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

Protochondracanthus alatus (Heller, 1865)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Protochondracanthus*	Kirtisinghe, 1950	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Chondracanthus alatus*	Heller, 1865	synonym

Literature

additional source	Pillai, N.K. (1985). Copepod Parasites of Marine Fishes. In: The Fauna of India. Zoological Society of India, Calcutta. 900pp., figs. 1-279.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	El-Mohsen, A.M.H., M.A. Hassan & H.A.M. Osman, Hussien. (2013). Protochondracanthus alatus infesting gills of some marine fish species. Global Veterinaria. 11(4):406-413.
additional source	Mohammad, E.T. (2016). New record of Protochondracanthus alatus (Heller, 1865) (Copepod: Cyclopoida) infesting gill filaments of Psettodes erumei fishes North West Arabian gulf. International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies. 4(5)B:82-83.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Protochondracanthus alatus (Heller, 1865). 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:359411