WoRMS taxon details
Sphyrion laevigatum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
355752 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:355752)
accepted
Species
Chondracanthus laevigatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 · unaccepted (not a chondracanthid)
Chondracanthus lisse Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 · unaccepted
Lesteira kroyeri Thomson G.M., 1890 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sphyrion australicus Thor, 1900 · unaccepted (synonym according to Ho (1992))
Sphyrion delagei Quidor, 1912 · unaccepted (synonym according to Ho (1992))
Sphyrion kingi Cunningham, 1871 · unaccepted (synonym according to Ho (1992))
Sphyrion kroyeri (Thomson G.M., 1890) · unaccepted (synonym according to Ho (1992))
Sphyrion stewarti Quidor, 1912 · unaccepted (synonym according to Ho (1992))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Quoy, J.R.C., Gaimard, P. (1824). Chapitre 3: Zoologie. <i>In</i>: Freycinet, L.C.D. Voyage autour du monde, entrepris par ordre du roi. Exécuté sur les corvettes de S.M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne, pendant les années 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820. 712 pp & 96 pls. Paris, Pillet Aîné, Imprimeur-Libraire. [details] 
(of Chondracanthus laevigatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Quoy, J.R.C. & J.P. Gaimard. (1824-1826). Zoologie. <em>In: L. de Freycinet (ed.), Voyage au tour du monde fait par ordre du roi, sur les corvettes de S. M: l'Uranie et la Physicienne pendant les années 1817 à 1820.</em> iv + 712 pp. [pp. 1-328, 1824; 329-616, 1825; 617-664, 1826]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871044 [details]
(of Chondracanthus laevigatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Quoy, J.R.C. & J.P. Gaimard. (1824-1826). Zoologie. <em>In: L. de Freycinet (ed.), Voyage au tour du monde fait par ordre du roi, sur les corvettes de S. M: l'Uranie et la Physicienne pendant les années 1817 à 1820.</em> iv + 712 pp. [pp. 1-328, 1824; 329-616, 1825; 617-664, 1826]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871044 [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Sphyrion laevigatum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=355752 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Quoy, J.R.C., Gaimard, P. (1824). Chapitre 3: Zoologie. <i>In</i>: Freycinet, L.C.D. Voyage autour du monde, entrepris par ordre du roi. Exécuté sur les corvettes de S.M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne, pendant les années 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820. 712 pp & 96 pls. Paris, Pillet Aîné, Imprimeur-Libraire. [details]
original description (of Sphyrion stewarti Quidor, 1912) Quidor, A. (1912). Affinités des genres Sphyrion (Cuvier) et Hepatophylus (G. N.). [Affinities of the genera Sphyrion (Cuvier) and Hepatophylus (G. N.).]. <em>Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale.</em> (5)10, notes et revue, 2:39-44, figs. 1-6. [details]
original description (of Chondracanthus laevigatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Quoy, J.R.C. & J.P. Gaimard. (1824-1826). Zoologie. <em>In: L. de Freycinet (ed.), Voyage au tour du monde fait par ordre du roi, sur les corvettes de S. M: l'Uranie et la Physicienne pendant les années 1817 à 1820.</em> iv + 712 pp. [pp. 1-328, 1824; 329-616, 1825; 617-664, 1826]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871044 [details]
original description (of Chondracanthus lisse Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Quoy, J.R.C., Gaimard, P. (1824). Chapitre 3: Zoologie. <i>In</i>: Freycinet, L.C.D. Voyage autour du monde, entrepris par ordre du roi. Exécuté sur les corvettes de S.M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne, pendant les années 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820. 712 pp & 96 pls. Paris, Pillet Aîné, Imprimeur-Libraire.
page(s): 86 [details]
original description (of Sphyrion kingi Cunningham, 1871) Cunningham, R. O. (1871). Notes on the reptiles, Amphibia, fishes, Mollusca, and Crustacea obtained during the voyage of H.M.S. Nassau in the years 1866-1869. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 27: 465-502, pls. 58-59., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=rgxQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA484 [details]
original description (of Sphyrion delagei Quidor, 1912) Quidor, A. (1912). Affinités des genres Sphyrion (Cuvier) et Hepatophylus (G. N.). [Affinities of the genera Sphyrion (Cuvier) and Hepatophylus (G. N.).]. <em>Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale.</em> (5)10, notes et revue, 2:39-44, figs. 1-6. [details]
original description (of Sphyrion australicus Thor, 1900) Thor, S. (1900). Description préliminaire d'une nouvelle espèce du genre Sphyrion Cuv. (Sphyrion australicus n. sp.) d'Australie, comparée à Sphyrion laevis Quoy et Gaimard. [Preliminary description of a new species of the genus Sphyrion Cuv. (Sphyrion australicus n. sp.) from Australia, compared to Sphyrion laevis Quoy and Gaimard.]. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Série Zoologie et Biologie Animale, Paris.</em> (8)11:277-282, pls. 17-18. [details]
original description (of Lesteira kroyeri Thomson G.M., 1890) Thomson, G.M. (1890). Parasitic Copepoda of New Zealand, with descriptions of new species. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 22(2)5:353-376, pls. 25-29. (v-1890). [for 1889]. [details]
original description (of Sphyrion stewarti Quidor, 1912) Quidor, A. (1912). Affinités des genres Sphyrion (Cuvier) et Hepatophylus (G. N.). [Affinities of the genera Sphyrion (Cuvier) and Hepatophylus (G. N.).]. <em>Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale.</em> (5)10, notes et revue, 2:39-44, figs. 1-6. [details]
original description (of Chondracanthus laevigatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Quoy, J.R.C. & J.P. Gaimard. (1824-1826). Zoologie. <em>In: L. de Freycinet (ed.), Voyage au tour du monde fait par ordre du roi, sur les corvettes de S. M: l'Uranie et la Physicienne pendant les années 1817 à 1820.</em> iv + 712 pp. [pp. 1-328, 1824; 329-616, 1825; 617-664, 1826]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871044 [details]
original description (of Chondracanthus lisse Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Quoy, J.R.C., Gaimard, P. (1824). Chapitre 3: Zoologie. <i>In</i>: Freycinet, L.C.D. Voyage autour du monde, entrepris par ordre du roi. Exécuté sur les corvettes de S.M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne, pendant les années 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820. 712 pp & 96 pls. Paris, Pillet Aîné, Imprimeur-Libraire.
