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Published: 2026-08-12
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A new replacement name for Lernanthropus wilsoni Pearse, 1952 (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Lernanthropidae) with a nomenclatural note on Lernanthropus wilsoni Capart, 1941

Graduate School of Science and Engineering; Kagoshima University; 1-21-35 Korimoto; Kagoshima 890-0065; Japan
Graduate School of Science and Engineering; Kagoshima University; 1-21-35 Korimoto; Kagoshima 890-0065; Japan
Crustacea replacement name nomenclature Lernanthropus Copepoda

References

  1. Lernanthropus wilsoni Pearse, 1952: 216–217, fig. 73.
  2. Boxshall, G.A., Bernot, J.P., Barton, D.P., Diggles, B.K., Yong, R.Q., Atkinson-Coyle, T. & Hutson, K.S. (2020) Parasitic copepods of the family Lernanthropidae Kabata, 1979 (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida) from Australian fishes, with descriptions of seven new species. Zootaxa, 4736 (1), 1–103. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4736.1.1
  3. Capart, A. (1941) Copepoda parasitica. In: Résultats scientifiques des croisières du Navire-école belge 'Mercator'. Vol. 3. No. 5. Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique, 21, pp. 171–197.
  4. Capart, A. (1959) Copepodes parasites. Resultats Scientifiques de I’Expedition Oceanographique Beige dans les Eaux Cotieres Africaines de I’Atlantique Sud (1948–1949), 3 (5), 55–126.
  5. Delamare Deboutteville, C. & Nunes-Ruivo, L.P. (1954) Parasites de poissons de mer ouest-Africains recoltes par M.J. Cadenat. II. Copepodes (Ier note). Genres Lernanthropus, Sagum, Paeon, Pennella. Bulletin de I’lnstitut Francaise d’Afrique Noire, Serie A, Sciences Naturelles, 16, 139–166.
  6. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1999) International code of zoological nomenclature. 4th Edition. International Trust for zoological Nomenclature, London, xxix + 306 pp.
  7. Pearse, A.S. (1952) Parasitic Crustacea from the Texas coast. Publications of the Institute of Marine Science, University of Texas, 2, 5–42.
  8. Yamaguti, S. (1963) Parasitic Copepoda and Branchiura of Fishes. Interscience Publishers, New York, 1104 pp.

How to Cite

Shibata, S. & Uyeno, D. (2026) A new replacement name for Lernanthropus wilsoni Pearse, 1952 (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Lernanthropidae) with a nomenclatural note on Lernanthropus wilsoni Capart, 1941. Zootaxa, 5866 (3), 599–600. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5866.3.12