WoRMS taxon details
Asterocheres echinicola (Norman, 1869)
135703 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135703)
accepted
Species
Ascomyzon echinicola Norman, 1869 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ascomyzon thompsoni Scott A., 1896 · unaccepted (synonym)
Asterocheres kervillei Canu, 1898 · unaccepted (synonym (see Stock, 1967))
Asterocheres thompsoni (Scott A., 1896) · unaccepted (synonym)
Asterocheres violaceus (Claus, 1889) · unaccepted (synonym according to Bandera &...)
synonym according to Bandera & Conradi, 2009
Cyclopicera echinicola (Norman, 1869) · unaccepted (synonym)
Echinocheres violaceus Claus, 1889 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ascomyzon echinicola 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 British Isles; Skagerrak; North Sea; south Norway; coast of English Channel
Distribution British Isles; Skagerrak; North Sea; south Norway; coast of English Channel [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Asterocheres echinicola (Norman, 1869). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135703 on 2025-05-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Asterocheres kervillei Canu, 1898) Canu, E. (1898). Note sur les Copépodes et les Ostracodes marins des côtes de Normandie. [Note on marine Copepods and Ostracods from the Normandy coast.]. <em>Bulletin de la Société des Amis des Sciences Naturelles de Rouen.</em> (4)33:389-422, pls. 3-10. [details]
original description (of Ascomyzon thompsoni Scott A., 1896) Scott, A. (1900). Description and notes on some new and rare copepods from Liverpool Bay. <em>In: Herdman, W.A. (ed). Report on the Fauna of Liverpool Bay.</em> 5: 59-86. (Read March 13, 1896, published 1900).
page(s): 81 [details]
original description (of Ascomyzon echinicola 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 Echinocheres violaceus Claus, 1889) Claus, C. (1889). Ueber neue oder wenig bekannte halbparasitische Copepoden insbesondere der Lichomolgiden- und Ascomyzontiden-Gruppe. [On new or little known hemiparasitic copepods, especially of the lichomolgid and ascomyzontid groups.]. <em>Arbeiten des Zoologischen Institut der Universitat Wien.</em> 8(3):327-370, pls. [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 Ascomyzon thompsoni Scott A., 1896) Scott, A. (1900). Description and notes on some new and rare copepods from Liverpool Bay. <em>In: Herdman, W.A. (ed). Report on the Fauna of Liverpool Bay.</em> 5: 59-86. (Read March 13, 1896, published 1900).
page(s): 81 [details]
original description (of Ascomyzon echinicola 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 Echinocheres violaceus Claus, 1889) Claus, C. (1889). Ueber neue oder wenig bekannte halbparasitische Copepoden insbesondere der Lichomolgiden- und Ascomyzontiden-Gruppe. [On new or little known hemiparasitic copepods, especially of the lichomolgid and ascomyzontid groups.]. <em>Arbeiten des Zoologischen Institut der Universitat Wien.</em> 8(3):327-370, pls. [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]
Other
additional source
Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Stock, J.H. (1967). Sur trois espèces de Copépodes synonymes ou confondues: Asterocheres echinicola (Norman), A. parvus Giesbrecht et A. kervillei Canu (Cyclopoida Siphonostoma). [On three species of Copepods, synonymous or confused: Asterocheres echinicola (Norman), A. parvus Giesbrecht and A. kervillei Canu (Cyclopoida Siphonostoma). <em>Bulletin Zoölogisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam.</em> 1(4):31-35. (30-ix-1967). [details] Available for editors
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additional source Bandera, M.E. & M. Conradi. (2009). Two copepod species largely confused: Asterocheres echinicola (Norman, 1868) and A. violaceus (Claus, 1889). Taxonomical implications. <em>Helgoland Marine Research.</em> 63(4):261-276., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10152-009-0154-y [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Scott, T. (1900). XI. Notes on some gatherings of Crustacea collected for the most part on board the fishery steamer 'Garland' and examined during the past year (1899). <em>Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland.</em> 18(3):384-407, pls. 13-14. [details]
additional source Stock, J.H. (1967). Sur trois espèces de Copépodes synonymes ou confondues: Asterocheres echinicola (Norman), A. parvus Giesbrecht et A. kervillei Canu (Cyclopoida Siphonostoma). [On three species of Copepods, synonymous or confused: Asterocheres echinicola (Norman), A. parvus Giesbrecht and A. kervillei Canu (Cyclopoida Siphonostoma). <em>Bulletin Zoölogisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam.</em> 1(4):31-35. (30-ix-1967). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bandera, M.E. & M. Conradi. (2009). Two copepod species largely confused: Asterocheres echinicola (Norman, 1868) and A. violaceus (Claus, 1889). Taxonomical implications. <em>Helgoland Marine Research.</em> 63(4):261-276., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10152-009-0154-y [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Scott, T. (1900). XI. Notes on some gatherings of Crustacea collected for the most part on board the fishery steamer 'Garland' and examined during the past year (1899). <em>Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland.</em> 18(3):384-407, pls. 13-14. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution British Isles; Skagerrak; North Sea; south Norway; coast of English Channel [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Echinocheres violaceus Claus, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Ascomyzon thompsoni Scott A., 1896)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Asterocheres violaceus (Claus, 1889))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Asterocheres kervillei Canu, 1898)
To PESI (from synonym Asterocheres kervillei Canu, 1898)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Asterocheres violaceus (Claus, 1889))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Ascomyzon thompsoni Scott A., 1896)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Asterocheres violaceus (Claus, 1889))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Asterocheres kervillei Canu, 1898)
To PESI (from synonym Asterocheres kervillei Canu, 1898)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Asterocheres violaceus (Claus, 1889))
From editor or global species database
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