Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Cyclopoida > Suborder Ergasilida > Family Chondracanthidae

Protochondracanthus Kirtisinghe, 1950

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Protochondracanthus alatus (Heller, 1865)

Literature

original description

Kirtisinghe, P. (1950). Parasitic copepods of fish from Ceylon. III. Parasitology, Cambridge 40(1-2):77-86, figs. 1-60. (i-1950)

additional source

Ho, J.S. (1970). Revision of the genera of the Chondracanthidae, a copepod family parasitic on marine fishes. Beaufortia 17(229):105-218, figs. 1-296. (28-iv-1970)

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Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Protochondracanthus Kirtisinghe, 1950. 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:347835

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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2024-07-31 by T. Chad Walter

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