WoRMS taxon details
Lucicutia ovalis (Giesbrecht, 1889)
104609 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104609)
accepted
Species
Isochaeta ovalis Giesbrecht, 1889 · unaccepted (transferred by Grice, 1963)
Lucicutia frigida Wolfenden, 1911 · unaccepted (listed as synonym by Hulsemann, 1966)
Lucicutia ovaliformis Brodsky, 1950 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Isochaeta ovalis Giesbrecht, 1889) Giesbrecht, W. (1889). Elenco dei Copepodi pelagici raccolti dal Tenente di vascello Gaetano Chierchia durante il viaggio della R. Corvetta 'Vettor Pisani' negli anni 1882-1885 e dal Tenente di vascello Francesco Orsini nel Mar Rosso, nel 1884. [List of pelagic copepods collected by Lieutenant Gaetano Chierchia during the voyage of the Royal Corvette 'Vettor Pisani' in the years 1882-1885 and by Lieutenant Francesco Orsini in the Red Sea, in 1884.]. <em>Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali Rendiconti.</em> (4)5 sem. 1:811-815; sem. 2:24-29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/163883#/summary
page(s): 812 [details]
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Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Lucicutia ovalis (Giesbrecht, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104609 on 2026-02-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Lucicutia frigida Wolfenden, 1911) Wolfenden, R.N. (1911). Die marinen Copepoden der Deutschen Südpolar Expedition 1901-1903. II. Die pelagischen Copepoden der Westwinddrift und des südlichen Eismeers mit Beschreibung mehrerer neuer Arten aus dem Atlantischen Ozean. [The marine copepods of the German South Polar Expedition 1901-1903. II. The pelagic copepods of the Westwind Drift and the Southern Polar Sea with descriptions of several new species from the Atlantic Ocean.]. <em>Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903.</em> 12(Zoologie 4)(4):181-380, pls. 22-41, figs. 1-82. (iv-1911) [V SIL f QL444 .C7W85]. [details]
original description (of Lucicutia ovaliformis 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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original description (of Isochaeta ovalis Giesbrecht, 1889) Giesbrecht, W. (1889). Elenco dei Copepodi pelagici raccolti dal Tenente di vascello Gaetano Chierchia durante il viaggio della R. Corvetta 'Vettor Pisani' negli anni 1882-1885 e dal Tenente di vascello Francesco Orsini nel Mar Rosso, nel 1884. [List of pelagic copepods collected by Lieutenant Gaetano Chierchia during the voyage of the Royal Corvette 'Vettor Pisani' in the years 1882-1885 and by Lieutenant Francesco Orsini in the Red Sea, in 1884.]. <em>Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali Rendiconti.</em> (4)5 sem. 1:811-815; sem. 2:24-29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/163883#/summary
page(s): 812 [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 Lucicutia ovaliformis 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
[request]original description (of Isochaeta ovalis Giesbrecht, 1889) Giesbrecht, W. (1889). Elenco dei Copepodi pelagici raccolti dal Tenente di vascello Gaetano Chierchia durante il viaggio della R. Corvetta 'Vettor Pisani' negli anni 1882-1885 e dal Tenente di vascello Francesco Orsini nel Mar Rosso, nel 1884. [List of pelagic copepods collected by Lieutenant Gaetano Chierchia during the voyage of the Royal Corvette 'Vettor Pisani' in the years 1882-1885 and by Lieutenant Francesco Orsini in the Red Sea, in 1884.]. <em>Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali Rendiconti.</em> (4)5 sem. 1:811-815; sem. 2:24-29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/163883#/summary
page(s): 812 [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 [request]
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context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Deevey, G.B. & A.L. Brooks. (1977). Copepods of the Sargasso Sea off Bermuda: species composition, and vertical and seasonal distribution between the surface and 2000 m. Bulletin of Marine Science 27(2):256-291, figs. 1-14, tabs. 1-7. (iv-1977) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Grice, G.D. & K. Hulsemann. (1967). Bathypelagic calanoid copepods of the western Indian Ocean. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 122(3583):1-67, figs. 1-319., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.122-3583.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bradford-Grieve, J.M. (1999). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Pelagic Calanoid Copepoda: Bathypontiidae, Arietellidae, Augaptilidae, Heterorhabdidae, Lucicutiidae, Metrodinidae, Phyllopodidae, Centropagidae, Pseudodiaptomidae, Temoridae, Candaciidae, Pontellidae, Sulcanidae, Acartiid National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) Biodiversity Memoir, Wellington 111:1-268. [details] Available for editors [request]
