WoRMS taxon details
Tegastes falcatus (Norman, 1869)
116509 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:116509)
accepted
Species
Amymone falcata Norman, 1869 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Amymone rubra Boeck, 1873 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Amymone sphaerica Brady, 1880 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Amymone falcata Norman, 1869) Norman, A.M. (1869). Last report on dredging among the Shetland Isles. Part 2. On the Crustacea, Tunicata, Polyzoa, Echinodermata, Actinozoa, Hydrozoa, and Porifera. <em>In: Report of the thirty-eighth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science; held in Norwich in August 1868. London 1869.</em> pp. 247–336, (Amphipoda, pp. 273–288) (Porifera, pp. 327-335)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29387922 [details] 
Distribution lower St. Lawrence estuary
Distribution lower St. Lawrence estuary [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Tegastes falcatus (Norman, 1869). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=116509 on 2025-10-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Amymone falcata Norman, 1869) Norman, A.M. (1869). Last report on dredging among the Shetland Isles. Part 2. On the Crustacea, Tunicata, Polyzoa, Echinodermata, Actinozoa, Hydrozoa, and Porifera. <em>In: Report of the thirty-eighth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science; held in Norwich in August 1868. London 1869.</em> pp. 247–336, (Amphipoda, pp. 273–288) (Porifera, pp. 327-335)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29387922 [details]
original description (of Amymone rubra Boeck, 1873) Boeck, A. (1873). Nye Slaegter og Arter af Saltvands-Copepoder. [New Genera and Species of Saltwater Copepods. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1872:35-60. [meddelt i modet den: announced in the fashion for 1872].
page(s): 48 [details]
original description (of Amymone sphaerica Brady, 1880) Brady, G.S. (1880). A monograph of the free and semi-parasitic Copepoda of the British Islands. <em>Ray Society, London.</em> 2:1-182, pls. 34-82. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. <em>In: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds.) 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.</em> 50:268-280. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Amymone rubra Boeck, 1873) Boeck, A. (1873). Nye Slaegter og Arter af Saltvands-Copepoder. [New Genera and Species of Saltwater Copepods. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1872:35-60. [meddelt i modet den: announced in the fashion for 1872].
page(s): 48 [details]
original description (of Amymone sphaerica Brady, 1880) Brady, G.S. (1880). A monograph of the free and semi-parasitic Copepoda of the British Islands. <em>Ray Society, London.</em> 2:1-182, pls. 34-82. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. <em>In: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds.) 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.</em> 50:268-280. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source McAlice, B.J. & W.L. Coffin. (1990). First records of Tegastes falcatus (Norman, 1868) and T. nanus Sars, 1904 (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from the east coast of the United States and a redescription of T. nanus. Journal of Crustacean Biology 10(4):703-707. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pesta, O. (1932). Krebstiere oder Crustacea. I: Ruderfüsser oder Copepoda. 3. Unterordnung: Harpacticoida (1. und 2. Hälfte). [Crustaceans or Crustacea. I: Copepods. 3. Suborder: Harpacticoida (1st and 2nd half)]. <em>In: Dahl, F. (ed.). Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der Angrenzenden Meeresteile nach Ihren Merkmalen und nach Ihrer Lebensweise. Jena.</em> 24:1-164, figs. 1-72, 1-92. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kornev, P.N. & E.C. Chertoprud. (2008). Copepod Crustaceans of the Order Harpactiocida of the White Sea. Morphology, Systematics, Ecology. <em>Biology Faculty, Moscow State University. Tovarishchestvo Nauchmikh Izdanii, KMK, Moscow.</em> 370 pp. (Russian). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Huys, R. (2016). Harpacticoid copepods—their symbiotic associations and biogenic substrata: a review. <em>. In Huys, R. (Ed.), Recent Developments in Taxonomy and Biodiversity of Symbiotic Copepoda (Crustacea) – A Volume in Celebration of the Career of Prof. Il-Hoi Kim. Zootaxa.</em> 4174:448-729. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source McAlice, B.J. & W.L. Coffin. (1990). First records of Tegastes falcatus (Norman, 1868) and T. nanus Sars, 1904 (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from the east coast of the United States and a redescription of T. nanus. Journal of Crustacean Biology 10(4):703-707. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Pesta, O. (1932). Krebstiere oder Crustacea. I: Ruderfüsser oder Copepoda. 3. Unterordnung: Harpacticoida (1. und 2. Hälfte). [Crustaceans or Crustacea. I: Copepods. 3. Suborder: Harpacticoida (1st and 2nd half)]. <em>In: Dahl, F. (ed.). Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der Angrenzenden Meeresteile nach Ihren Merkmalen und nach Ihrer Lebensweise. Jena.</em> 24:1-164, figs. 1-72, 1-92. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kornev, P.N. & E.C. Chertoprud. (2008). Copepod Crustaceans of the Order Harpactiocida of the White Sea. Morphology, Systematics, Ecology. <em>Biology Faculty, Moscow State University. Tovarishchestvo Nauchmikh Izdanii, KMK, Moscow.</em> 370 pp. (Russian). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Huys, R. (2016). Harpacticoid copepods—their symbiotic associations and biogenic substrata: a review. <em>. In Huys, R. (Ed.), Recent Developments in Taxonomy and Biodiversity of Symbiotic Copepoda (Crustacea) – A Volume in Celebration of the Career of Prof. Il-Hoi Kim. Zootaxa.</em> 4174:448-729. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution lower St. Lawrence estuary [details]Habitat infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Amymone rubra Boeck, 1873)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (5 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (5 records)
To ITIS
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