WoRMS taxon details
Pseudodiaptomus pelagicus Herrick, 1884
355182 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:355182)
accepted
Species
Pseudodiaptomus americanus Wright S., 1937 · unaccepted (synonymized Walter, 1989)
Pseudodiaptomus coronatus Williams, 1906 · unaccepted (synonomized by Walter, 1989)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Herrick, C.L. (1884). Final report on the Crustacea of Minnesota, included in the orders Cladocera and Copepoda, together with a synopsis of the described species in North America, and keys to the known species of the more important genera. <em>Reports of the Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota.</em> 12(5):1-192, pls. 1-29. (see also Am. Nat. 19: 185-186.)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3166129 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Pseudodiaptomus pelagicus Herrick, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=355182 on 2026-10-31
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Nomenclature
original description
Herrick, C.L. (1884). Final report on the Crustacea of Minnesota, included in the orders Cladocera and Copepoda, together with a synopsis of the described species in North America, and keys to the known species of the more important genera. <em>Reports of the Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota.</em> 12(5):1-192, pls. 1-29. (see also Am. Nat. 19: 185-186.)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3166129 [details]
original description (of Pseudodiaptomus coronatus Williams, 1906) Williams, L.W. (1906). Notes on marine Copepoda of Rhode Island. <em>American Naturalist.</em> 40(477):639-660, figs.1-23. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1086/278665
page(s): :640-644, fig.1-7 [details]
original description (of Pseudodiaptomus americanus Wright S., 1937) Wright, S. (1937). Two new species of Pseudodiaptomus. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 9:155-162, pls. 1-2. (20-vi-1937)
page(s): 157 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Pseudodiaptomus coronatus Williams, 1906) Williams, L.W. (1906). Notes on marine Copepoda of Rhode Island. <em>American Naturalist.</em> 40(477):639-660, figs.1-23. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1086/278665
page(s): :640-644, fig.1-7 [details]
original description (of Pseudodiaptomus americanus Wright S., 1937) Wright, S. (1937). Two new species of Pseudodiaptomus. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 9:155-162, pls. 1-2. (20-vi-1937)
page(s): 157 [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Walter, T.C. (1989). Review of the New World species of Pseudodiaptomus (Copepoda: Calanoida), with a key to the species. Bulletin of Marine Science 45(3):590-628, figs. 1-18, tab. 1. [details] Available for editors [request]
[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]
[request]Other
additional source
Cassiano, E.J. (2009). Evaluation of the calanoid copepod Pseudodiaptomus pelagicus as a first feed for Florida pompano, Trachinotus carolinus, larvae. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A. 108 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cassiano, E.J., C.L. Ohs & M.A. DiMaggio. (2012). Stress survival in larvae of florida pompano (Trachinotus carolinus) fed enriched rotifers (Brachionus plicatilis) and nauplii of the calanoid copepod (Pseudodiaptomus pelagicus). <em>Israeli Journal of Aquaculture Bamidgeh.</em> 64:7 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.46989/001c.20613 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cassiano, E.J., C.L. Ohs, C.R. Weirich, N.E. Breen & A.L. Rhyne. (2011). Performance of larval Florida pompano fed nauplii of the calanoid copepod Pseudodiaptomus pelagicus. North American Journal of Aquaculture 73(2):114-123., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/15222055.2011.545598 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Findlay, K. (2019). The distribution of copepods in the Shubenacadie River Estuary relative to the diet of larval striped bass (Morone saxatilis). <em>M.Sc. Thesis, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.</em> 141 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Herrick, C.L. (1887). List of the fresh-water and marine Crustacea of Alabama, with descriptions of the new species and synoptical keys for identification. <em>Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Alabama.</em> 1(5):1-56, pls. 1-9. (OCT 1887)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.59510 [details]
additional source Herrick, C.L. (1895). Part I. Copepoda of Minnesota. <em>In: Herrick, C.L. & C.H. Turner (eds.). Second report of the State Zoologist including a synopsis of the Entomostraca of Minnesota. Geological Natural History Survery of Minnesota (Zoological Series.).</em> 2:41-138, 81 plates. [details]
