WoRMS taxon details
Monstrilla inserta Scott A., 1909
353545 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:353545)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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): 237 [details]
page(s): 237 [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Monstrilla inserta Scott A., 1909. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=353545 on 2026-05-11
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Nomenclature
original description
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): 237 [details]
page(s): 237 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Suárez-Morales, E. (2001). Redescription and first record of Cymbasoma boxshalli and Monstrilla inserta (Copepoda: Monstrilloida) from Curacao, eastern Caribbean Sea Cahiers de Biologie Marine 42(3):243-254. [details] Available for editors 
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[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]
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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 (3 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
