WoRMS taxon details
Opostomias micripnus (Günther, 1878)
281925 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281925)
accepted
Species
Echiostoma micripnus Günther, 1878 · unaccepted
Opostomias gibsonpacei Barnard, 1948 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Echiostoma micripnus Günther, 1878) Günther, A. (1878). Preliminary notices of deep-sea fishes collected during the voyage of H. M. S. `Challenger. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 5).</em> 2 (nos 7/8/9)(art. 2/22/28): 17-28, 179-187, 248-251., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937808682376 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Opostomias micripnus (Günther, 1878). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281925 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Echiostoma micripnus Günther, 1878) Günther, A. (1878). Preliminary notices of deep-sea fishes collected during the voyage of H. M. S. `Challenger. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 5).</em> 2 (nos 7/8/9)(art. 2/22/28): 17-28, 179-187, 248-251., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937808682376 [details]
original description (of Opostomias gibsonpacei Barnard, 1948) Barnard, K.H. (1948). New records and descriptions of new species of parasitic Copepoda from South Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (12)1:242-254, figs. 1-8. (iv-1948), available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222934808653905 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Opostomias gibsonpacei Barnard, 1948) Barnard, K.H. (1948). New records and descriptions of new species of parasitic Copepoda from South Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (12)1:242-254, figs. 1-8. (iv-1948), available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222934808653905 [details] Available for editors
[request]Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (18 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Opostomias gibsonpacei Barnard, 1948)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Echiostoma micripnus Günther, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Opostomias micripnus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Echiostoma micripnus Günther, 1878)
To FishBase (from synonym Opostomias gibsonpacei Barnard, 1948)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Echiostoma micripnus Günther, 1878)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Opostomias gibsonpacei RAD114643-001) (from synonym Opostomias gibsonpacei Barnard, 1948)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Opostomias gibsonpacei RAD114644-001) (from synonym Opostomias gibsonpacei Barnard, 1948)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Opostomias micripnus RAD114626-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Opostomias micripnus RAD114626-002)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Opostomias gibsonpacei Barnard, 1948)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Echiostoma micripnus Günther, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Opostomias micripnus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Echiostoma micripnus Günther, 1878)
To FishBase (from synonym Opostomias gibsonpacei Barnard, 1948)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Echiostoma micripnus Günther, 1878)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Opostomias gibsonpacei RAD114643-001) (from synonym Opostomias gibsonpacei Barnard, 1948)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Opostomias gibsonpacei RAD114644-001) (from synonym Opostomias gibsonpacei Barnard, 1948)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Opostomias micripnus RAD114626-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Opostomias micripnus RAD114626-002)
To ITIS
