MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Sciaenophilus tenuis Beneden, 1852

ERMS name details

Sciaenophilus tenuis Beneden, 1852

AphiaID

355494 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:355494)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (generic transfer)

Accepted name

Caligus tenuis (Beneden, 1852)

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Sciaenophilus Beneden, 1852

Parent

Sciaenophilus Beneden, 1852 accepted as Caligus Müller O.F., 1785

Original name

Sciaenophilus tenuis Beneden, 1852

Environment

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

Original description

Beneden, P.J. van. (1852). Note sur un nouveau genre de Crustacé parasite de la famille des Peltocéphales. [Note on a new genus of parasitic Crustacean of the Caligidae family.]. Bulletin de l'Académie Royale de Belgique. 19(3):462-467, pl. 1. (look up in RoR) [details]

Taxonomic citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2021). World of Copepods database. Sciaenophilus tenuis Beneden, 1852. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org/data../aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=355494 on 2026-06-28

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Sciaenophilus tenuis Beneden, 1852. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=355494 on 2026-06-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-07-15 14:41:49Z

created

Walter, T. Chad

2015-09-10 13:18:14Z

changed

Boxshall, Geoff

2017-01-10 16:33:36Z

changed

Boxshall, Geoff

2019-07-05 18:51:56Z

changed

Walter, T. Chad

2019-08-04 14:43:44Z

changed

Walter, T. Chad

2020-11-13 16:04:44Z

changed

Boxshall, Geoff

Licensing

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original description Beneden, P.J. van. (1852). Note sur un nouveau genre de Crustacé parasite de la famille des Peltocéphales. [Note on a new genus of parasitic Crustacean of the Caligidae family.]. Bulletin de l'Académie Royale de Belgique. 19(3):462-467, pl. 1. (look up in RoR) [details]

additional source Frasca, S.,Jr., V.L. Kirsipuu, S. Russell, S.A. Bullard & G.W. Benz. (2005). Opercular lesions in black drum (Pogonias cromis) associated with infections of the sea louse Sciaenophilus tenuis (Copepoda: Caligidae). Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 34(2):115-127. [details] Available for editors

additional source Heegaard, P.E. (1966). Parasitic copepods from Texas. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistoriske Forening, Copenhagen 129: 187-197, figs. 1-23. [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 Ramakrishnan, P. (1980). Revision of the Caligidae (Copepoda) with special reference to the Indian fauna. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Kerala 400pp. + 15 plates. [details] Available for editors

additional source Pillai, N.K. (1961). Copepods parasitic on South Indian Fishes. Part I, Caligidae. Bulletin of the Research Institute, University of Kerala (C)8:87-130, figs. 1-23. (xi-1961) [details] Available for editors

additional source Pillai, N.K. (1985). Copepod Parasites of Marine Fishes. In: The Fauna of India. Zoological Society of India, Calcutta. 900pp., figs. 1-279.
page(s): 394 [details] Available for editors

redescription Rangnekar, P.G. & N.N. Murti. (1966). Redescription of three known species of parasitic copepods. Journal of the University of Bombay. 35(3):19-27 ,pls. 1,2. (xi.1966). [details] Available for editors

new combination reference Gerstaecker, A. (1866). Spaltfüssler: Copepoda. [Oar-footed: Copepoda.]. In: Bronn, H.G. (ed.). Klassen und Ordnungen des Tierreiches, 5 Abt. 1: Crustacea, 590-806, pls. 7-15 (1879). [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To ITIS