WoRMS taxon details
Spinocalanus brevicaudatus Brodsky, 1950
104848 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104848)
accepted
Species
Spinocalanus major Esterly, 1906 · unaccepted (synonym according to Damkaer, 1975)
Spinocalanus pseudospinipes Brodsky, 1950 · unaccepted (synonym according to Damkaer, 1975)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Brodsky, K.A. (1950). Veslonogie rachki (Calanoida) dalnevostochnykh morei SSSR i pol'yarnogo basseina.[Calanoida of the far-eastern seas and polar basin of the USSR. ]. <em>Opredeliteli po Faune SSSR, Nauka, Leningrad.</em> 35:1-442, figs. 1-306. (Russian).[ for English translation see Brodsky, 1967]. [details] Available for editors
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Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Spinocalanus brevicaudatus Brodsky, 1950. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104848 on 2025-10-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Brodsky, K.A. (1950). Veslonogie rachki (Calanoida) dalnevostochnykh morei SSSR i pol'yarnogo basseina.[Calanoida of the far-eastern seas and polar basin of the USSR. ]. <em>Opredeliteli po Faune SSSR, Nauka, Leningrad.</em> 35:1-442, figs. 1-306. (Russian).[ for English translation see Brodsky, 1967]. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Spinocalanus major Esterly, 1906) Esterly, C.O. (1906). XII. Additions to the copepod fauna of the San Diego region. <em>University of California Publications in Zoology.</em> 3(5):53-92, pls. 9-14. (10-xii-1906). [details]
original description (of Spinocalanus pseudospinipes Brodsky, 1950) Brodsky, K.A. (1950). Veslonogie rachki (Calanoida) dalnevostochnykh morei SSSR i pol'yarnogo basseina.[Calanoida of the far-eastern seas and polar basin of the USSR. ]. <em>Opredeliteli po Faune SSSR, Nauka, Leningrad.</em> 35:1-442, figs. 1-306. (Russian).[ for English translation see Brodsky, 1967]. [details] Available for editors
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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]

original description (of Spinocalanus major Esterly, 1906) Esterly, C.O. (1906). XII. Additions to the copepod fauna of the San Diego region. <em>University of California Publications in Zoology.</em> 3(5):53-92, pls. 9-14. (10-xii-1906). [details]
original description (of Spinocalanus pseudospinipes Brodsky, 1950) Brodsky, K.A. (1950). Veslonogie rachki (Calanoida) dalnevostochnykh morei SSSR i pol'yarnogo basseina.[Calanoida of the far-eastern seas and polar basin of the USSR. ]. <em>Opredeliteli po Faune SSSR, Nauka, Leningrad.</em> 35:1-442, figs. 1-306. (Russian).[ for English translation see Brodsky, 1967]. [details] Available for editors

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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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 Koeller, P.A. (1974). Taxonomy, distribution and aspects of the biology of some deep-living copepods in B.C. inlets and adjacent water. <em>M.Sc. Thesis, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.</em> 183 pp. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Mazzocchi, M.G., G. Zagami, A. Ianora, L. Guglielmo, N. Crescenti & J. Hure. (1995). Copepods. <em>In: Guglielmo, L. & A. Ianora (eds.). Atlas of Marine Zooplankton, Straits of Magellan. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, New York.</em> 279 pp. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Park, T. (1970). Calanoid copepods from the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. 2. New species and new records from plankton samples. Bulletin of Marine Science 20(2):472-546, figs. 1-402. (vi-1970) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Roe, H.S.J. (1975). Some new and rare species of calanoid copepods from the northeastern Atlantic. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology 28(7):295-372, figs. 1-33. (5-xi-1975) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Semenova, T.N. (1962). O diagnoze vida Spinocalanus brevicaudatus Brodsky, 1950 (Copepoda, Calanoida). [The living diagnosis is Spinocalanus brevicaudatus Brodsky, 1950 (Copepoda, Calanoida).]. <em>Zoologicheskii Zhurnal.</em> 41(10):1571-1574, figs. 1-4. (29-ix-1972, Russian.). [details]
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
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additional source Koeller, P.A. (1974). Taxonomy, distribution and aspects of the biology of some deep-living copepods in B.C. inlets and adjacent water. <em>M.Sc. Thesis, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.</em> 183 pp. [details] Available for editors

additional source Mazzocchi, M.G., G. Zagami, A. Ianora, L. Guglielmo, N. Crescenti & J. Hure. (1995). Copepods. <em>In: Guglielmo, L. & A. Ianora (eds.). Atlas of Marine Zooplankton, Straits of Magellan. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, New York.</em> 279 pp. [details] Available for editors

additional source Park, T. (1970). Calanoid copepods from the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. 2. New species and new records from plankton samples. Bulletin of Marine Science 20(2):472-546, figs. 1-402. (vi-1970) [details] Available for editors

additional source Roe, H.S.J. (1975). Some new and rare species of calanoid copepods from the northeastern Atlantic. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology 28(7):295-372, figs. 1-33. (5-xi-1975) [details] Available for editors

additional source Semenova, T.N. (1962). O diagnoze vida Spinocalanus brevicaudatus Brodsky, 1950 (Copepoda, Calanoida). [The living diagnosis is Spinocalanus brevicaudatus Brodsky, 1950 (Copepoda, Calanoida).]. <em>Zoologicheskii Zhurnal.</em> 41(10):1571-1574, figs. 1-4. (29-ix-1972, Russian.). [details]
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






From regional or thematic species database
Synonymy The male of Spinocalanus pseudospinipes has been maintained. [details]
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list (from synonym Spinocalanus pseudospinipes Brodsky, 1950)
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Spinocalanus major Esterly, 1906)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spinocalanus brevicaudatus)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Spinocalanus pseudospinipes Brodsky, 1950)
To ITIS
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list (from synonym Spinocalanus pseudospinipes Brodsky, 1950)
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Spinocalanus major Esterly, 1906)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spinocalanus brevicaudatus)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Spinocalanus pseudospinipes Brodsky, 1950)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Image from synonym