additional source Johnson, M.W. (1948). The postembryonic development of the copepod Pseudodiaptomus euryhalinus Johnson, and its phylogenetic significance. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 68(4):319-330., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3223527 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kennedy, A.J., T.W. Biber, L.R. May, G.R. Lotufo, J.D. Farrar & A.J. Bednar. (2019). Sensitivity of the marine calanoid Copepod Pseudodiaptomus pelagicus to copper, phenanthrene, and ammonia. <em>Environmental Toxicology And Chemistry.</em> 38(6): 1221-1230., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.4397 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Marsh, C.D. (1933). Synopsis of the calanoid crustaceans, exclusive of the Diaptomidae, found in fresh and brackish waters, chiefly of North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 82(18)(2959):1-58, pls. 1-24. (30-vi-1933), available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.82-2959.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ohs, C.L., A.L. Rhyne, S.W. Grabe, M.A. DiMaggio & E. Stenn. (2010). Effects of salinity on reproduction and survival of the calanoid copepod Pseudodiaptomus pelagicus. <em>Aquaculture.</em> 307(3-4):219-224., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2010.07.017 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ohs, C.L., K.L. Chang, S.W. Grabe, M.A. DiMaggio & E. Stenn. (2010). Evaluation of dietary microalgae for culture of the calanoid copepod Pseudodiaptomus pelagicus. <em>Aquaculture.</em> 307(3-4):225-232., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2010.07.016 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Paffenhöfer, G.A. & S.C. Knowles. (1978). Laboratory experiments on feeding, growth, and fecundity of and effects of cadmium on Pseudodiaptomus. Bulletin of Marine Science 28(3):574-580, Fgs. 1-3, tab. 1. (Vii-1978) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Rabalais, L.K., J.G. Laird, A.J. Kennedy, J.D. Farrar, G.R. Lotufo & J.M. Biedenbach. (2018). Acute Toxicity Testing and Culture Methods for Calanoid Copepods in Water Column (Elutriate) Toxicity Evaluations. <em>Dredging Operations and Environmental Research (DOER), Mississippi, USA.</em> ERDC/EL TR-18-7:1-19., available online at https://doi.org/10.21079/11681/27968 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Rhyne, A.L., C.L. Ohs & E. Stenn. (2009). Effects of temperature on reproduction and survival of the calanoid copepod Pseudodiaptomus pelagicus. <em>Aquaculture.</em> 292(1-2):53-59., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2009.03.041 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Schmitt, W.L. (1954). Copepoda. In: Galtsoff, P.S. (ed.). Gulf of Mexico: Its Origin, Waters and Marine Life. Fishery Bulletin of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service 55 (= Bull. 89):439-442. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Steimle, F.W., R.A. Pikanowski, D.G. McMillan, C.A. Zetlin & S.J. Wilk. (2000). Demersal fish and American lobster diets in the lower Hudson-Raritan estuary. <em>NOAA (National Oceanic and Atomospheric Administration) National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts,Technical Memorandum.</em> NMFS-NE-161:106 pp., available online at http:// https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/3236 [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
additional source Suárez-Morales, E., J.W. Reid, T.M. Iliffe & F. Fiers. (1996). Catálogo de los Copépodos (Crustacea) Continentales de la Península de Yucatán, México. Catalog of the continental copepods (Crustacea) from the Yucatan Peninsula Yucatan, Mexico. <em>ECOSUR and CONABIO, Regina de los Angeles, S.A., Mexico City.</em> 296pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Walter, T.C. (1986). The zoogeography of the genus Pseudodiaptomus (Calanoida: Pseudodiaptomidae). In: Schriever, G., H.K. Schminke & C.-t. Shih (eds.). Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Copepoda, Ottawa, Canada, 13-17 August, 1984. Syllogeus 58:502-508, fig. 1, tab. 1. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Cassiano, E.J., C.L. Ohs & M.A. DiMaggio. (2012). Stress survival in larvae of florida pompano (Trachinotus carolinus) fed enriched rotifers (Brachionus plicatilis) and nauplii of the calanoid copepod (Pseudodiaptomus pelagicus). <em>Israeli Journal of Aquaculture Bamidgeh.</em> 64:7 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.46989/001c.20613 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cassiano, E.J., C.L. Ohs, C.R. Weirich, N.E. Breen & A.L. Rhyne. (2011). Performance of larval Florida pompano fed nauplii of the calanoid copepod Pseudodiaptomus pelagicus. North American Journal of Aquaculture 73(2):114-123., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/15222055.2011.545598 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Findlay, K. (2019). The distribution of copepods in the Shubenacadie River Estuary relative to the diet of larval striped bass (Morone saxatilis). <em>M.Sc. Thesis, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.</em> 141 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Herrick, C.L. (1887). List of the fresh-water and marine Crustacea of Alabama, with descriptions of the new species and synoptical keys for identification. <em>Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Alabama.</em> 1(5):1-56, pls. 1-9. (OCT 1887)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.59510 [details]
additional source Herrick, C.L. (1895). Part I. Copepoda of Minnesota. <em>In: Herrick, C.L. & C.H. Turner (eds.). Second report of the State Zoologist including a synopsis of the Entomostraca of Minnesota. Geological Natural History Survery of Minnesota (Zoological Series.).</em> 2:41-138, 81 plates. [details]
