WoRMS taxon details
Mesorhabdus brevicaudatus (Wolfenden, 1905)
104589 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104589)
accepted
Species
Heterorhabdus brevicaudatus Wolfenden, 1905 · unaccepted
Mesorhabdus annectens Sars G.O., 1905 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Heterorhabdus brevicaudatus Wolfenden, 1905) Wolfenden, R.N. (1905). Plankton Studies: preliminary notes upon new or interesting species. Part 1. 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 [The original edition was withdrawn by Wolfenden and an amended edition was being circulated.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.] :1-24, pls. 1-7. [Part 2, 1906, Copepoda: 25-44, pls. 8-14.] [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Mesorhabdus brevicaudatus (Wolfenden, 1905). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104589 on 2025-11-20
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Heterorhabdus brevicaudatus Wolfenden, 1905) Wolfenden, R.N. (1905). Plankton Studies: preliminary notes upon new or interesting species. Part 1. 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 [The original edition was withdrawn by Wolfenden and an amended edition was being circulated.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.] :1-24, pls. 1-7. [Part 2, 1906, Copepoda: 25-44, pls. 8-14.] [details]
original description (of Mesorhabdus annectens Sars G.O., 1905) Sars, G.O. (1905). Liste préliminaire des Calanoides recueillis pendant les campagnes de S.A.S. le Prince Albert de Monaco, avec diagnoses des genres et des espéces nouvelles. (2 e partie). [Preliminary list of Calanoides collected during the campaigns of H.S.H. Prince Albert of Monaco, with diagnoses of the new genera and species. (Part 2).]. <em>Bulletin du Musée Océanographique de Monaco.</em> 40:1-24. [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]
original description (of Mesorhabdus annectens Sars G.O., 1905) Sars, G.O. (1905). Liste préliminaire des Calanoides recueillis pendant les campagnes de S.A.S. le Prince Albert de Monaco, avec diagnoses des genres et des espéces nouvelles. (2 e partie). [Preliminary list of Calanoides collected during the campaigns of H.S.H. Prince Albert of Monaco, with diagnoses of the new genera and species. (Part 2).]. <em>Bulletin du Musée Océanographique de Monaco.</em> 40:1-24. [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]
Taxonomy
redescription
Park, T. (2000). Taxonomy and distribution of the calanoid copepod Family Heterorhabdididae. <em>Bulletin of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California.</em> 31:1-269.
page(s): 29-32 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 29-32 [details] Available for editors
[request]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 [request]
[request]Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Deevey, G.B. & A.L. Brooks. (1977). Copepods of the Sargasso Sea off Bermuda: species composition, and vertical and seasonal distribution between the surface and 2000 m. Bulletin of Marine Science 27(2):256-291, figs. 1-14, tabs. 1-7. (iv-1977) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source 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]
additional source Ohtsuka, S., H.Y. Soh & S. Nishida. (1997). Evolutionary switching from suspension feeding to carnivory in the calanoid family Heterorhabdidae (Copepoda). Journal of Crustacean Biology 17(4):577-595. (6.xi.1997) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Suárez-Morales, E., J.W. Fleeger & P.A. Montagna. (2009). Free-living Copepoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D. L. & D.K. Camp [Eds]. Gulf of Mexico: origin, waters, and biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 1393 pp.</em> Chapter pagination: 841-869. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]
context source (Bermuda) Deevey, G.B. & A.L. Brooks. (1977). Copepods of the Sargasso Sea off Bermuda: species composition, and vertical and seasonal distribution between the surface and 2000 m. Bulletin of Marine Science 27(2):256-291, figs. 1-14, tabs. 1-7. (iv-1977) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source 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]additional source Ohtsuka, S., H.Y. Soh & S. Nishida. (1997). Evolutionary switching from suspension feeding to carnivory in the calanoid family Heterorhabdidae (Copepoda). Journal of Crustacean Biology 17(4):577-595. (6.xi.1997) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Suárez-Morales, E., J.W. Fleeger & P.A. Montagna. (2009). Free-living Copepoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D. L. & D.K. Camp [Eds]. Gulf of Mexico: origin, waters, and biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 1393 pp.</em> Chapter pagination: 841-869. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Bathypelagic [details]
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Heterorhabdus brevicaudatus Wolfenden, 1905)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Mesorhabdus annectens Sars G.O., 1905)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesorhabdus brevicaudatus)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Heterorhabdus brevicaudatus Wolfenden, 1905)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (7 records)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Heterorhabdus brevicaudatus Wolfenden, 1905)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Mesorhabdus annectens Sars G.O., 1905)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mesorhabdus brevicaudatus)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Heterorhabdus brevicaudatus Wolfenden, 1905)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (7 records)
To ITIS
