Copepoda name details
Vaigamus spinicephalus Thatcher & Robertson B.A., 1984
356358 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:356358)
unaccepted (basionym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Thatcher, V.E. & B.A. Robertson. (1984). The parasitic crustaceans of fishes from the Brazilian Amazon. 11. Vaigamidae fam. nov. (Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida) with males and females of Vaigamus retrobarbatus gen. et sp. nov. and V. spinicephalus sp. nov. from plankton. Canadian Journal of Zoology 62(4):716-729, figs. 1-45, tabs. 1-8. (iv-1984, French summary.) [details] Available for editors [request]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2021). World of Copepods Database. Vaigamus spinicephalus Thatcher & Robertson B.A., 1984. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=356358 on 2024-11-15
original description
Thatcher, V.E. & B.A. Robertson. (1984). The parasitic crustaceans of fishes from the Brazilian Amazon. 11. Vaigamidae fam. nov. (Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida) with males and females of Vaigamus retrobarbatus gen. et sp. nov. and V. spinicephalus sp. nov. from plankton. Canadian Journal of Zoology 62(4):716-729, figs. 1-45, tabs. 1-8. (iv-1984, French summary.) [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Biology in plankton [details]