WoRMS taxon details
Gaussia princeps (Scott T., 1894)
104625 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104625)
accepted
Species
Gaussia scotti (Giesbrecht, 1897) · unaccepted
Metridia scotti Giesbrecht, 1897 · unaccepted
Pleuromamma princeps (Scott T., 1894) · unaccepted
Pleuromma princeps Scott T., 1894 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pleuromma princeps Scott T., 1894) Scott, T. (1894). Report on Entomostraca from the Gulf of Guinea, collected by John Rattray, B.Sc. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 2, Zoology.</em> 6(1):1-161, pls. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8598493 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Gaussia princeps (Scott T., 1894). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104625 on 2025-05-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Metridia scotti Giesbrecht, 1897) Giesbrecht, W. (1897). 6. Notizen zur Systematik der Copepoden. [6. Notes on the Systematics of Copepods.]. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 20(536):253-255. (19-vii-1897). [details] 
original description (of Gaussia scotti (Giesbrecht, 1897)) Wolfenden, R.N. (1905). Plankton Studies: preliminary notes upon new or interesting species. Part 1. Copepoda. Rebman Limited, London & New York. [The original edition was withdrawn by Wolfenden and an amended edition was being circulated. Vide: Farran, G.P., 1939.] :1-24, pls. 1-7. [Part 2, 1906, Copepoda: 25-44, pls. 8-14.] [details]
original description (of Pleuromma princeps Scott T., 1894) Scott, T. (1894). Report on Entomostraca from the Gulf of Guinea, collected by John Rattray, B.Sc. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 2, Zoology.</em> 6(1):1-161, pls. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8598493 [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 Gaussia scotti (Giesbrecht, 1897)) Wolfenden, R.N. (1905). Plankton Studies: preliminary notes upon new or interesting species. Part 1. Copepoda. Rebman Limited, London & New York. [The original edition was withdrawn by Wolfenden and an amended edition was being circulated. Vide: Farran, G.P., 1939.] :1-24, pls. 1-7. [Part 2, 1906, Copepoda: 25-44, pls. 8-14.] [details]
original description (of Pleuromma princeps Scott T., 1894) Scott, T. (1894). Report on Entomostraca from the Gulf of Guinea, collected by John Rattray, B.Sc. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 2, Zoology.</em> 6(1):1-161, pls. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8598493 [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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Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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
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additional source Barnes, A.T. & J.F. Case. (1972). Bioluminescence in the mesopelagic copepod, Gaussia princeps (T. Scott). <em>Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.</em> 8(1):53-72, figs. 1-8. (i-1972)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0981(72)90056-1 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Childress, J.J. (1976). Effects of pressure, temperature and oxygen on the oxygen-consumption rate of the midwater copepod Gaussia princeps. Marine Biology, Berlin 39(1):19-24, figs. 1-3, tab. 1. (15-xii-1976) [details]
additional source Hulsemann, K. (1988). Case 2622. Pleuromamma princeps Scott, 1894 (currently Gaussia princeps; Crustacea, Copepoda): proposed conservation of the specific name. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 45(3):188-190. (ix.1988) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Lee, R.F. & A.T. Barnes. (1975). Lipids in the mesopelagic copepod, Gaussia princeps, wax ester utilization during starvation. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology (B)52(2):265-268, fig. 1, tabs. 1-2. (15-x-1975) [details] Available for editors
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additional source International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, Opinion, 1590. (1990). Pleuromma princeps Scott, 1894 (currently Gaussia princeps, Crustacea, Copepoda): specific name conserved. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 47(2):145-146. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Sewell, R.B.S. (1932). The Copepoda of Indian Seas. Calanoida. <em>Memoirs of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 10:223-407, figs. 82-131, pls. 1-6. (xii-1929, v-1932). [details] Available for editors
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additional source Vervoort, W. (1965). Pelagic Copepoda. Part II. Copepoda Calanoida of the families Phaennidae up to and including Acartiidae, containing the description of a new species of Aetideidae. Atlantide Report, Danish Expedition to Coasts of Tropical West Africa 1945-1946 8:9-216. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Wilson, C.B. (1950). Copepods gathered by the United States Fisheries Steamer 'Albatross' from 1887 to 1909, chiefly in the Pacific Ocean. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 100(14)(4):i-ix, 141-461, pls. 2-36. [details] Available for editors
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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
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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
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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

additional source Barnes, A.T. & J.F. Case. (1972). Bioluminescence in the mesopelagic copepod, Gaussia princeps (T. Scott). <em>Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.</em> 8(1):53-72, figs. 1-8. (i-1972)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0981(72)90056-1 [details] Available for editors

additional source Childress, J.J. (1976). Effects of pressure, temperature and oxygen on the oxygen-consumption rate of the midwater copepod Gaussia princeps. Marine Biology, Berlin 39(1):19-24, figs. 1-3, tab. 1. (15-xii-1976) [details]
additional source Hulsemann, K. (1988). Case 2622. Pleuromamma princeps Scott, 1894 (currently Gaussia princeps; Crustacea, Copepoda): proposed conservation of the specific name. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 45(3):188-190. (ix.1988) [details] Available for editors

additional source Lee, R.F. & A.T. Barnes. (1975). Lipids in the mesopelagic copepod, Gaussia princeps, wax ester utilization during starvation. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology (B)52(2):265-268, fig. 1, tabs. 1-2. (15-x-1975) [details] Available for editors

additional source International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, Opinion, 1590. (1990). Pleuromma princeps Scott, 1894 (currently Gaussia princeps, Crustacea, Copepoda): specific name conserved. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 47(2):145-146. [details] Available for editors

additional source Sewell, R.B.S. (1932). The Copepoda of Indian Seas. Calanoida. <em>Memoirs of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 10:223-407, figs. 82-131, pls. 1-6. (xii-1929, v-1932). [details] Available for editors

additional source Vervoort, W. (1965). Pelagic Copepoda. Part II. Copepoda Calanoida of the families Phaennidae up to and including Acartiidae, containing the description of a new species of Aetideidae. Atlantide Report, Danish Expedition to Coasts of Tropical West Africa 1945-1946 8:9-216. [details] Available for editors

additional source Wilson, C.B. (1950). Copepods gathered by the United States Fisheries Steamer 'Albatross' from 1887 to 1909, chiefly in the Pacific Ocean. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 100(14)(4):i-ix, 141-461, pls. 2-36. [details] Available for editors

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

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






Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Gaussia scotti (Giesbrecht, 1897))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Metridia scotti Giesbrecht, 1897)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Pleuromma princeps Scott T., 1894)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Pleuromma princeps Scott T., 1894)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (35 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (8 records) (from synonym Gaussia scotti (Giesbrecht, 1897))
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Gaussia scotti (Giesbrecht, 1897))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Metridia scotti Giesbrecht, 1897)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Pleuromma princeps Scott T., 1894)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Pleuromma princeps Scott T., 1894)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (35 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (8 records) (from synonym Gaussia scotti (Giesbrecht, 1897))
To ITIS