North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

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Alebion Krøyer, 1863

Alebion carchariae

AphiaID

135588 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135588)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Alebion carchariae Krøyer, 1863 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Caligidae Burmeister, 1835

Original name

Alebion Krøyer, 1863

Synonymised names

Caligera Beneden, 1892 · unaccepted (synonym)

Platyporinus Rao, 1950 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Species Alebion carchariae Krøyer, 1863
Species Alebion crassus Wilson C.B., 1932
Species Alebion difficilis (Beneden, 1892)
Species Alebion elegans Capart, 1953
Species Alebion glaber Wilson C.B., 1905
Species Alebion gracilis Wilson C.B., 1905
Species Alebion lobatus Cressey, 1970
Species Alebion maculatus Wilson C.B., 1932
Species Alebion pacificus Cressey, 1972
Species Alebion alatus Gnanamuthu, 1951 accepted as Alebion maculatus Wilson C.B., 1932 (synonym according to Cressey, 1972)
Species Alebion difficile (Beneden, 1892) accepted as Alebion difficilis (Beneden, 1892) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
Species Alebion echinatus Capart, 1953 accepted as Alebion crassus Wilson C.B., 1932 (synonym)
Species Alebion eulami Kumar, 1990 (unaccepted > interim unpublished)
Species Alebion fuscus Wilson C.B., 1921 accepted as Alebion carchariae Krøyer, 1863 (synonym)
Species Alebion glabrum Wilson C.B., 1905 accepted as Alebion glaber Wilson C.B., 1905
Species Alebion gracile Wilson C.B., 1905 accepted as Alebion gracilis Wilson C.B., 1905
Species Alebion megacephalus Kirtisinghe, 1956 accepted as Alebion maculatus Wilson C.B., 1932 (synonym according to Cressey, 1972)
Species Alebion spinosus Rangnekar, 1959 accepted as Alebion maculatus Wilson C.B., 1932 (synonym according to Cressey, 1972)
Species Alebion walbei Kumar, 1990 (unaccepted > interim unpublished)

Environment

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

Original description

Krøyer, H. (1863-1864). Bidrag til Kundskab om Snyltekrebsene. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. III. 2(1/2): 75-320, pls. 1-9 [1863]; 2(3): 321-426, pls. 10-18 [1864]. [details]

Descriptive notes

Homonymy Also in database as valid genus in Iophonidae (Porifera) - needs checking

Homonymy Also in database as valid genus in Iophonidae (Porifera) - needs checking [details]

Taxonomic citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2024). World of Copepods Database. Alebion Krøyer, 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135588 on 2025-01-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Boxshall, Geoff

2005-08-01 12:12:31Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2009-03-07 15:57:14Z

checked

Boxshall, Geoff

2011-12-14 12:17:53Z

changed

Boxshall, Geoff

2024-04-04 14:55:52Z

changed

Walter, T. Chad

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original description Krøyer, H. (1863-1864). Bidrag til Kundskab om Snyltekrebsene. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. III. 2(1/2): 75-320, pls. 1-9 [1863]; 2(3): 321-426, pls. 10-18 [1864]. [details]

original description (of Caligera Beneden, 1892) Beneden, P.J. Van. (1892). Quelques nouveaux Caligidés de la côte d'Afrique et de l'archipel des Açores. [Some new Caligidae from the coast of Africa and the Azores archipelago.]. Bulletin de l'Académie Royale de Belgique. (3)24:241-262, pls. 1-4. [details]

original description (of Platyporinus Rao, 1950) Rao, T.S.S. (1950). On a new caligid parasite from the Indian hammerhead shark. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences (B)31(6):302-307, figs. 1-10. (vi-1950) [details] Available for editors

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taxonomy source Cressey, R.F. (1972). Revision of the genus Alebion (Copepoda: Caligoida). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 123:1-29, figs. 1-132. (24-v-1972). [details] Available for editors

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taxonomy source Dippenaar, S.M. (2018). Resurrection of Alebion difficile (van Beneden, 1892) ( Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Caligidae) with notes on other species of Alebion Kroyer, 1863 collected from elasmobranchs off South Africa and an updated key of the adult fema, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-018-9811-3
note: Includes Key to species [details] Available for editors

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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 IMIS) [details]

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

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): 501 [details] Available for editors

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Homonymy Also in database as valid genus in Iophonidae (Porifera) - needs checking [details]

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