Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Siphonostomatoida > Family Pennellidae

Lernaeenicus Le Sueur, 1824

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lernaeonema*	Milne Edwards H., 1840	synonym

Children

Lernaeenicus encrasicoli (Turton, 1807)
Lernaeenicus gracilis (Heller, 1865)
Lernaeenicus sprattae (Sowerby, 1806)
Lernaeenicus vorax Richiardi, 1877

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: イカリムシモドキ属

Literature

original description	Le Sueur, C.A. (1824). On three new species of parasitic Vermes, belonging to the Linnaean genus Lernaea. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 3:286-293, pl. 11. (iii-1824).
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	Pillai, N.K. (1985). Copepod Parasites of Marine Fishes. In: The Fauna of India. Zoological Society of India, Calcutta. 900pp., figs. 1-279.
additional source	Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. The Ray Society, London. 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Wilson, C.B. (1917). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the Lernaeidae with a revision of the entire family. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 53(2194):1-150, pls. 1-21. (13-vi-1917).

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Lernaeenicus Le Sueur, 1824. 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:135644