MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Acanthochondria Oakley, 1930

ERMS taxon details

Acanthochondria Oakley, 1930

Van Beneden (1871, pl. 2)

AphiaID

128615 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:128615)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Acanthochondria cornuta (Müller O.F., 1776) (type by original designation)

Parent

Chondracanthidae Milne Edwards, 1840

Original name

Acanthochondria Oakley, 1930

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Species Acanthochondria clavata (Bassett-Smith, 1896)
Species Acanthochondria cornuta (Müller O.F., 1776)
Species Acanthochondria limandae (Krøyer, 1863)
Species Acanthochondria soleae (Krøyer, 1838)
Species Acanthochondria triglae Herrera-Cubilla & Raibaut, 1990

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Oakley, C.L. (1930). The Chondracanthidae (Crustacea: Copepoda); with a description of five new genera and one new species. Parasitology, Cambridge 22:182-201, figs. 1-8. (24-iii-1930), available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000011057 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Acanthochondria Oakley, 1930. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=128615 on 2026-02-11

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Acanthochondria Oakley, 1930. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php/js/10.1017/images/js/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128615 on 2026-02-11

Taxonomic edit history

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original description Oakley, C.L. (1930). The Chondracanthidae (Crustacea: Copepoda); with a description of five new genera and one new species. Parasitology, Cambridge 22:182-201, figs. 1-8. (24-iii-1930), available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000011057 [details] Available for editors

context source (PeRMS) Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. [Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru.]. Neotropical Helminthology. 10(2):301-375., available online at https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh2016102751 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in RoR) [details]

additional source Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). 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, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. 463 pp. (look up in RoR) [details]

additional source Ho, J.S. (1970). Revision of the genera of the Chondracanthidae, a copepod family parasitic on marine fishes. Beaufortia 17(229):105-218, figs. 1-296. (28-iv-1970) [details] Available for editors

additional source Ho, J.S. & I.H. Kim. (1995). Acanthochondria (Copepoda: Chondracanthidae) parasitic on fishes of Sado Island in the Sea of Japan, with a preliminary review of the genus. Reports of the Sado Marine Biological Station, Niigata University 25:45-67. (iii.1995) [details] Available for editors

additional source Kabata, Z. (1959). Ecology of the genus Acanthochondria Oakley (Copepoda Parasitica). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 38(2):249-261, figs. 1-4. (vi-1959), available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400006056 [details] Available for editors

additional source Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. The Ray Society, London. 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203. [details] Available for editors

additional source Kabata, Z. (1988). Copepoda and Brachiura. In: Margolis, L. & Z. Kabata (eds.). Guide to the parasites of fishes of Canada. Part II. Crustacea. Canadian Special Publication in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 101:3-127, figs. 1-53. (French summary)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/193724088x00567 [details] Available for editors

additional source Leigh-Sharpe, W.H. & C.L. Oakley. (1927). Lernentominae, a new subfamily of Chondracanthidae (Crustacea: Copepoda), with a description of Oralien triglae (Blainville 1822). Parasitology, Cambridge 19(4):455-467, figs. 1-7. (9-xii-1927), available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000005928 [details] Available for editors