WoRMS taxon details
Pseudocalanus acuspes (Giesbrecht, 1881)
104514 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104514)
accepted
Species
Lucullus acuspes Giesbrecht, 1881 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lucullus acuspes Giesbrecht, 1881) Giesbrecht, W. (1881). Vorlaufige Mitteilung aus einer Arbeit uber die freilebenden Copepoden des Kieler Hafens. [Preliminary report from a work on the free-living copepods of the Kiel harbor.]. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 4(83):254-258. (16-v-1881). (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 258 [details]
page(s): 258 [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Pseudocalanus acuspes (Giesbrecht, 1881). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104514 on 2025-06-19
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Nomenclature
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(of Lucullus acuspes Giesbrecht, 1881) Giesbrecht, W. (1881). Vorlaufige Mitteilung aus einer Arbeit uber die freilebenden Copepoden des Kieler Hafens. [Preliminary report from a work on the free-living copepods of the Kiel harbor.]. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 4(83):254-258. (16-v-1881). (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 258 [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]
page(s): 258 [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]
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 
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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 Bedo, A.W., E.J.H. Head, R.J. Conover, E.P.W. Horne & L.R. Harris. (1990). Physiological adaptations of an under-ice population of Pseudocalanus in Barrow Strait (N.W.T.) to increasing food supply in spring. Polar Biology 10(8):561-570. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Frost, B.W. (1989). A taxonomy of the marine calanoid copepod genus Pseudocalanus. Canadian Journal of Zoology 67(3):525-551. (French summary.) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Giesbrecht, W. (1892-1893). Systematik und Faunistik der pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. Systematics and faunistics of the pelagic copepods of the Gulf of Naples and the adjacent marine areas. <em>Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der Angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte, Herausgegeben von der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel.</em> 19:1-831, pls. 1-54.[published in sections over 2 years, 1892-1893]]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/798364
page(s): 197 [details]
additional source Norrbin, M.F., R.E. Olsen & K.S. Tande. (1990). Seasonal variation in lipid class and fatty acid composition of two small copepods in Balsfjorden, northern Norway. Marine Biology, Berlin 105(2):205-211, figs. 1-3, tabs. 1-2. (vi.1990) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source McLaren, I.A., E. Laberge, C.J. Corkett & J.M. Sévigny. (1989). Life cycles of four species of Pseudocalanus in Nova Scotia. Canadian Journal of Zoology 67(3):552-558. (French summary.) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Norrbin, M.F. (1996). Timing of diapause in relation to the onset of winter in the high-latitude copepods Pseudocalanus acuspes and Acartia longiremis. <em>Marine Ecology Progress Series.</em> 142(1-3):99-109., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps142099 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Sars, G.O. (1901). Copepoda Calanoida, Parts I & II. Calanidae, Eucalanidae, Paracalanidae , Pseudocalanidae, Aetideidae (part). <em>An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum.</em> 4:1-26, pls. 1-16. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Sévigny, J.M., I.A. McLaren & B.W. Frost. (1989). Discrimination among and variation within species of Pseudocalanus based on the GPI locus. Marine Biology, Berlin 102(3):321-327, figs. 1-2, tabs. 1-5. (ix.1989) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Gustavson, K.R. (1992). Nutrition and distribution of the arctic calanoid copepod Pseudocalanus acuspes during spring and summer in Resolute Passage and Barrow Strait, Northwest Territories, Canada. M.Sc. Thesis, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. 139 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Astad, S.S. (2022). A spatial and temporal study of Pseudocalanus acuspes, P. minutus and P. moultoni in the Svalbard – Barents Sea region and their potential as environmental indicator species in a changing Arctic. <em>Master's Thesis, University Centre in Svalbard, University of Tromsø - UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.</em> 64 pp., available online at http:// https://hdl.handle.net/10037/27813 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bedo, A.W., E.J.H. Head, R.J. Conover, E.P.W. Horne & L.R. Harris. (1990). Physiological adaptations of an under-ice population of Pseudocalanus in Barrow Strait (N.W.T.) to increasing food supply in spring. Polar Biology 10(8):561-570. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Frost, B.W. (1989). A taxonomy of the marine calanoid copepod genus Pseudocalanus. Canadian Journal of Zoology 67(3):525-551. (French summary.) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Giesbrecht, W. (1892-1893). Systematik und Faunistik der pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. Systematics and faunistics of the pelagic copepods of the Gulf of Naples and the adjacent marine areas. <em>Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der Angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte, Herausgegeben von der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel.</em> 19:1-831, pls. 1-54.[published in sections over 2 years, 1892-1893]]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/798364
page(s): 197 [details]
additional source Norrbin, M.F., R.E. Olsen & K.S. Tande. (1990). Seasonal variation in lipid class and fatty acid composition of two small copepods in Balsfjorden, northern Norway. Marine Biology, Berlin 105(2):205-211, figs. 1-3, tabs. 1-2. (vi.1990) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source McLaren, I.A., E. Laberge, C.J. Corkett & J.M. Sévigny. (1989). Life cycles of four species of Pseudocalanus in Nova Scotia. Canadian Journal of Zoology 67(3):552-558. (French summary.) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Norrbin, M.F. (1996). Timing of diapause in relation to the onset of winter in the high-latitude copepods Pseudocalanus acuspes and Acartia longiremis. <em>Marine Ecology Progress Series.</em> 142(1-3):99-109., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps142099 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sars, G.O. (1901). Copepoda Calanoida, Parts I & II. Calanidae, Eucalanidae, Paracalanidae , Pseudocalanidae, Aetideidae (part). <em>An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum.</em> 4:1-26, pls. 1-16. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Sévigny, J.M., I.A. McLaren & B.W. Frost. (1989). Discrimination among and variation within species of Pseudocalanus based on the GPI locus. Marine Biology, Berlin 102(3):321-327, figs. 1-2, tabs. 1-5. (ix.1989) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Gustavson, K.R. (1992). Nutrition and distribution of the arctic calanoid copepod Pseudocalanus acuspes during spring and summer in Resolute Passage and Barrow Strait, Northwest Territories, Canada. M.Sc. Thesis, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. 139 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Astad, S.S. (2022). A spatial and temporal study of Pseudocalanus acuspes, P. minutus and P. moultoni in the Svalbard – Barents Sea region and their potential as environmental indicator species in a changing Arctic. <em>Master's Thesis, University Centre in Svalbard, University of Tromsø - UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.</em> 64 pp., available online at http:// https://hdl.handle.net/10037/27813 [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
To Barcode of Life (313 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pseudocalanus acuspes)
To GenBank (432 nucleotides; 426 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (313 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pseudocalanus acuspes)
To GenBank (432 nucleotides; 426 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To ITIS