additional source Johnson, M.W. (1948). The postembryonic development of the copepod Pseudodiaptomus euryhalinus Johnson, and its phylogenetic significance. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 68(4):319-330., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/3223527 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kennedy, A.J., T.W. Biber, L.R. May, G.R. Lotufo, J.D. Farrar & A.J. Bednar. (2019). Sensitivity of the marine calanoid Copepod Pseudodiaptomus pelagicus to copper, phenanthrene, and ammonia. <em>Environmental Toxicology And Chemistry.</em> 38(6): 1221-1230., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.4397 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Marsh, C.D. (1933). Synopsis of the calanoid crustaceans, exclusive of the Diaptomidae, found in fresh and brackish waters, chiefly of North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 82(18)(2959):1-58, pls. 1-24. (30-vi-1933), available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.82-2959.1 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ohs, C.L., A.L. Rhyne, S.W. Grabe, M.A. DiMaggio & E. Stenn. (2010). Effects of salinity on reproduction and survival of the calanoid copepod Pseudodiaptomus pelagicus. <em>Aquaculture.</em> 307(3-4):219-224., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2010.07.017 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ohs, C.L., K.L. Chang, S.W. Grabe, M.A. DiMaggio & E. Stenn. (2010). Evaluation of dietary microalgae for culture of the calanoid copepod Pseudodiaptomus pelagicus. <em>Aquaculture.</em> 307(3-4):225-232., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2010.07.016 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Paffenhöfer, G.A. & S.C. Knowles. (1978). Laboratory experiments on feeding, growth, and fecundity of and effects of cadmium on Pseudodiaptomus. Bulletin of Marine Science 28(3):574-580, Fgs. 1-3, tab. 1. (Vii-1978) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Rabalais, L.K., J.G. Laird, A.J. Kennedy, J.D. Farrar, G.R. Lotufo & J.M. Biedenbach. (2018). Acute Toxicity Testing and Culture Methods for Calanoid Copepods in Water Column (Elutriate) Toxicity Evaluations. <em>Dredging Operations and Environmental Research (DOER), Mississippi, USA.</em> ERDC/EL TR-18-7:1-19., available online at https://doi.org/10.21079/11681/27968 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Rhyne, A.L., C.L. Ohs & E. Stenn. (2009). Effects of temperature on reproduction and survival of the calanoid copepod Pseudodiaptomus pelagicus. <em>Aquaculture.</em> 292(1-2):53-59., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2009.03.041 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Schmitt, W.L. (1954). Copepoda. In: Galtsoff, P.S. (ed.). Gulf of Mexico: Its Origin, Waters and Marine Life. Fishery Bulletin of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service 55 (= Bull. 89):439-442. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Steimle, F.W., R.A. Pikanowski, D.G. McMillan, C.A. Zetlin & S.J. Wilk. (2000). Demersal fish and American lobster diets in the lower Hudson-Raritan estuary. <em>NOAA (National Oceanic and Atomospheric Administration) National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts,Technical Memorandum.</em> NMFS-NE-161:106 pp., available online at http:// https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/3236 [details] Available for editors
[request]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]additional source Suárez-Morales, E., J.W. Reid, T.M. Iliffe & F. Fiers. (1996). Catálogo de los Copépodos (Crustacea) Continentales de la Península de Yucatán, México. Catalog of the continental copepods (Crustacea) from the Yucatan Peninsula Yucatan, Mexico. <em>ECOSUR and CONABIO, Regina de los Angeles, S.A., Mexico City.</em> 296pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Walter, T.C. (1986). The zoogeography of the genus Pseudodiaptomus (Calanoida: Pseudodiaptomidae). In: Schriever, G., H.K. Schminke & C.-t. Shih (eds.). Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Copepoda, Ottawa, Canada, 13-17 August, 1984. Syllogeus 58:502-508, fig. 1, tab. 1. [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 Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Pseudodiaptomus coronatus Williams, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Pseudodiaptomus americanus Wright S., 1937)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pseudodiaptomus coronatus) (from synonym Pseudodiaptomus coronatus Williams, 1906)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Pseudodiaptomus coronatus Williams, 1906)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (12 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (18 records) (from synonym Pseudodiaptomus coronatus Williams, 1906)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Pseudodiaptomus coronatus Williams, 1906)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Pseudodiaptomus americanus Wright S., 1937)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pseudodiaptomus coronatus) (from synonym Pseudodiaptomus coronatus Williams, 1906)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Pseudodiaptomus coronatus Williams, 1906)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (12 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (18 records) (from synonym Pseudodiaptomus coronatus Williams, 1906)
To ITIS
