WoRMS taxon details
Pseudocycnus appendiculatus Heller, 1865
136004 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:136004)
accepted
Species
Pseudocycnus spinosus Pearse, 1952 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pseudocycnus thunnus Brandes, 1955 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Heller, C. (1865). Crustaceen. [Crustacea]. <em>Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erdre, in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair, Zoologischer Theil, Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Wien, Band.</em> 2 (Abtheilung 3): 1–280, pls. 1–25., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13188320 [details] 
Distribution cosmopolitan
Distribution cosmopolitan [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Pseudocycnus appendiculatus Heller, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=136004 on 2025-04-15
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Nomenclature
original description
Heller, C. (1865). Crustaceen. [Crustacea]. <em>Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erdre, in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair, Zoologischer Theil, Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Wien, Band.</em> 2 (Abtheilung 3): 1–280, pls. 1–25., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13188320 [details]
original description (of Pseudocycnus spinosus Pearse, 1952) Pearse, A.S. (1952). Parasitic Crustacea from the Texas coast. <em>Publications of the Institute of Marine Science, Port Aransas.</em> 1952:1-42, figs. 1-157. (xii-1952). [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Pseudocycnus thunnus Brandes, 1955) Brandes, C.H. (1955). Über eine neue Art der parasitischen Copepoden: Pseudocycnus thynnus n.sp. [On a new species of parasitic copepod: Pseudocycnus thynnus n.sp.]. <em>Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Meeresforschung in Bremerhaven.</em> 3:190-198, pls. 1-2. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Pseudocycnus spinosus Pearse, 1952) Pearse, A.S. (1952). Parasitic Crustacea from the Texas coast. <em>Publications of the Institute of Marine Science, Port Aransas.</em> 1952:1-42, figs. 1-157. (xii-1952). [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Pseudocycnus thunnus Brandes, 1955) Brandes, C.H. (1955). Über eine neue Art der parasitischen Copepoden: Pseudocycnus thynnus n.sp. [On a new species of parasitic copepod: Pseudocycnus thynnus n.sp.]. <em>Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Meeresforschung in Bremerhaven.</em> 3:190-198, pls. 1-2. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. <em>Earth System Science Data.</em> 9(1):99-113., available online at https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-99-2017 [details] Available for editors [request]
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context source (PeRMS)
Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru. Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. <em>Neotropical Helminthology.</em> 10(2), jul-dic: 301-375. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Purivirojkul, W., P. Chaidee & T. Thapanand-Chaidee. (2011). New Record of Pseudocycnus appendiculatus Heller, 1868 Parasites of Yellowfin Tuna Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) in the Andaman Sea, Thailand. <em>Walailak Journal.</em> 8(1):81-85. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pillai, N.K. (1964). A miscellaneous collection of copepods parasitic on South Indian fishes. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 6(1):61-83, figs. 1-152. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Baudin Laurencin, F. (1971). Crustacés et Helminthes parasites de l'Albacore (Thunnus albacares) du golfe de Guinée-Note préliminaire. [Crustaceans and helminths parasites of Albacore (Thunnus albacares) from the Gulf of Guinea - Preliminary note.]. <em>Documents Scientifiques, Centre de Recherches Océanographiques, Abidjan (ORSTOM).</em> 2(1-2):11-30, figs. 1-4. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Carvalho, J. de Paiva. (1950). Ocorréncia de Pseudocycnus appendiculatus Heller, Copépodo da familia Pseudocycnidae, em águas do litoral paulista. [Occurrence of Pseudocycnus appendiculatus Heller, Copepod of the family Pseudocycnidae, in waters off the coast of São Paulo.]. <em>Boletim do Instituto Oceanográfico, Sao Paulo.</em> 1(2):99-102. (xii-1950). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hewitt, G.C. (1969). Pseudocycnus appendiculatus Heller, 1868 (Copepoda, Dichelesthiidae) in New Zealand waters. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 3(1):169-176, figs. 1-11. (iii-1969) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. <em>The Ray Society, London.</em> 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kirtisinghe, P. (1964). A review of the parasitic copepods of fish recorded from Ceylon, with descriptions of additional forms. Bulletin of the Fisheries Research Station, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 17(1):45-132, figs. 1-191. (vi-1964) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Klingberg, C.G.A. (1942). Pseudocycnus appendiculatus Heller, a dichelestiid new for Swedish waters. Kunglige Fysiografiska Sällskapets i Lund Förhandlingar 12(5):1-5, figs. 1-4. (20-iii-1942) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pillai, N.K. (1967). Copepods parasitic on Indian marine fishes. A review. In: Proceedings of the Symposium on Crustacea. Symposium Series, Marine Biological Association of India (2)5:1556-1680, figs. 1-266. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pillai, N.K. (1985). Copepod Parasites of Marine Fishes. <em>In: The Fauna of India. Zoological Society of India, Calcutta.</em> 900pp., figs. 1-279.
