WoRMS taxon details
Lucicutia grandis (Giesbrecht, 1895)
220908 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220908)
accepted
Species
Leuckartia grandis Giesbrecht, 1895 · unaccepted (synonym)
Lucicutia challengeri Sewell, 1932 · unaccepted (synonym; proposed by Hulsemann...)
synonym; proposed by Hulsemann and verified by Markaseva & Ferrari, 2005
Rudolfia grandis (Giesbrecht, 1895) · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Leuckartia grandis Giesbrecht, 1895) Giesbrecht, W. (1895). Die pelagischen Copepoden. [The pelagic copepods.]. <em>In: Report of the dredging operations off the west coast of central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried out by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer 'Albatross', during 1.</em> 25(12):243-263, pls. 1-4.
page(s): 258 [details]
page(s): 258 [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Lucicutia grandis (Giesbrecht, 1895). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220908 on 2025-12-23
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lucicutia challengeri Sewell, 1932) Sewell, R.B.S. (1932). The Copepoda of Indian Seas. Calanoida. <em>Memoirs of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 10:223-407, figs. 82-131, pls. 1-6. (xii-1929, v-1932). [details] Available for editors 
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original description (of Leuckartia grandis Giesbrecht, 1895) Giesbrecht, W. (1895). Die pelagischen Copepoden. [The pelagic copepods.]. <em>In: Report of the dredging operations off the west coast of central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried out by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer 'Albatross', during 1.</em> 25(12):243-263, pls. 1-4.
page(s): 258 [details]
basis of record Grice, G.D. & K. Hulsemann. (1967). Bathypelagic calanoid copepods of the western Indian Ocean. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 122(3583):1-67, figs. 1-319., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.122-3583.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]original description (of Leuckartia grandis Giesbrecht, 1895) Giesbrecht, W. (1895). Die pelagischen Copepoden. [The pelagic copepods.]. <em>In: Report of the dredging operations off the west coast of central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried out by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer 'Albatross', during 1.</em> 25(12):243-263, pls. 1-4.
page(s): 258 [details]
basis of record Grice, G.D. & K. Hulsemann. (1967). Bathypelagic calanoid copepods of the western Indian Ocean. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 122(3583):1-67, figs. 1-319., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.122-3583.1 [details] Available for editors
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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 [request]
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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 Ali-Khan, S. & J. Ali-Kahn. (1982). Seven new records of the family Lucicutiidae from Pakistan (Copepoda, Calanoida). Crustaceana, Leiden 43(3):265-270, figs. 1-29. (13-x-1982, German summary) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bradford-Grieve, J.M. (1999). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Pelagic Calanoid Copepoda: Bathypontiidae, Arietellidae, Augaptilidae, Heterorhabdidae, Lucicutiidae, Metrodinidae, Phyllopodidae, Centropagidae, Pseudodiaptomidae, Temoridae, Candaciidae, Pontellidae, Sulcanidae, Acartiid National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) Biodiversity Memoir, Wellington 111:1-268. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Gowing, M.M. & K.F. Wishner. (1998). Feeding ecology of the copepod Lucicutia aff. L. grandis near the lower interface of the Arabian Sea oxygen minimum zone. Deep-Sea Research, Part II, Topical Studies in Oceanography 45(10-11):2433-2459. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hulsemann, K. (1966). A revision of the genus Lucicutia (Copepoda: Calanoida) with a key to its species. Bulletin of Marine Science 16(4):702-747, figs. 1-126, tabs. 1-2. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Koppelmann, R. & H. Weikert. (2005). Temporal and vertical distribution of two ecologically different calanoid copepods (Calanoides carinatus Kroyer 1849 and Lucicutia grandis Giesbrecht 1895) in the deep waters of the central Arabian Sea. Marine Biology 147(5):1173-1178. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Wolfenden, R.N. (1906). Plankton Studies: preliminary notes upon new or interesting species. Part 2. Copepoda. Rebman Limited, London & New York. [The original edition was withdrawn by Wolfenden and an amended edition was being circulated. Vide: Farran, G.P., 1939.] :25-44, pls. 8-14. [details]
additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Prusova, I.Y., S.L. Smith & E. Popova. 2012. Calanoid copepods of the Arabian Sea region. Sultan Qaboos University, Academic Publication Board, Muscat, Oman 240 pp., 240 figs. (2011). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ali-Khan, S. & J. Ali-Kahn. (1982). Seven new records of the family Lucicutiidae from Pakistan (Copepoda, Calanoida). Crustaceana, Leiden 43(3):265-270, figs. 1-29. (13-x-1982, German summary) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bradford-Grieve, J.M. (1999). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Pelagic Calanoid Copepoda: Bathypontiidae, Arietellidae, Augaptilidae, Heterorhabdidae, Lucicutiidae, Metrodinidae, Phyllopodidae, Centropagidae, Pseudodiaptomidae, Temoridae, Candaciidae, Pontellidae, Sulcanidae, Acartiid National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) Biodiversity Memoir, Wellington 111:1-268. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Gowing, M.M. & K.F. Wishner. (1998). Feeding ecology of the copepod Lucicutia aff. L. grandis near the lower interface of the Arabian Sea oxygen minimum zone. Deep-Sea Research, Part II, Topical Studies in Oceanography 45(10-11):2433-2459. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hulsemann, K. (1966). A revision of the genus Lucicutia (Copepoda: Calanoida) with a key to its species. Bulletin of Marine Science 16(4):702-747, figs. 1-126, tabs. 1-2. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Koppelmann, R. & H. Weikert. (2005). Temporal and vertical distribution of two ecologically different calanoid copepods (Calanoides carinatus Kroyer 1849 and Lucicutia grandis Giesbrecht 1895) in the deep waters of the central Arabian Sea. Marine Biology 147(5):1173-1178. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Wolfenden, R.N. (1906). Plankton Studies: preliminary notes upon new or interesting species. Part 2. Copepoda. Rebman Limited, London & New York. [The original edition was withdrawn by Wolfenden and an amended edition was being circulated. Vide: Farran, G.P., 1939.] :25-44, pls. 8-14. [details]
additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Prusova, I.Y., S.L. Smith & E. Popova. 2012. Calanoid copepods of the Arabian Sea region. Sultan Qaboos University, Academic Publication Board, Muscat, Oman 240 pp., 240 figs. (2011). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41. [details] Available for editors
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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 Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Leuckartia grandis Giesbrecht, 1895)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (26 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Leuckartia grandis Giesbrecht, 1895)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (26 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