page(s): 86 [details]
original description (of Sphyrion kingi Cunningham, 1871) Cunningham, R. O. (1871). Notes on the reptiles, Amphibia, fishes, Mollusca, and Crustacea obtained during the voyage of H.M.S. Nassau in the years 1866-1869. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 27: 465-502, pls. 58-59., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=rgxQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA484 [details]
original description (of Sphyrion delagei Quidor, 1912) Quidor, A. (1912). Affinités des genres Sphyrion (Cuvier) et Hepatophylus (G. N.). [Affinities of the genera Sphyrion (Cuvier) and Hepatophylus (G. N.).]. <em>Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale.</em> (5)10, notes et revue, 2:39-44, figs. 1-6. [details]
original description (of Sphyrion australicus Thor, 1900) Thor, S. (1900). Description préliminaire d'une nouvelle espèce du genre Sphyrion Cuv. (Sphyrion australicus n. sp.) d'Australie, comparée à Sphyrion laevis Quoy et Gaimard. [Preliminary description of a new species of the genus Sphyrion Cuv. (Sphyrion australicus n. sp.) from Australia, compared to Sphyrion laevis Quoy and Gaimard.]. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Série Zoologie et Biologie Animale, Paris.</em> (8)11:277-282, pls. 17-18. [details]
original description (of Lesteira kroyeri Thomson G.M., 1890) Thomson, G.M. (1890). Parasitic Copepoda of New Zealand, with descriptions of new species. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 22(2)5:353-376, pls. 25-29. (v-1890). [for 1889]. [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Barnard, K.H. (1955). South African parasitic Copepoda. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 41(5):223-312, figs. 1-33. (ii-1955). [details] Available for editors
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additional source Gayevskaya, A.V. & A.A. Kovaleva. (1984). Rachki roda Sphyrion (Copepoda, Sphyridae) u ryb Atlantiki. Crustacea of Genus Sphyrion (Copepoda, Sphyridae) in Atlantic fishes. <em>Gidrobiologicheskii Zhurnal, Saratov.</em> 20(1):41-45, figs. 1-4. (26-i-1984, Russian with English summary). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Heegaard, P.E. (1962). Parasitic Copepoda from Australian waters. Records of the Australian Museum 25(9):149-234, figs. 1-250. (28-v-1962) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Leigh-Sharpe, W.H. (1928). The genera Sphyrion and Basanistes (Copepoda) as represented by the collection of the British Museum. Parasitology, Cambridge 20:179-184, figs. 1-4. (13-vii-1928) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pilgrim, R.L.C. (1985). Parasitic Copepoda from marine coastal fishes in the Kaikoura-Banks Peninsula Region, South Island, New Zealand. With a key for their identification. Mauri Ora 12:13-53, figs. 1-63. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Wilson, C.B. (1919). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the new family Sphyriidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 55(2286):549-604, pls. 50-59. (18-vi-1919). [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]
additional source Dippenaar, S.M. & M.M. Sebone. (2022). Morphology of Three Sphyrion (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Sphyriidae) Species Infecting Teleost Fishes off South Africa with the First Description of Males of Two Species. <em>Diversity-Basel.</em> 14:1-14., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/d14110929 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Barnard, K.H. (1955). South African parasitic Copepoda. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 41(5):223-312, figs. 1-33. (ii-1955). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Gayevskaya, A.V. & A.A. Kovaleva. (1984). Rachki roda Sphyrion (Copepoda, Sphyridae) u ryb Atlantiki. Crustacea of Genus Sphyrion (Copepoda, Sphyridae) in Atlantic fishes. <em>Gidrobiologicheskii Zhurnal, Saratov.</em> 20(1):41-45, figs. 1-4. (26-i-1984, Russian with English summary). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Heegaard, P.E. (1962). Parasitic Copepoda from Australian waters. Records of the Australian Museum 25(9):149-234, figs. 1-250. (28-v-1962) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Leigh-Sharpe, W.H. (1928). The genera Sphyrion and Basanistes (Copepoda) as represented by the collection of the British Museum. Parasitology, Cambridge 20:179-184, figs. 1-4. (13-vii-1928) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Pilgrim, R.L.C. (1985). Parasitic Copepoda from marine coastal fishes in the Kaikoura-Banks Peninsula Region, South Island, New Zealand. With a key for their identification. Mauri Ora 12:13-53, figs. 1-63. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Wilson, C.B. (1919). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the new family Sphyriidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 55(2286):549-604, pls. 50-59. (18-vi-1919). [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]additional source Dippenaar, S.M. & M.M. Sebone. (2022). Morphology of Three Sphyrion (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Sphyriidae) Species Infecting Teleost Fishes off South Africa with the First Description of Males of Two Species. <em>Diversity-Basel.</em> 14:1-14., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/d14110929 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Sphyrion kingi Cunningham, 1871)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To MNHN Type collection (IU 2014-10898) (from synonym Sphyrion delagei Quidor, 1912)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To MNHN Type collection (IU 2014-10898) (from synonym Sphyrion delagei Quidor, 1912)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