page(s): 695 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Shiino, S.M. (1959). Sammlung der parasitischen Copepoden in der Präfectur Universität von Mie. [Collection of parasitic copepods at Mie Prefectural University.]. <em>Reports of the Faculty of Fisheries, Prefectural University of Mie.</em> 3(2):334-374, figs. 1-17. (30-xi-1959). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Stebbing, T.R.R. (1900). On Crustacea brought by Dr. Willey from the South Seas. <em>Pages 605-690, In: Willey, A. (ed.), Zoological Results based on material from New Britain, New Guinea, Loyalty Islands and Elsewhere collected during the years 1895, 1896 and 1897.</em> Part V. Cambridge University Press.
page(s): 672-673 [details]
additional source Uma Devi, D.V., K. Shyamasundari & K. Hanumantha Rao. (1980). Copepod parasites of fishes of Waltair coast: Anatomy of the female reproductive system of Pseudocycnus appendiculatus Heller, 1865. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Animal Sciences 89(5):431-439, figs. 1-9. (ix-1980) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Wilson, C.B. (1922). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the family Dichelestiidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 60(5)(2400):1-100, pls. 1-13. (22-iii-1922). [details]
additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Purivirojkul, W., P. Chaidee & T. Thapanand-Chaidee. (2011). New Record of Pseudocycnus appendiculatus Heller, 1868 Parasites of Yellowfin Tuna Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) in the Andaman Sea, Thailand. <em>Walailak Journal.</em> 8(1):81-85. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Pillai, N.K. (1964). A miscellaneous collection of copepods parasitic on South Indian fishes. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 6(1):61-83, figs. 1-152. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Baudin Laurencin, F. (1971). Crustacés et Helminthes parasites de l'Albacore (Thunnus albacares) du golfe de Guinée-Note préliminaire. [Crustaceans and helminths parasites of Albacore (Thunnus albacares) from the Gulf of Guinea - Preliminary note.]. <em>Documents Scientifiques, Centre de Recherches Océanographiques, Abidjan (ORSTOM).</em> 2(1-2):11-30, figs. 1-4. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Carvalho, J. de Paiva. (1950). Ocorréncia de Pseudocycnus appendiculatus Heller, Copépodo da familia Pseudocycnidae, em águas do litoral paulista. [Occurrence of Pseudocycnus appendiculatus Heller, Copepod of the family Pseudocycnidae, in waters off the coast of São Paulo.]. <em>Boletim do Instituto Oceanográfico, Sao Paulo.</em> 1(2):99-102. (xii-1950). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hewitt, G.C. (1969). Pseudocycnus appendiculatus Heller, 1868 (Copepoda, Dichelesthiidae) in New Zealand waters. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 3(1):169-176, figs. 1-11. (iii-1969) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. <em>The Ray Society, London.</em> 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kirtisinghe, P. (1964). A review of the parasitic copepods of fish recorded from Ceylon, with descriptions of additional forms. Bulletin of the Fisheries Research Station, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 17(1):45-132, figs. 1-191. (vi-1964) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Klingberg, C.G.A. (1942). Pseudocycnus appendiculatus Heller, a dichelestiid new for Swedish waters. Kunglige Fysiografiska Sällskapets i Lund Förhandlingar 12(5):1-5, figs. 1-4. (20-iii-1942) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Pillai, N.K. (1967). Copepods parasitic on Indian marine fishes. A review. In: Proceedings of the Symposium on Crustacea. Symposium Series, Marine Biological Association of India (2)5:1556-1680, figs. 1-266. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Pillai, N.K. (1985). Copepod Parasites of Marine Fishes. <em>In: The Fauna of India. Zoological Society of India, Calcutta.</em> 900pp., figs. 1-279.
page(s): 695 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Shiino, S.M. (1959). Sammlung der parasitischen Copepoden in der Präfectur Universität von Mie. [Collection of parasitic copepods at Mie Prefectural University.]. <em>Reports of the Faculty of Fisheries, Prefectural University of Mie.</em> 3(2):334-374, figs. 1-17. (30-xi-1959). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Stebbing, T.R.R. (1900). On Crustacea brought by Dr. Willey from the South Seas. <em>Pages 605-690, In: Willey, A. (ed.), Zoological Results based on material from New Britain, New Guinea, Loyalty Islands and Elsewhere collected during the years 1895, 1896 and 1897.</em> Part V. Cambridge University Press.
page(s): 672-673 [details]
additional source Uma Devi, D.V., K. Shyamasundari & K. Hanumantha Rao. (1980). Copepod parasites of fishes of Waltair coast: Anatomy of the female reproductive system of Pseudocycnus appendiculatus Heller, 1865. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Animal Sciences 89(5):431-439, figs. 1-9. (ix-1980) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Wilson, C.B. (1922). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the family Dichelestiidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 60(5)(2400):1-100, pls. 1-13. (22-iii-1922). [details]
additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors
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Distribution cosmopolitan [details]
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To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pseudocycnus appendiculatus)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pseudocycnus appendiculatus; USNM 12663)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pseudocycnus appendiculatus; USNM 54073)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (32 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 92679) (from synonym Pseudocycnus spinosus Pearse, 1952)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pseudocycnus appendiculatus)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pseudocycnus appendiculatus; USNM 12663)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pseudocycnus appendiculatus; USNM 54073)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (32 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 92679) (from synonym Pseudocycnus spinosus Pearse, 1952)
To ITIS
