Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Maxillopoda > Subclass Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Siphonostomatoida > Family Pennellidae > Genus Lernaeocera

Lernaeocera branchialis (Linnaeus, 1767)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lernaeocera*	Blainville, 1822	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): torskegjelleorm sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: torskens gælleorm sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: throat-ogre sources: McLaughlin, P.A., D.K. Camp, M.V. Angel, E.L. Bousfield, P. Brunel, R.C. Brusca, A.C. Cohen, K. Conlan, L.G. Eldredge, D.L. Felder, J.W. Goy, T. Haney, B. Hann, R.W. Heard, E.A. Hendrycks, H.H. Hobbs III, J.R. Holsinger, B. Kensley, D.R. Laubitz, S.E. Le. 2005. Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Crustaceans. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 31. 545 pp. plus index. ISBN 1-888569-64-6

Norwegian: torskegjelleorm sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: torskegjelleorm

Norwegian Nynorsk: torskegjellemakk

Nynorsk (Norwegian): torskegjellemakk

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 2): 533-1327
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	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
additional source	ITIS database
redescription	Kabata, Z.. 1979. Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. Ray Society, London 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-2031, text-figs. 1-67, tabs. 1-18.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
GenBank (14928 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Boxshall, G. (2014). Lernaeocera branchialis (Linnaeus, 1767). In: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2014). World of Copepods database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135993