Sphyrion

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Sphyrion
Sphyrion laevigatum (MNHN-IU-2014-10898) 002.jpeg
Preserved specimen of Sphyrion laevigatum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Order: Siphonostomatoida
Family: Sphyriidae
Genus: Sphyrion
Cuvier, 1830
Type species
Chondracanthus lisse
Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
Species [1]
Synonyms [1]
  • LestesKrøyer, 1845
  • LesteiraKrøyer, 1863

Sphyrion is a genus of marine copepods in the family Sphyriidae.

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Taxonomy and history

The genus Sphyrion was erected by French zoologist Georges Cuvier in volume three of the second edition of Le Règne Animal , published in 1830. [1] [2] The name Sphyrion appears to be derived from the Greek word σφυρίον, meaning "little hammer". [3] [4] Cuvier created the genus to accommodate the species Chondracanthus lisse - first described in 1824 by Jean René Constant Quoy and Joseph Paul Gaimard and combined by Cuvier as Sphyrion lisse - which is now considered a synonym of Sphyrion laevigatum . [2] [3] [4] Three species are currently recognised. [1] [5]

Species

This genus includes the following species: [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Walter TC, Boxshall G (eds.). "Sphyrion Cuvier, 1830". World of Copepods Database. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  2. 1 2 Cuvier, Georges (1830). Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée [The animal kingdom distinguished according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. Nouvelle édition (in French). Vol. 3. Paris: Déterville & Crochard. p. 257. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.49223 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. 1 2 Wilson, Charles Branch (1919). "North American parasitic copepods belonging to the new family Sphyriidae". Proceedings of the United States National Museum . 55 (2286): 549–604. doi: 10.5479/si.00963801.55-2286.549 .
  4. 1 2 Stebbing, T.R.R. (1898). "Genus Sphyrion Cuvier". Report of the Marine Biologist for the Year 1898. Cape of Good Hope Department of Agriculture: 197–199.
  5. ↑ Dippenaar, Susan M.; Sebone, Makwena M. (2022). "Morphology of Three Sphyrion (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida: Sphyriidae) Species Infecting Teleost Fishes off South Africa with the First Description of Males of Two Species". Diversity . 14 (11): 929. doi: 10.3390/d14110929 .
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