MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Alella Leigh-Sharpe, 1925

WoRMS taxon details

Alella Leigh-Sharpe, 1925

Van Beneden (1871, pl. 2)

AphiaID

135595 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135595)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Alella pagelli (Krøyer, 1863) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Lernaeopodidae Milne Edwards, 1840

Original name

Alella Leigh-Sharpe, 1925

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Species Alella igillimpethu Erasmus, Hadfield, Wepener & Smit, 2022
Species Alella pagelli (Krøyer, 1863)
Species Alella berecynthia Leigh-Sharpe, 1936 accepted as Clavellomimus berecynthia (Leigh-Sharpe, 1936)
Species Alella canthari (Heller, 1865) accepted as Alella pagelli (Krøyer, 1863) (synonym)
Species Alella ditrematis (Yamaguti, 1939) accepted as Alella pagelli (Krøyer, 1863) (synonym)
Species Alella gibbosa van Niekerk & Oliver, 1995 accepted as Alella pagelli (Krøyer, 1863) (synonym)
Species Alella macrotrachelus (Brian, 1906) accepted as Alella pagelli (Krøyer, 1863)
Species Alella pterobrachiata (Kabata, 1968) accepted as Alella pagelli (Krøyer, 1863) (synonym)
Species Alella tarakihi Hewitt & Blackwell, 1987 accepted as Clavellotis tarakihi (Hewitt & Blackwell, 1987) (generic transfer)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Leigh-Sharpe, W.H. (1925). A revision of the British species of Clavella (Crustacea, Copepoda) with a diagnosis of new species: C. devastatrix and C. invicta. Parasitology, Cambridge 17:194-200, figs. 1-4. (18-v-1925) [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Alella Leigh-Sharpe, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135595 on 2025-04-11

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Boxshall, Geoff

2006-09-05 06:52:51Z

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Martinez, Olga

2010-05-17 13:33:31Z

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Boxshall, Geoff

2011-12-09 13:26:26Z

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Boxshall, Geoff

2022-03-15 15:23:03Z

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Walter, T. Chad

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Nomenclature

original description Leigh-Sharpe, W.H. (1925). A revision of the British species of Clavella (Crustacea, Copepoda) with a diagnosis of new species: C. devastatrix and C. invicta. Parasitology, Cambridge 17:194-200, figs. 1-4. (18-v-1925) [details] Available for editors

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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 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

additional source Kabata, Z. (1979). Parasitic Copepoda of British Fishes. The Ray Society, London. 152: i-xii, 1-468, figs. 1-203. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Nuñes-Ruivo, L. (1966). Le Genre Alella Leigh Sharpe, 1925 (Copepoda, Fam. Lernaeopodidae). Proceedings of the Ist International Congress of Parasitology 2:1081-1082. [details] Available for editors

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additional source International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, Opinion. (1976). Opinion, 1047. Alella Leigh-Sharpe, 1925 (Crustacea: Copepoda): designation of type-species under the plenary powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 32(4):230-232. (30-i-1976). [details] Available for editors

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additional source Dippenaar, S.M. (2016). Does Alella Leigh-Sharpe, 1925 (Siphonostomatoida: Lernaeopodidae) really consist of seven species? Systematic Parasitology, 93(1):47-56., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-015-9601-0 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Hassan, A.M. (2018). Diversity of metazoan parasites of two reef associated fish species from Qatar (Acanthopagrus bifasciatus and Pomacanthus maculosus). M.Sc. Thesis, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar. 143 pp. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Melville, R.V. (1976). Alella Leigh-Sharpe, 1925 (Crustacea: Copepoda): Designation of Type-Species under the Plenary Powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 32(4): 230-232. [details] Available for editors

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