WoRMS taxon details
Monstrilla longicornis Thompson I.C., 1890
119804 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:119804)
accepted
Species
Monstrilla clavata Sars G.O., 1921 · unaccepted (possible synonym)
Monstrilla intermedia Aurivillius · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Thompson, I.C. (1890). Monstrilla and the Cymbasomatidae. Transactions of the Liverpool Biological Society 4:115-124, pl. 4. [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Monstrilla longicornis Thompson I.C., 1890. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119804 on 2025-06-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Thompson, I.C. (1890). Monstrilla and the Cymbasomatidae. Transactions of the Liverpool Biological Society 4:115-124, pl. 4. [details]
original description (of Monstrilla intermedia Aurivillius) Aurivillius, C.W.S. (1898). Vergleichende thiergeographische Untersuchungen über die Plankton-Fauna des Skageraks. [Comparative zoology studies on the plankton fauna of the Skagerrak.]. <em>Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps- Akademiens Handlingar.</em> 30 (3): 1-427., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41929712
page(s): 39 [details]
original description (of Monstrilla clavata Sars G.O., 1921) Sars, G.O. (1921). An account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species: VIII. Copepoda Monstrilloida & Notodelphyoida. Bergens Museum: Bergen. 90, Plates I-XXXVII pp. (look up in IMIS) [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]
original description (of Monstrilla intermedia Aurivillius) Aurivillius, C.W.S. (1898). Vergleichende thiergeographische Untersuchungen über die Plankton-Fauna des Skageraks. [Comparative zoology studies on the plankton fauna of the Skagerrak.]. <em>Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps- Akademiens Handlingar.</em> 30 (3): 1-427., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41929712
page(s): 39 [details]
original description (of Monstrilla clavata Sars G.O., 1921) Sars, G.O. (1921). An account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species: VIII. Copepoda Monstrilloida & Notodelphyoida. Bergens Museum: Bergen. 90, Plates I-XXXVII pp. (look up in IMIS) [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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additional source
ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]
additional source Scott, A. (1909). The Copepoda of the Siboga Expedition. Part I. Free-swimming, littoral and semi-parasitic Copepoda. <em>Siboga Expeditie, Monograph, Leiden.</em> 29:1-323, pls. 1-69., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2191407#page/11/mode/1up
page(s): 235 [details]
additional source Scott, A. (1909). The Copepoda of the Siboga Expedition. Part I. Free-swimming, littoral and semi-parasitic Copepoda. <em>Siboga Expeditie, Monograph, Leiden.</em> 29:1-323, pls. 1-69., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2191407#page/11/mode/1up
page(s): 235 [details]
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 (20 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Monstrilla clavata Sars G.O., 1921)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Monstrilla clavata) (from synonym Monstrilla clavata Sars G.O., 1921)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Monstrilla clavata Sars G.O., 1921)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Monstrilla clavata Sars G.O., 1921)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Monstrilla clavata Sars G.O., 1921)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Monstrilla clavata) (from synonym Monstrilla clavata Sars G.O., 1921)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Monstrilla clavata Sars G.O., 1921)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Monstrilla clavata Sars G.O., 1921)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
