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

Achtheres percarum von Nordmann, 1832

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Achtheres*	von Nordmann, 1832	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	von Nordmann, A. (1832). Mikrographische Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der wirbellosen Thiere. [Micrographic contributions to the natural history of invertebrates.]. Zweites Heft. Mit zehn Kupfertafeln, G. Reimer, Berlin. XVIII:1-150, plates I-X.
additional source	Kozikowska, Z., Z. Jara & E. Grabda. (1959). Achtheres percarum Nordm. als parasit des Barsches (Perca fluviatilis L.) und des Zanders [Lucioperca lucioperca (L.). [Achtheres percarum Nordm. as a parasite of the perch (Perca fluviatilis L.) and the pikeperch [Lucioperca lucioperca (L.)].]. Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift der Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität, Greifswald, Mathematische-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe. 8:83-90, fig.1-13.
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	Piasecki, W., A. Sekowska-Jakubowska & E. Sobecka. (2006). Comparative description of males of two species of Achtheres von Nordmann, 1832 (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Lernaeopodidae) infecting zander and European perch. Folia Parasitologia, Praha 53(3):211-216.
additional source	Markevich, A.P. (1937). Copepoda parasitica prisnikh vod SRSR. Copepoda parasitica der Binnengewässer der USSR. [Copepods parasitic on freshwater fishes of the USSR.]. Institut Zoologii i Biologii, Akademiya Nauk Ukrainii SSR, Kiev. :1-223, figs. 1-10, pls. 1-27.
additional source	Kozikowska, Z., Z. Jara & E. Grabda. (1957). Achtheres percarum Nordm. u okonia i sandacza. (Probe wyjanienia wzajemnego stosunku form: percarum i sandrae). [Achtheres percarum Nordm. sur la perche et la sandre. Essai d'explication de la relation mutuelle des formes percarum et sandrae).Achtheres percarum Nordm. on perch and pikeperch. An attempt to explain the mutual relationship of the forms percarum and sandrae).]. Zoologica Poloniae. 7(2):219-267, figs. 1-18, pls. 1-2, tabs. 1-5, map.
additional source	Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. The Ray Society, London. 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203.
additional source	Gusev, A.V. (1987). Class Crustacea Lamarck, 1801. In: Bauer, O.N. (ed.). Key to the Parasites of Freshwater Fishes of the USSR. Opredeliteli po Faune SSSR, Zoologicheskii Instituta SSSR. Nauka, Leningrad 3(149):378-432.
additional source	Piasecki, W. (1993). Interantennary organ of Achtheres percarum von Nordmann, 1832 (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida, Lernaeopodidae) and some other new details of its external morphology. Acta Parasitologica 36(1):36-40, figs. 1-11.
additional source	Markevich, A.P. (1934). Skorupiaki pasorzytnicze ryb Ukrainy. Die Schmarotzerkrebse der Fische der Ukraine. [Parasitic crustaceans of fish of Ukraine.]. Annales du Musée de Zoologie Polonaise. 10(12):223-249, pls. 44-45. (9-v-1934).
additional source	Neresheimer, E. (1909). Copepoda Ruderfusskrebse. 2. Teil. Die Parasitische Copepoden. [Copepoda copepods. Part 2. The parasitic copepods.]. In: Brauer, A. (ed.). Die Süsswasserfauna Deutschlands. 11:70-84, figs. 311-345.
additional source	Monod, T. & V. Vladykov. (1931). Sur quelques Copépodes parasites provenant de la Russie Sous-Carpathique (Tchécoslovaquie). [On some parasitic copepods from Sub-Carpathian Russia (Czechoslovakia).]. Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 9(3):202-224, figs. 1-11. (v-1931).
additional source	Piasecki, W. & E. Kuźmińska. (2007). Developmental stages of Achtheres percarum (Crustacea: Copepoda) parasitic on European perch, Perca fluviatilis (Actinopterygii: Perciformes). Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria. 37(2):117-128.
additional source	Truong, T.N. (2011). Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus), Blue Catfish (Ictalurus furcatus), and C×B Hybrid Catfish (Female Ictalurus punctatus × Male Ictalurus furcatus) in Earthen Pond Aquaculture. M.Sc. Thesis, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA. 171 pp.
additional source	Narud, A. (1969). Achtheres percarum Nordmann, 1832 (Copepoda: Lernaeopodidae) på abbor (Perca fluviatilis L.) fra bogstadvannet forekomst pg livssyklus. [Achtheres percarum Nordmann, 1832 (Copepoda: Lernaeopodidae) on perch (Perca fluviatilis L.) from Bogstad lake: incidence and life cycle.]. Master's Thesis, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. 104 pp. (In Norwegian.).
additional source	Wilson, C.B. (1915). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the Lernaeopodidae, with a revision of the entire family. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 47(2063): 565-729, pls. 25-56, figs. 1-15. (6-iii-1915).
additional source	Geyer, F. (1939). Über parasitische lernaeopodiden von Balaton-Fischen (Ungarn). [The parasitic lernaeopodids of Balaton fishes (Hungary).]. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 27(5-6):145-159, figs. 1-17. (15-viii-1939).
additional source	Capart, A. (1944). Notes sur les Copépodes parasites. II. A propos de quatres Copépodes parasites d'eau douce, rares ou nouveaux pour la Belgique. [Notes on Parasitic Copepods. II. About four freshwater parasitic Copepods, rare or new to Belgium.]. Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de la Belgique. 20(22):1-4, fig. 1.
additional source	Claus, C. (1861). Ueber den Bau und die Entwicklung von Achtheres percarum. [On the construction and development of Achtheres percarum.]. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 11:287-308, pls. 23-24. (23-xii-1861).
additional source	Kempter, J., W. Piasecki, K. Wieski & B. Krawczyk. (2006). Systematic position of copepods of the genus Achtheres (Crustacea: Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) parasitizing perch, Perca ﬂuviatilis L., and zander, Sander lucioperca (L.). Journal of Fish Diseases. 29: 103–113.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Achtheres percarum von Nordmann, 1832. 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:356878

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Achtheres percarum von Nordmann, 1832. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/00cf6b2f-b5f3-4dc4-b1ed-9a2c73654c9c