WoRMS taxon details
Metis holothuriae (Edwards, 1891)
116379 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:116379)
accepted
Species
Abacola holothuriae Edwards, 1891 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Abacola holothuriae Edwards, 1891) Edwards, C.L. (1891). Beschreibung einiger neuen Copepoden und eines neuen copepodenähnlichen Krebses, Leuckartella paradoxa. [Description of some new copepods and a new copepod-like crustacean, Leuckartella paradoxa.]. <em>Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, Inaugural-Dissertation einer Hohen Philosophischen Faultat der Universität Leipzig, Berlin.</em> 57(1):75-104. Pls. 3-5.
page(s): 92 [details]
page(s): 92 [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Metis holothuriae (Edwards, 1891). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=116379 on 2025-08-17
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(of Abacola holothuriae Edwards, 1891) Edwards, C.L. (1891). Beschreibung einiger neuen Copepoden und eines neuen copepodenähnlichen Krebses, Leuckartella paradoxa. [Description of some new copepods and a new copepod-like crustacean, Leuckartella paradoxa.]. <em>Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, Inaugural-Dissertation einer Hohen Philosophischen Faultat der Universität Leipzig, Berlin.</em> 57(1):75-104. Pls. 3-5.
page(s): 92 [details]
basis of record Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. <em>In: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds.) 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.</em> 50:268-280. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 92 [details]
basis of record Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. <em>In: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds.) 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.</em> 50:268-280. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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context source (Bermuda)
Willey, A. (1935). Harpacticoid Copepoda from Bermuda.—Part II. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 15(85): 50-100., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933508654944 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Dussart, B.H. (1967). Les Copépodes des eaux continentales d'Europe occidentale. Tome I: Calanoïdes et Harpacticoïdes. [Copepods of the continental waters of Western Europe. Volume I: Calanoids and Harpacticoids.]. <em>N. Boubée et Cie, Paris.</em> 500 pp.
page(s): 200 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Goddard, M. (2003). Copepodos de pozas intermareales de Isla de Pascua. Tide pools copepods of Easter Island. Ciencia y Tecnologia del Mar 26(1): 45-72. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Meyer, H.A. & S.S. Bell. (1989). Response of harpacticoid copepods to detrital accumulation on seagrass blades: a field experiment with Metis holothuriae (Edwards). <em>Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.</em> 132(2):141-149., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0981(89)90220-7 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Meyer, H.A. & S.S. Bell. (1989). Mouthparts of the marine harpacticoid copepod Metis holothuriae. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 108(4):414-418, figs. 1-7. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Vervoort, W. (1964). Free-living Copepoda from Ifaluk Atoll in the Caroline Islands with notes on related species. <em>Bulletin. United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution: Washington, DC (USA).</em> 236: 1-431. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Meyer, H.A. (1990). Ecology of the harpacticoid copepod Metis holothuriae (Edwards): Population structure, detrital relationships, and synchronization of recruitment. Ph.D. Thesis, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, U.S.A. 121 pp. [details]
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]
[request]additional source Dussart, B.H. (1967). Les Copépodes des eaux continentales d'Europe occidentale. Tome I: Calanoïdes et Harpacticoïdes. [Copepods of the continental waters of Western Europe. Volume I: Calanoids and Harpacticoids.]. <em>N. Boubée et Cie, Paris.</em> 500 pp.
page(s): 200 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Goddard, M. (2003). Copepodos de pozas intermareales de Isla de Pascua. Tide pools copepods of Easter Island. Ciencia y Tecnologia del Mar 26(1): 45-72. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Meyer, H.A. & S.S. Bell. (1989). Response of harpacticoid copepods to detrital accumulation on seagrass blades: a field experiment with Metis holothuriae (Edwards). <em>Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.</em> 132(2):141-149., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0981(89)90220-7 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Meyer, H.A. & S.S. Bell. (1989). Mouthparts of the marine harpacticoid copepod Metis holothuriae. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 108(4):414-418, figs. 1-7. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Vervoort, W. (1964). Free-living Copepoda from Ifaluk Atoll in the Caroline Islands with notes on related species. <em>Bulletin. United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution: Washington, DC (USA).</em> 236: 1-431. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Meyer, H.A. (1990). Ecology of the harpacticoid copepod Metis holothuriae (Edwards): Population structure, detrital relationships, and synchronization of recruitment. Ph.D. Thesis, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, U.S.A. 121 pp. [details]
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
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ナミボウズソコミジンコ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Metis holothuriae)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Abacola holothuriae Edwards, 1891)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (7 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Metis holothuriae)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Abacola holothuriae Edwards, 1891)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (7 records)
To ITIS
