1858年、ドイツの魚類学者ピーター・ブリーカーによって科学誌Acta Societatis Scientiarum Indo-Neerlandicae において記載された。タイプ標本は53cmの雄で、長崎県沖で捕獲されたものである。種小名japonica も日本に分布することに由来する[4][5]。
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^Nagasawa, K.; Tanaka, S.; Benz, G.W. (1998). “Trebius shiinoi n. sp. (Trebiidae: Siphonostomatoida: Copepoda) from uteri and embryos of the Japanese angelshark (Squatina japonica) and the clouded angelshark (Squatina nebulosa), and redescription of Trebius longicaudatus”. Journal of Parasitology84 (6): 1218–1230. doi:10.2307/3284678. PMID9920318.
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