WoRMS taxon details
Hareocephalus Young, 1968
517938 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:517938)
accepted
Genus
Hareocephalus thaisae Young, 1968 (type by monotypy)
marine
masculine
Young, P.C. (1968). The taxonomy of some dactylogyrid Monogeneoidea from Australian fishes. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 180, 269-279. [details]
Taxonomic remark Although objective analysis is lacking, Hareocephalus is accepted as a valid taxon that, based in part on the morphology of...
Taxonomic remark Although objective analysis is lacking, Hareocephalus is accepted as a valid taxon that, based in part on the morphology of the haptor hooks, anchors, and bars of Hareocephalus thaisae, likely shares a common ancestry with other genera containing dactylogyrids infecting marine beloniform fishes. [details]
WoRMS (2024). Hareocephalus Young, 1968. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517938 on 2025-01-28
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original description
Young, P.C. (1968). The taxonomy of some dactylogyrid Monogeneoidea from Australian fishes. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 180, 269-279. [details]
taxonomy source Kritsky, D. C. (2017). Dactylogyrids (Monogenoidea) infecting the gill lamellae of some beloniform fishes from Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia, with a redescription of Hareocephalus thaisae Young, 1969 and descriptions of six new species of Hemirhamphiculus Bychowsky & Nagibina, 1969. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-017-9760-2
note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details] Available for editors [request]
taxonomy source Kritsky, D. C.; Bakenhaster, M. D. (2024). Species of Hemirhamphiculus Bychowsky and Nagibina, 1969 (Monogenoidea: Dactyloyridae) Infecting the Gill Lamellae of Some Beloniform Fishes in Waters of the Gulf of Mexico Off Florida, with Descriptions of Five New Species and Comments on the Dactylogyrid Genera Having Species Infecting Beloniform. <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 110(6)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/24-78 [details]
taxonomy source Kritsky, D. C. (2017). Dactylogyrids (Monogenoidea) infecting the gill lamellae of some beloniform fishes from Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia, with a redescription of Hareocephalus thaisae Young, 1969 and descriptions of six new species of Hemirhamphiculus Bychowsky & Nagibina, 1969. <em>Systematic Parasitology.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-017-9760-2
note: Emendation (re-diagnosis of genus) [details] Available for editors [request]
taxonomy source Kritsky, D. C.; Bakenhaster, M. D. (2024). Species of Hemirhamphiculus Bychowsky and Nagibina, 1969 (Monogenoidea: Dactyloyridae) Infecting the Gill Lamellae of Some Beloniform Fishes in Waters of the Gulf of Mexico Off Florida, with Descriptions of Five New Species and Comments on the Dactylogyrid Genera Having Species Infecting Beloniform. <em>Journal of Parasitology.</em> 110(6)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1645/24-78 [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Although objective analysis is lacking, Hareocephalus is accepted as a valid taxon that, based in part on the morphology of the haptor hooks, anchors, and bars of Hareocephalus thaisae, likely shares a common ancestry with other genera containing dactylogyrids infecting marine beloniform fishes. [details]