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 [request]
additional source Tanaka, O. (1963). The pelagic copepods of the Izu region, Middle Japan. Systematic account IX. Families Centropagidae, Pseudodiaptomidae, Temoridae, Metridiidae and Lucicutiidae. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 11(1):7-55, figs. 152-174. (20-vii-1963), available online at https://doi.org/10.5134/175327 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors [request]
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 [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Vargas-Zamora, J.A., E. Gómez-Ramírez & A. Morales-Ramírez. (2021). A fjord-like tropical ecosystem, Pacific coast of Costa Rica: overview of research in Golfo Dulce. <em>Revista de Biología Tropical.</em> 69(3), 773-796., available online at https://doi.org/10.15517/rbt.v69i3.46406 [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Bermuda) Deevey, G.B. & A.L. Brooks. (1977). Copepods of the Sargasso Sea off Bermuda: species composition, and vertical and seasonal distribution between the surface and 2000 m. Bulletin of Marine Science 27(2):256-291, figs. 1-14, tabs. 1-7. (iv-1977) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Grice, G.D. & K. Hulsemann. (1967). Bathypelagic calanoid copepods of the western Indian Ocean. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 122(3583):1-67, figs. 1-319., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.122-3583.1 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bradford-Grieve, J.M. (1999). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Pelagic Calanoid Copepoda: Bathypontiidae, Arietellidae, Augaptilidae, Heterorhabdidae, Lucicutiidae, Metrodinidae, Phyllopodidae, Centropagidae, Pseudodiaptomidae, Temoridae, Candaciidae, Pontellidae, Sulcanidae, Acartiid National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) Biodiversity Memoir, Wellington 111:1-268. [details] Available for editors
[request]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
[request]additional source Tanaka, O. (1963). The pelagic copepods of the Izu region, Middle Japan. Systematic account IX. Families Centropagidae, Pseudodiaptomidae, Temoridae, Metridiidae and Lucicutiidae. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 11(1):7-55, figs. 152-174. (20-vii-1963), available online at https://doi.org/10.5134/175327 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors
[request]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
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Vargas-Zamora, J.A., E. Gómez-Ramírez & A. Morales-Ramírez. (2021). A fjord-like tropical ecosystem, Pacific coast of Costa Rica: overview of research in Golfo Dulce. <em>Revista de Biología Tropical.</em> 69(3), 773-796., available online at https://doi.org/10.15517/rbt.v69i3.46406 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Epipelagic [details]
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Lucicutia ovaliformis Brodsky, 1950)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Lucicutia frigida Wolfenden, 1911)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Isochaeta ovalis Giesbrecht, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lucicutia ovaliformis) (from synonym Lucicutia ovaliformis Brodsky, 1950)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Lucicutia ovaliformis Brodsky, 1950)
To PESI (from synonym Isochaeta ovalis Giesbrecht, 1889)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records) (from synonym Isochaeta ovalis Giesbrecht, 1889)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Lucicutia ovaliformis Brodsky, 1950)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Lucicutia frigida Wolfenden, 1911)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Isochaeta ovalis Giesbrecht, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lucicutia ovaliformis) (from synonym Lucicutia ovaliformis Brodsky, 1950)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Lucicutia ovaliformis Brodsky, 1950)
To PESI (from synonym Isochaeta ovalis Giesbrecht, 1889)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records) (from synonym Isochaeta ovalis Giesbrecht, 1889)
To ITIS
