WoRMS taxon details
Comantenna brevicornis (Sars G.O., 1901)
104295 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104295)
accepted
Species
Bryaxis brevicornis Sars G.O., 1901 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Bryaxis brevicornis Sars G.O., 1901) Sars, G.O. (1901). Copepoda Calanoida, Parts I & II. Calanidae, Eucalanidae, Paracalanidae , Pseudocalanidae, Aetideidae (part). <em>An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum.</em> 4:1-26, pls. 1-16. (look up in IMIS) [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Comantenna brevicornis (Sars G.O., 1901). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104295 on 2025-09-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Bryaxis brevicornis Sars G.O., 1901) Sars, G.O. (1901). Copepoda Calanoida, Parts I & II. Calanidae, Eucalanidae, Paracalanidae , Pseudocalanidae, Aetideidae (part). <em>An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum.</em> 4:1-26, pls. 1-16. (look up in IMIS) [details] 
basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. <em>Earth System Science Data.</em> 9(1):99-113., available online at https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-99-2017 [details] Available for editors
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Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Bryaxis brevicornis Sars G.O., 1901)
To PESI (from synonym Bryaxis brevicornis Sars G.O., 1901)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Bryaxis brevicornis Sars G.O., 1901)
To PESI (from synonym Bryaxis brevicornis Sars G.O., 1901)
To PESI
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Image from synonym