Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Cyclopoida > Suborder Ergasilida > Family Taeniacanthidae > Genus Taeniacanthus

Taeniacanthus balistae (Claus, 1864)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Taeniacanthus*	Sumpf, 1871	accepted genus name
*Eucanthus*	Claus, 1864	synonym

Species group names

*Eucanthus balistae*	Claus, 1864	synonym

Literature

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
additional source	Dojiri, M. & J.S. Ho. (1987). Copepods of the Taeniacanthidae (Poecilostomatoida) parasitic on fishes of Japan. Report of the Sado Marine Biological Station, Niigata University 17:33-42, figs. 1-5.
additional source	Lin, C.L. & J.S. Ho. (2006). Copepods of the genus Taeniacanthus Sumpf, 1871 (Poecilostomatoida: Taeniacanthidae) parasitic on marine fishes of Taiwan. Journal of the Fisheries Society of Taiwan 33(2):171-191.
additional source	Kim, I.H. (2014). Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Copepoda, Cyclopoida : Fish-Parasitic Cyclopoid Copepods. Invertebrate Fauna of Korea, National Institute of Biological Resources, Ministry of Environment(Korea). 21(37):226 pp.
additional source	Tang, D., D. Uyeno & K. Nagasawa. (2016). A review of the Taeniacanthus balistae species group (Crustacea: Copepoda: Taeniacanthidae), with descriptions of two new species. In: Huys, R. (Ed.), Recent Developments in Taxonomy and Biodiversity of Symbiotic Copepoda (Crustacea) – A Volume in Celebration of the Career of Prof. Il-Hoi Kim. Zootaxa. 4174:212-236.
redescription	Izawa, K. (2024). Redescription of two known species of Taeniacanthidae (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) parasitic on japanese filefishes (Actinopterygii). Crustaceana. 97 (1-2):103-114.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Taeniacanthus balistae (Claus, 1864). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129081