WoRMS taxon details
Lernanthropus brevis Richiardi, 1879
237929 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:237929)
accepted
Species
Lernanthropus vorax Richiardi, 1880 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Richiardi, S. (1879). Sopra cinque specie nuove di Crostacei parassiti. [On five new species of parasitic Crustacea.]. <em>Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Processi Verbali e Memorie, Serie B.</em> 1: lxxxi-lxxxii. [details] 
Taxonomy Cabral (1983) in his thesis placed L. vorax into synonymy of L. brevis, this action was followed by Radujkovic & Raibaut, 1989.
Taxonomy Cabral (1983) in his thesis placed L. vorax into synonymy of L. brevis, this action was followed by Radujkovic & Raibaut, 1989. [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Lernanthropus brevis Richiardi, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=237929 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Richiardi, S. (1879). Sopra cinque specie nuove di Crostacei parassiti. [On five new species of parasitic Crustacea.]. <em>Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Processi Verbali e Memorie, Serie B.</em> 1: lxxxi-lxxxii. [details]
original description (of Lernanthropus vorax Richiardi, 1880) Richiardi, S. (1880). Catalogo sistematico dei Crostacei che vivono sul corpo degli animali acquatici in Italia. [Systematic catalogue of Crustacea living on the body of aquatic animals in Italy.]. <em>In: Catalogo Generale della Sezione Italiana alla Esposizione Internazionale della Pesca in Berlino.</em> :146-153. [details]
basis of record Mariniello, Loredana (2006). Crustacea Maxipolloda Copepodi parassiti ed associati, in: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana, available online at http://www.faunaitalia.it/checklist/ [details]
original description (of Lernanthropus vorax Richiardi, 1880) Richiardi, S. (1880). Catalogo sistematico dei Crostacei che vivono sul corpo degli animali acquatici in Italia. [Systematic catalogue of Crustacea living on the body of aquatic animals in Italy.]. <em>In: Catalogo Generale della Sezione Italiana alla Esposizione Internazionale della Pesca in Berlino.</em> :146-153. [details]
basis of record Mariniello, Loredana (2006). Crustacea Maxipolloda Copepodi parassiti ed associati, in: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana, available online at http://www.faunaitalia.it/checklist/ [details]
Other
additional source
Brian, A. (1924). Copepoda. Copepodes commensaux et parasites des cotes Mauritaniennes. [Copepoda. Commensal and parasitic copepods of the Mauritanian coasts.]. <em>In: Parasitologica Mauritanica. Matériaux pour la faune parasitologique en Mauritanie.</em> 1(1):1-66, figs. 1-67, also Bulletin du Comitae d'etudes Historiques et Scientifiques de l'Afrique Occidentale Francoaise 9:363-427, figs. 1-69. [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Goggio, E. (1906). Intorno al genere Lernanthropus, De Blain. (Epachthes v. Nordm.) con descrizione di tre specie non descritte. [On the genus Lernanthropus, De Blain. (Epachthes v. Nordm.) with description of three undescribed species.]. <em>Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Residente in Pisa.</em> 22:134-149, pl. 2. [details]
additional source Della Valle, A. (1881). Crostacei parassiti dei pesci del Mare Adriatico. [Crustaceans parasitic on fish in the Adriatic Sea.]. <em>Bollettino della Società Adriatica di Scienze Naturali, Trieste.</em> 6(1):55-90. [for 1880]. [details]
additional source Chirivella Martorell, J. (2005). Parasitismo branquial de peces espáridos (Pisces: Sparidae) del mar Mediterráneo. [Gill parasitism of sparid fishes (Pisces: Sparidae) from the Mediterranean Sea.]. <em>PhD Thesis, Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain.</em> 271 pp. [In Spanish]., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10550/38233 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Niang, A. (2024). Contribution a l'etude des copepodes parasites de poissons Sparidae de la Baie de Soumbedioune (Dakar, Senegal). [Contribution to the study of copepod parasites of Sparidae fish from Soumbedioune Bay (Dakar, Senegal).]. <em>M.S. Thesis, Universite Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Senegal.</em> 49 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Diébakaté, C. (1994). Recherches sur la morphologie, la taxonomie et la bio-écologie des Hatschekiidae et des Lernanthropidae, copépodesparasites des poissons des côtes sénégalaises. [Research on the morphology, taxonomy and bio-ecology of Hatschekiidae and Lernanthropidae, copepod parasites of fish from the Senegalese coast. <em>Thèse Docteur de Troisième Cycle de Biologie Animale, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar.</em> 205 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Goggio, E. (1906). Intorno al genere Lernanthropus, De Blain. (Epachthes v. Nordm.) con descrizione di tre specie non descritte. [On the genus Lernanthropus, De Blain. (Epachthes v. Nordm.) with description of three undescribed species.]. <em>Atti della Società Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Residente in Pisa.</em> 22:134-149, pl. 2. [details]
additional source Della Valle, A. (1881). Crostacei parassiti dei pesci del Mare Adriatico. [Crustaceans parasitic on fish in the Adriatic Sea.]. <em>Bollettino della Società Adriatica di Scienze Naturali, Trieste.</em> 6(1):55-90. [for 1880]. [details]
additional source Chirivella Martorell, J. (2005). Parasitismo branquial de peces espáridos (Pisces: Sparidae) del mar Mediterráneo. [Gill parasitism of sparid fishes (Pisces: Sparidae) from the Mediterranean Sea.]. <em>PhD Thesis, Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain.</em> 271 pp. [In Spanish]., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10550/38233 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Niang, A. (2024). Contribution a l'etude des copepodes parasites de poissons Sparidae de la Baie de Soumbedioune (Dakar, Senegal). [Contribution to the study of copepod parasites of Sparidae fish from Soumbedioune Bay (Dakar, Senegal).]. <em>M.S. Thesis, Universite Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Senegal.</em> 49 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Diébakaté, C. (1994). Recherches sur la morphologie, la taxonomie et la bio-écologie des Hatschekiidae et des Lernanthropidae, copépodesparasites des poissons des côtes sénégalaises. [Research on the morphology, taxonomy and bio-ecology of Hatschekiidae and Lernanthropidae, copepod parasites of fish from the Senegalese coast. <em>Thèse Docteur de Troisième Cycle de Biologie Animale, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar.</em> 205 pp. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomy Cabral (1983) in his thesis placed L. vorax into synonymy of L. brevis, this action was followed by Radujkovic & Raibaut, 1989. [details]
