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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Arthropoda (phylum)  »  Copepoda (class)  »  Cyclopoida (order)  »  Lernaeidae (family)

CAAB Code:	27 482001 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Lernaea cyprinacea   Linnaeus, 1758
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 27 - Crustacea - non-Malacostraca Copepods, ostracods, barnacles, and minor crustacean groups Family: 27 482 Lernaeidae (copepods) - show full list Common Name: [a parasitic copepod] Organism Type: a parasitic copepod Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Freshwater Parent Codes: 27 482901     Lernaea spp.

Taxon Notes:	This parasitic species, Although found on almost every continent, is not native to Australia, and was likely introduced with European Carp into Australian waters. It is now also found on a range of native fish as well.
Identifiers:	WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:359052 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source:	Zhu, X., Barton, D.P., Wassens, S., Shamsi, S., 2021. Morphological and genetic characterisation of the introduced copepod Lernaea cyprinacea Linnaeus (Cyclopoida: Lernaeidae) occurring in the Murrumbidgee catchment, Australia., Marine and Freshwater Research, Vol. 72: 876-886. . doi.org/10.1071/MF20145 doi:10.1071/MF20145
Scientific Name verified against:	WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.