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Acanthochondria Oakley, 1930

Van Beneden (1871, pl. 2)
Van Beneden (1871, pl. 2)

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

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Copepoda (Class)
  7. Neocopepoda (Infraclass)
  8. Podoplea (Superorder)
  9. Cyclopoida (Order)
  10. Ergasilida (Suborder)
  11. Chondracanthidae (Family)
  12. Acanthochondria (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Acanthochondria cornuta (Müller O.F., 1776) (type by original designation)
Entomoda Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pterochondria Ho, 1973 · unaccepted (junior synonym according to Tang...)  
junior synonym according to Tang et al, 2010
Rylovia Markevich, 1940 · unaccepted (synonym)

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  1. Species Acanthochondria alatalongicollis Heegaard, 1940
  2. Species Acanthochondria alleni Tang, Kalman & Ho, 2010
  3. Species Acanthochondria bicornis Shiino, 1955
  4. Species Acanthochondria brevicorpa Yü, 1935
  5. Species Acanthochondria clavata (Bassett-Smith, 1896)
  6. Species Acanthochondria constricta Shiino, 1955
  7. Species Acanthochondria cornuta (Müller O.F., 1776)
  8. Species Acanthochondria cyclopsetta Pearse, 1952
  9. Species Acanthochondria diastema Kabata, 1965
  10. Species Acanthochondria dilatata Shiino, 1955
  11. Species Acanthochondria dojirii Kabata, 1984
  12. Species Acanthochondria elongata (Bassett-Smith, 1898)
  13. Species Acanthochondria epachthes (Wilson C.B., 1908)
  14. Species Acanthochondria eptratreti Cheng, Luo, Dai & Shih, 2014
  15. Species Acanthochondria exilipes Wilson C.B., 1932
  16. Species Acanthochondria fissicauda Shiino, 1955
  17. Species Acanthochondria fraseri Ho, 1972
  18. Species Acanthochondria galerita (Rathbun, 1886)
  19. Species Acanthochondria glandiceps Shiino, 1955
  20. Species Acanthochondria helicoleni Cantatore & Timi, 2010
  21. Species Acanthochondria hippoglossi Kabata, 1987
  22. Species Acanthochondria hoi Kalman, 2003
  23. Species Acanthochondria incisa Shiino, 1955
  24. Species Acanthochondria inimici Yamaguti, 1939
  25. Species Acanthochondria kajika Ho & Kim I.H., 1996
  26. Species Acanthochondria krishnai Aneesh, Helna & Kumar, 2020
  27. Species Acanthochondria laemonemae Capart, 1959
  28. Species Acanthochondria lepidionis Barnard, 1955
  29. Species Acanthochondria lilianae Cantatore, Lanfranchi & Timi, 2011
  30. Species Acanthochondria limandae (Krøyer, 1863)
  31. Species Acanthochondria longifrons Shiino, 1955
  32. Species Acanthochondria macrocephala Gusev, 1951
  33. Species Acanthochondria margolisi Kabata, 1984
  34. Species Acanthochondria ophidii (Krøyer, 1863)
  35. Species Acanthochondria oralis Yamaguti, 1939
  36. Species Acanthochondria phycidis (Rathbun, 1886)
  37. Species Acanthochondria pingi (Yü & Wu, 1932)
  38. Species Acanthochondria platycephali Heegaard, 1940
  39. Species Acanthochondria priacanthi Shiino, 1964
  40. Species Acanthochondria rectangularis (Fraser, 1920)
  41. Species Acanthochondria sagitta Alarcos & Timi, 2011
  42. Species Acanthochondria serrani Braicovich & Timi, 2009
  43. Species Acanthochondria shawi Yü, 1935
  44. Species Acanthochondria sicyasis (Krøyer, 1863)
  45. Species Acanthochondria sixteni (Wilson C.B., 1922)
  46. Species Acanthochondria soleae (Krøyer, 1838)
  47. Species Acanthochondria spirigera Shiino, 1955
  48. Species Acanthochondria tasmaniae Heegaard, 1962
  49. Species Acanthochondria tchangi Yü, 1935
  50. Species Acanthochondria triangularis Alves, Luque & Paraguassu, 2003
  51. Species Acanthochondria triglae Herrera-Cubilla & Raibaut, 1990
  52. Species Acanthochondria uranoscopi Ho & Kim I.H., 1995
  53. Species Acanthochondria vancouverensis Kabata, 1984
  54. Species Acanthochondria yui Shiino, 1964
  55. Species Acanthochondria albigutta Pearse, 1952 accepted as Acanthochondria galerita (Rathbun, 1886) (synonym)
  56. Species Acanthochondria bulbosus Heegaard, 1943 accepted as Acanthochondria tchangi Yü, 1935 (synonym)
