African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Lucicutia Giesbrecht, 1898

Lucicutia flavicornis

AphiaID

104183 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104183)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Lucicutiidae Sars G.O., 1902

Original name

Lucicutia Giesbrecht, 1898

Direct children (26)

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Species Lucicutia aurita Cleve, 1905
Species Lucicutia bella Hulsemann, 1966
Species Lucicutia bicornuta Wolfenden, 1905
Species Lucicutia bradyana Cleve, 1904
Species Lucicutia clausi (Giesbrecht, 1889)
Species Lucicutia curta Farran, 1905
Species Lucicutia flavicornis (Claus, 1863)
Species Lucicutia formosa Hulsemann, 1966
Species Lucicutia gaussae Grice, 1963
Species Lucicutia grandis (Giesbrecht, 1895)
Species Lucicutia intermedia Sars G.O., 1905
Species Lucicutia longicornis (Giesbrecht, 1889)
Species Lucicutia longiserrata (Giesbrecht, 1889)
Species Lucicutia longispina Tanaka, 1963
Species Lucicutia lucida Farran, 1908
Species Lucicutia magna Wolfenden, 1904
Species Lucicutia major Wolfenden, 1911
Species Lucicutia maxima Steuer, 1904
Species Lucicutia ovalis (Giesbrecht, 1889)
Species Lucicutia pallida Hulsemann, 1966
Species Lucicutia parva Grice & Hulsemann, 1965
Species Lucicutia polaris Brodsky, 1950
Species Lucicutia sewelli Tanaka, 1963
Species Lucicutia wolfendeni Sewell, 1932
Species Lucicutia rara Hulsemann, 1966 accepted as Lucicutia bradyana Cleve, 1904 (synonym)
Species Lucicutia clausii (Giesbrecht, 1889) represented as Lucicutia clausi (Giesbrecht, 1889)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Giesbrecht, W. & O. Schmeil. (1898). Copepoda I. Gymnoplea. Das Tierreich. Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen, Berlin. 6:i-xvi, 1-169, figs. 1-31. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Lucicutia Giesbrecht, 1898. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104183 on 2026-05-04

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Lucicutia Giesbrecht, 1898. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104183 on 2026-05-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Boxshall, Geoff

2006-09-22 06:50:38Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2008-08-06 13:32:15Z

changed

Walter, T. Chad

2010-04-24 21:47:40Z

changed

Walter, T. Chad

2013-06-20 10:48:41Z

changed

Boxshall, Geoff

2014-07-24 14:31:03Z

changed

Kouwenberg, Juliana

2020-09-13 12:44:45Z

changed

Walter, T. Chad

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original description Giesbrecht, W. & O. Schmeil. (1898). Copepoda I. Gymnoplea. Das Tierreich. Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen, Berlin. 6:i-xvi, 1-169, figs. 1-31. [details]

basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

additional source Hulsemann, K. (1966). A revision of the genus Lucicutia (Copepoda: Calanoida) with a key to its species. Bulletin of Marine Science 16(4):702-747, figs. 1-126, tabs. 1-2. [details] Available for editors

additional source Vidal, J. (1971). Taxonomy and distribution of the Arctic species of Lucicutia (Copepoda: Calanoida). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 70(1):23-30, figs. 1-5, tabs. 1-2. (iv-1971) [details] Available for editors