WoRMS taxon details
Onychocorycaeus agilis (Dana, 1849-1852)
359743 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:359743)
accepted
Species
Corycaeus (Onchocorycaeus) agilis Dana, 1849-1852 · alternative representation
Corycaeus (Onychocorycaeus) agilis (Dana, 1849-1852) · alternative representation
Corycaeus agilis Dana, 1849-1852 · unaccepted
Corycaeus gracilicaudatus Giesbrecht, 1891 · unaccepted (listed as synonym by Vives &...)
listed as synonym by Vives & Shmeleva, 2010
Ditrichocorycaeus agilis (Dana, 1849-1852) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Corycaeus agilis Dana, 1849-1852) Dana, J.D. (1853-1855). Crustacea. Part II. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes. U. S. N., C. Sherman Printer, Philadelphia.</em> 14: 691-1618. [1855, folio atlas pls. 1-96.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40412910
page(s): 1217-1218 [details]
page(s): 1217-1218 [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Onychocorycaeus agilis (Dana, 1849-1852). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=359743 on 2025-06-20
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Corycaeus agilis Dana, 1849-1852) Dana, J.D. (1853-1855). Crustacea. Part II. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes. U. S. N., C. Sherman Printer, Philadelphia.</em> 14: 691-1618. [1855, folio atlas pls. 1-96.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40412910
page(s): 1217-1218 [details]
original description (of Corycaeus gracilicaudatus Giesbrecht, 1891) Giesbrecht, W. (1891). Elenco dei Copepodi pelagici raccolti dal Tenente di vascello Gaetano Chierchia durante il viaggio della R. Corvetta 'Vettor Pisani' negli anni 1882-1885 e dal Tenente di vascello Francesco Orsini nel Mar Rosso, nel 1884. [List of pelagic copepods collected by Lieutenant Gaetano Chierchia during the voyage of the Royal Corvette 'Vettor Pisani' in the years 1882-1885 and by Lieutenant Francesco Orsini in the Red Sea, in 1884.]. <em>Atti della Reale Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali Rendiconti.</em> (4)7 sem. 1: 474-482., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44535672 [details]
original description (of Corycaeus (Onchocorycaeus) agilis Dana, 1849-1852) Dana, J.D. (1849-1852). Conspectus crustaceorum, quae in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes, e classe Reipublicae foederatae duce, lexit et descripsit Jacobus D. Dana. Pars II. <em>Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 2: 9-61. [Vol. II,. from May 1848-May 1852]. no figures or plates just verbal., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4481593#page/17/mode/1up [details]
page(s): 1217-1218 [details]
original description (of Corycaeus gracilicaudatus Giesbrecht, 1891) Giesbrecht, W. (1891). Elenco dei Copepodi pelagici raccolti dal Tenente di vascello Gaetano Chierchia durante il viaggio della R. Corvetta 'Vettor Pisani' negli anni 1882-1885 e dal Tenente di vascello Francesco Orsini nel Mar Rosso, nel 1884. [List of pelagic copepods collected by Lieutenant Gaetano Chierchia during the voyage of the Royal Corvette 'Vettor Pisani' in the years 1882-1885 and by Lieutenant Francesco Orsini in the Red Sea, in 1884.]. <em>Atti della Reale Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali Rendiconti.</em> (4)7 sem. 1: 474-482., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44535672 [details]
original description (of Corycaeus (Onchocorycaeus) agilis Dana, 1849-1852) Dana, J.D. (1849-1852). Conspectus crustaceorum, quae in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes, e classe Reipublicae foederatae duce, lexit et descripsit Jacobus D. Dana. Pars II. <em>Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 2: 9-61. [Vol. II,. from May 1848-May 1852]. no figures or plates just verbal., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4481593#page/17/mode/1up [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Boxshall, G.A. & S.H. Halsey. (2004). An introduction to copepod diversity. <em>Ray Society, London.</em> 166(Part I):1-421. (2 volume set).
page(s): 491 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 491 [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]
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context source (HKRMS)
Lee, C.N.W. (2002). The ecology of planktonic copepods and hyperbenthic communities in the Cape d'Aguilar Marine Reserve, Hong Kong. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. [details]
additional source Radhika, S.R. & S.B. Nandan [S. Bijoy Nandan]. (2020). Morpho-taxonomy of Corycaeid Cyclopoids from Lakshadweep Sea, South Eastern Arabian Sea—A Part of the Indian Ocean. <em>In: Pandey D., M. Ravichandran & N.Nair (eds) Dynamics of the Earth System: Evolution, Processes and Interactions. Society of Earth Scientists Series. Springer, Cham.</em> : 141-191. Apr 2020., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40659-2_7 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Radhika, S.R. & S.B. Nandan [S. Bijoy Nandan]. (2020). Morpho-taxonomy of Corycaeid Cyclopoids from Lakshadweep Sea, South Eastern Arabian Sea—A Part of the Indian Ocean. <em>In: Pandey D., M. Ravichandran & N.Nair (eds) Dynamics of the Earth System: Evolution, Processes and Interactions. Society of Earth Scientists Series. Springer, Cham.</em> : 141-191. Apr 2020., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40659-2_7 [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 (from synonym Corycaeus agilis Dana, 1849-1852)
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Corycaeus agilis Dana, 1849-1852)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Ditrichocorycaeus agilis (Dana, 1849-1852))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (10 records) (from synonym Corycaeus agilis Dana, 1849-1852)
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Corycaeus agilis Dana, 1849-1852)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Ditrichocorycaeus agilis (Dana, 1849-1852))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (10 records) (from synonym Corycaeus agilis Dana, 1849-1852)
