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

Pseudocycnus appendiculatus Heller, 1865

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pseudocycnus*	Heller, 1865	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: オビウオジラミ

Literature

original description	Heller, C. (1865). Crustaceen. [Crustacea]. Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erdre, in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair, Zoologischer Theil, Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Wien, Band. 2 (Abtheilung 3): 1–280, pls. 1–25.
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. (1967). Copepods parasitic on Indian marine fishes. A review. In: Proceedings of the Symposium on Crustacea. Symposium Series, Marine Biological Association of India (2)5:1556-1680, figs. 1-266.
additional source	Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.).
additional source	Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41.
additional source	Wilson, C.B. (1922). North American parasitic copepods belonging to the family Dichelestiidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 60(5)(2400):1-100, pls. 1-13. (22-iii-1922).
additional source	Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. The Ray Society, London. 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203.
additional source	Klingberg, C.G.A. (1942). Pseudocycnus appendiculatus Heller, a dichelestiid new for Swedish waters. Kunglige Fysiografiska Sällskapets i Lund Förhandlingar 12(5):1-5, figs. 1-4. (20-iii-1942)
additional source	Purivirojkul, W., P. Chaidee & T. Thapanand-Chaidee. (2011). New Record of Pseudocycnus appendiculatus Heller, 1868 Parasites of Yellowfin Tuna Thunnus albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) in the Andaman Sea, Thailand. Walailak Journal. 8(1):81-85.
additional source	Baudin Laurencin, F. (1971). Crustacés et Helminthes parasites de l'Albacore (Thunnus albacares) du golfe de Guinée-Note préliminaire. [Crustaceans and helminths parasites of Albacore (Thunnus albacares) from the Gulf of Guinea - Preliminary note.]. Documents Scientifiques, Centre de Recherches Océanographiques, Abidjan (ORSTOM). 2(1-2):11-30, figs. 1-4.
additional source	Kirtisinghe, P. (1964). A review of the parasitic copepods of fish recorded from Ceylon, with descriptions of additional forms. Bulletin of the Fisheries Research Station, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 17(1):45-132, figs. 1-191. (vi-1964)
additional source	Pillai, N.K. (1964). A miscellaneous collection of copepods parasitic on South Indian fishes. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 6(1):61-83, figs. 1-152.
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	Shiino, S.M. (1959). Sammlung der parasitischen Copepoden in der Präfectur Universität von Mie. [Collection of parasitic copepods at Mie Prefectural University.]. Reports of the Faculty of Fisheries, Prefectural University of Mie. 3(2):334-374, figs. 1-17. (30-xi-1959).
additional source	Stebbing, T.R.R. (1900). On Crustacea brought by Dr. Willey from the South Seas. Pages 605-690, In: Willey, A. (ed.), Zoological Results based on material from New Britain, New Guinea, Loyalty Islands and Elsewhere collected during the years 1895, 1896 and 1897. Part V. Cambridge University Press.
additional source	Hewitt, G.C. (1969). Pseudocycnus appendiculatus Heller, 1868 (Copepoda, Dichelesthiidae) in New Zealand waters. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 3(1):169-176, figs. 1-11. (iii-1969)
additional source	Carvalho, J. de Paiva. (1950). Ocorréncia de Pseudocycnus appendiculatus Heller, Copépodo da familia Pseudocycnidae, em águas do litoral paulista. [Occurrence of Pseudocycnus appendiculatus Heller, Copepod of the family Pseudocycnidae, in waters off the coast of São Paulo.]. Boletim do Instituto Oceanográfico, Sao Paulo. 1(2):99-102. (xii-1950).
additional source	Uma Devi, D.V., K. Shyamasundari & K. Hanumantha Rao. (1980). Copepod parasites of fishes of Waltair coast: Anatomy of the female reproductive system of Pseudocycnus appendiculatus Heller, 1865. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Animal Sciences 89(5):431-439, figs. 1-9. (ix-1980)
ecology source	Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. Earth System Science Data. 9(1):99-113.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Pseudocycnus appendiculatus Heller, 1865. 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:136004