  57. Species Acanthochondria chilensis (Wilson C.B., 1918) accepted as Acanthochondria phycidis (Rathbun, 1886) (synonym)
  58. Species Acanthochondria chilomycteri (Thomson G.M., 1890) accepted as Acanthocanthopsis chilomycteri (Thomson, 1889) (synonym)
  59. Species Acanthochondria crassicornis (Krøyer, 1837) accepted as Heterochondria crassicornis (Krøyer, 1837) (synonym)
  60. Species Acanthochondria cynoglottidis (Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1903) accepted as Heterochondria cynoglottidis (Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1903) (transferred to Heterochondria by Ho, Lin & Liu (2011))
  61. Species Acanthochondria deltoidea (Fraser, 1920) accepted as Chondracanthus deltoideus Fraser, 1920 (synonym)
  62. Species Acanthochondria depressa (Scott T., 1905) accepted as Acanthochondria cornuta (Müller O.F., 1776) (synonym)
  63. Species Acanthochondria flurae (Krøyer, 1863) accepted as Acanthochondria cornuta (Müller O.F., 1776) (synonym)
  64. Species Acanthochondria gemina Heegaard, 1962 accepted as Acanthochondria platycephali Heegaard, 1940 (synonym)
  65. Species Acanthochondria genypteri (Thomson G.M., 1890) accepted as Chondracanthus genypteri Thomson G.M., 1890 (synonym)
  66. Species Acanthochondria gurnardi (Olsson, 1869) accepted as Lernentoma asellina (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
  67. Species Acanthochondria hazekuti Yamaguti, 1939 accepted as Acanthochondria brevicorpa Yü, 1935 (synonym)
  68. Species Acanthochondria holocephalarum Kabata, 1968 accepted as Acanthochondria epachthes (Wilson C.B., 1908) (synonym)
  69. Species Acanthochondria latili Capart, 1959 accepted as Acanthochondria exilipes Wilson C.B., 1932 (synonym)
  70. Species Acanthochondria longicephalus Yü & Wu, 1932 accepted as Heterochondria longicephala (Yü & Wu, 1932) (synonym)
  71. Species Acanthochondria palpifera (Wilson C.B., 1912) accepted as Chondracanthus palpifer Wilson C.B., 1912 (synonym)
  72. Species Acanthochondria psetti (Krøyer, 1863) accepted as Chondracanthus psetti Krøyer, 1863 (synonym)
  73. Species Acanthochondria purpurea Oakley, 1930 accepted as Acanthochondria phycidis (Rathbun, 1886) (synonym)
  74. Species Acanthochondria radiata (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Chondracanthodes radiatus (Müller O.F., 1776) (synonym)
  75. Species Acanthochondria salmonea (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Salmincola salmoneus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
  76. Species Acanthochondria solida Gusev, 1951 accepted as Chondracanthus solidus (Gusev, 1951) (synonym)
  77. Species Acanthochondria tenuis Pearse, 1952 accepted as Berea ancoralis (Bere, 1936) accepted as Bereacanthus ancoralis (Bere, 1936) (synonym)
  78. Species Acanthochondria tiddi (Price & Hames, 1968) accepted as Salmincola Wilson C.B., 1915 (not a chondracanthid)
  79. Species Acanthochondria zebriae Ho, Kim I.H. & Kumar, 2000 accepted as Heterochondria zebriae (Ho, Kim I.H. & Kumar, 2000) (Transferred to Heterchondria by Tang et al., 2010)
  80. Species Acanthochondria argutula (Markevich, 1940) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  81. Species Acanthochondria ateleopi Capart, 1959 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  82. Species Acanthochondria barnardi Capart, 1959 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  83. Species Acanthochondria briani (Yü & Wu, 1932) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  84. Species Acanthochondria compacta Markevich, 1956 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  85. Species Acanthochondria grandigenitalis (Yü & Wu, 1932) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  86. Species Acanthochondria spinulosa Capart, 1959 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  87. Species Acanthochondria wui Yü, 1935 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Acanthochondria Oakley, 1930. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128615 on 2025-04-18
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Nomenclature

