Lophoura cornuta

Lophoura cornuta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siphonostomatoida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Copepoda Infraclassis: Neocopepoda Superordo: Podoplea Ordo: Siphonostomatoida

Familia: Sphyriidae
Genus: Lophoura
Species: Lophoura cornuta

Name

Lophoura cornuta (Wilson, 1919)

Original combination: Rebelula cornuta Wilson, 1919

Type locality: SW of Shizunai, Hokkaido, Japan. 42.1861°N 142.2°E / 42.1861; 142.2. Depth 657 m.

Type host: Synaphobranchus affinis Günther, 1877.

Holotype: USNM 49758 [1].

Paratype: USNM 49768 [2].

Synonymy

• Rebelula cornuta Wilson, 1919: 582–585, pl. 55.
• Lophoura cornuta (Wilson, 1919); — Nagasawa, 2024: 38–40, figs. 2–3.

References

• Nagasawa, K. 2024. Rediscovery of a Deep-sea Fish Parasite Lophoura cornuta (Copepoda: Sphyriidae) in the Western North Pacific off Hokkaido, Northern Japan. Species Diversity. 29(1): 37–42. DOI: 10.12782/specdiv.29.37 . Reference page. 
• Wilson C.B. 1919. North American parasitic copepods belonging to the new family Sphyriidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 55(2286): 549–604. BHL. Reference page. 

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