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 brevis Richiardi, 1879

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lernanthropus*	de Blainville, 1822	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Lernanthropus vorax*	Richiardi, 1880	synonym

Literature

original description	Richiardi, S. (1879). Sopra cinque specie nuove di Crostacei parassiti. [On five new species of parasitic Crustacea.]. Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Processi Verbali e Memorie, Serie B. 1: lxxxi-lxxxii.
basis of record	Mariniello, Loredana (2006). Crustacea Maxipolloda Copepodi parassiti ed associati, in: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana
additional source	Brian, A. (1924). Copepoda. Copepodes commensaux et parasites des cotes Mauritaniennes. [Copepoda. Commensal and parasitic copepods of the Mauritanian coasts.]. In: Parasitologica Mauritanica. Matériaux pour la faune parasitologique en Mauritanie. 1(1):1-66, figs. 1-67, also Bulletin du Comitae d'etudes Historiques et Scientifiques de l'Afrique Occidentale Francoaise 9:363-427, figs. 1-69.
additional source	Chirivella Martorell, J. (2005). Parasitismo branquial de peces espáridos (Pisces: Sparidae) del mar Mediterráneo. [Gill parasitism of sparid fishes (Pisces: Sparidae) from the Mediterranean Sea.]. PhD Thesis, Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain. 271 pp. [In Spanish].
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	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	Niang, A. (2024). Contribution a l'etude des copepodes parasites de poissons Sparidae de la Baie de Soumbedioune (Dakar, Senegal). [Contribution to the study of copepod parasites of Sparidae fish from Soumbedioune Bay (Dakar, Senegal).]. M.S. Thesis, Universite Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Senegal. 49 pp.
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.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Lernanthropus brevis Richiardi, 1879. 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:237929