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) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Entomoda Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, J.B.P. de. (1815-1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une introduction offrant la détermination des caractères essentiels de l'animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturels; enfin, l'exposition des principes fondamentaux de la zoologie. <em>In: Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. 5; Paris.</em> Paris: 7 volumes. Vol. 1 [Introduction]: Verdière, i-xvi, 1-462 [March 1815]; Vol. 2 [les Polypes, les Radiaires]: Verdière, 1-568 [March 1816]; Vol. 3 [suite des Radiaires; les Tuniciers; les Vers]: Verdière, 1-586 [August, 1816]; Vol. 4: Deterville/Verdière, 1-603 [April 1817]; Vol. 5 [les Arachnides; les Crustacés; les Annélides; les Cirrhipèdes; les Conchiferes]: Paris, Deterville/Verdière, 1-612 [25 July 1818]; Vol. 6(1) [suite des Conchifères; Les Mollusques]: published by the author, i-vi, 1-343 [June 1819]; Vol. 6(2) (suite): published by the author, 1-232 [April 1822]; Vol. 7 (suite): published by the author, 1-711. [August 1822]., available online at https://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.40014 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Pterochondria Ho, 1973) Ho, J.S. (1973). Chondracanthid copepods parasitic on platycephalid fishes of Australia, with discussion of known species occurring on flatheads. Parasitology, Cambridge 67:123-131, figs. 1-4. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Rylovia Markevich, 1940) Markevich, A.P. (1940). Novi vidi parazitichnikh Copepoda. Neue Arten parasitischer Copepoden. [New species of parasitic copepods.]. <em>Dopovidi Akademiyi Nauk Ukrayins'koiy RSR, Kiev.</em> 1940(11):11-21, figs. 1-9. (16-xi-1940, Ukrainian and German.). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Other

context source (PeRMS) Luque, J.L., C. Cruces, J. Chero, F. Paschoal, P.V. Alves, A.C. Silva, L. Sanchez & J. Iannacone. (2016). Checklist of metazoan parasites of fishes from Peru. Lista de verificación de los metazoos parásitos de peces de Perú. <em>Neotropical Helminthology.</em> 10(2), jul-dic: 301-375. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France.</em> 463 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

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  PDF available [request]

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  PDF available [request]

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) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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

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). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
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3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Acanthochondria Document hosted within WoRMS 
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Entomoda Document hosted within WoRMS (from synonym Entomoda Lamarck, 1818)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Pterochondria Document hosted within WoRMS (from synonym Pterochondria Ho, 1973)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Rylovia Document hosted within WoRMS (from synonym Rylovia Markevich, 1940)
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Acanthochondria Document hosted within WoRMS 
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Entomoda Document hosted within WoRMS (from synonym Entomoda Lamarck, 1818)
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Rylovia Document hosted within WoRMS (from synonym Rylovia Markevich, 1940)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthochondria) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pterochondria) (from synonym Pterochondria Ho, 1973)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Van Beneden (1871, pl. 2)
Van Beneden (1871, pl. 2)
Image from typetaxon
Chondracanthus cornutus from Brian, A 1906
Chondracanthus cornutus from Brian, A 1906
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