WoRMS taxon details
Chiridius obtusifrons Sars G.O., 1902
104292 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104292)
accepted
Species
Chiridius vanhoffeni Wolfenden, 1904 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Sars, G.O. (1902). Copepoda Calanoida, Parts III & IV, Aetideidae (concluded), Euchaetidae, Phaennidae. <em>An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum.</em> 4:27-48, pls. 17-96. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 29 [details]
page(s): 29 [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Chiridius obtusifrons Sars G.O., 1902. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104292 on 2025-10-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Sars, G.O. (1902). Copepoda Calanoida, Parts III & IV, Aetideidae (concluded), Euchaetidae, Phaennidae. <em>An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum.</em> 4:27-48, pls. 17-96. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 29 [details]
original description (of Chiridius vanhoffeni Wolfenden, 1904) Wolfenden, R.N. (1904). Notes on the Copepoda of the North Atlantic Sea and the Faröe Channel. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom n. ser. 7:110-146, fig. 1, pl. 9. (iv-1904) [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]
page(s): 29 [details]
original description (of Chiridius vanhoffeni Wolfenden, 1904) Wolfenden, R.N. (1904). Notes on the Copepoda of the North Atlantic Sea and the Faröe Channel. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom n. ser. 7:110-146, fig. 1, pl. 9. (iv-1904) [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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context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Markhaseva, E.L. (1996). Calanoid copepods of the family Aetideidae of the world ocean. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg 268:1-331. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]
additional source Scott, A. (1909). The Copepoda of the Siboga Expedition. Part I. Free-swimming, littoral and semi-parasitic Copepoda. <em>Siboga Expeditie, Monograph, Leiden.</em> 29:1-323, pls. 1-69., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2191407#page/11/mode/1up
page(s): 43 [details]
additional source Markhaseva, E.L. (1996). Calanoid copepods of the family Aetideidae of the world ocean. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg 268:1-331. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]
additional source Scott, A. (1909). The Copepoda of the Siboga Expedition. Part I. Free-swimming, littoral and semi-parasitic Copepoda. <em>Siboga Expeditie, Monograph, Leiden.</em> 29:1-323, pls. 1-69., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2191407#page/11/mode/1up
page(s): 43 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chiridius obtusifrons)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (4 records)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chiridius obtusifrons)
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (4 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
