (1939). On Sphyrion lumpi (Krøyer), a copepod parasite on the redfish, Sebastes marinus (Linnaeus), with special reference to the host-parasite relationships. Zoologica, New York. 24(1):1-9, figs. 1-3, pls. 1-4. (27-iv-1939).
additional source	Schram, T.A. (1980). The parasitic Copepoda Clavella adunca (Strom), Haemobaphes cyclopterina (Fabricius), and Sphyrion lumpi (Kroyer) on polar cod, Boreogadus saida (Lepechin) from Spitzbergen. Sarsia, Bergen 65(3-4):273-286, figs. 1-8, tabs. 1-6. (21-xi-1980)
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additional source	Ho, J.S. (1992). Does Sphyrion lumpi (Kroyer) (Copepoda, Sphyriidae) occur in the Sea of Japan? With discussion on the origin and dispersal of Sphyrion Cuvier, 1830. Report of the Sado Marine Biological Station, Niigata University 22:37-48.
additional source	Najarian, H.H. (1952). The internal anatomy of Sphyrion lumpi (Kroyer, 1845) Bassett-Smith 1899, a copepod parasitic on ocean perch. Journal of Morphology 91:447-467, figs. 1-27 on pls. 1-4. (xi-1952)
additional source	Fritz, R.L. (1966). Occurrence of Sphyrion lumpi on silver hake, Merluccius bilinearis. Research Bulletin of the International Commission NW Atlantantic Fisheries. 3:111.
additional source	Moran, J.D.W. & W. Piasecki. (1994). External morphology of the male and female of Sphyrion lumpi (Kroyer, 1845) (Copepoda; Siphonostomatoida; Sphyriidae). In: Ferrari, F.D. & B.P. Bradley (eds.). Ecology and Morphology of Copepods. Developments in Hydrobiology 102, Hydrobiologia 292/293:171-178, fig.1-5.
additional source	Wautier, J. & R. Le Coarer. (1965). Un copépode parasite: Sphyrion lumpi. [A parasitic copepod: Sphyrion lumpi.]. Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéene de Lyon. 34(5):138, fig.1.
additional source	Amlacher E. (1958). Ein seltener und ein häufigerer parasitischer Krebs an Meeresfischen. [A rare and a more common parasitic crustacean on marine fish. Deutsche Fischerei-Zeitung. 3: 75–77.
additional source	Jones, D.H. & J.B.L. Matthews. (1968). On the development of Sphyrion lumpi (KrNyer). Crustaceana, Supplement, Leiden 1:177-185, figs. 1-2. (bound and filed under Crustaceana)
additional source	Priebe, K. (1980). Befall des nordatlantischen Grenadierfisches Macrourus berglax mit einem Copepoden der Gattung Sphyrion. [Infestation of the North Atlantic grenadier fish Macrourus berglax with a copepod of the genus Sphyrion.]. Archiv für Lebensmittelhygiene. 31:144-146.
additional source	Wilson, C.B. (1919). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the new family Sphyriidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 55(2286):549-604, pls. 50-59. (18-vi-1919).
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	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	Squires, H.J. (1966). Reproduction in Sphyrion lumpi, a copepod parasitic on redfish (Sebastes spp.). Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 23(4):521-526, figs. 1-9. (iv-1966)
additional source	Ho, J.S. & I.H. Kim. (1989). Lophoura (Copepoda: Sphyriidae) parasitic on the rattails (Pisces: Macrouridae) in the Pacific, with notes on Sphyrion lumpi from the Sea of Japan. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 34(1-3):37-54, figs.
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	Scott, T. (1901). Notes on some parasites of fishes. Annual Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 19(3):120-153, pls. 7-8.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Sphyrion lumpi (Krøyer, 1845). 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:136010