WoRMS taxon details
Cymbasoma longispinosum (Bourne, 1890)
119784 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:119784)
accepted
Species
Cymbasoma longispinosus (Bourne, 1890) · unaccepted
Monstrilla longispinosa Bourne, 1890 · unaccepted
Monstrilla longissima Krichagin, 1877 · unaccepted (synonym)
Thaumaleus longispinosus (Bourne, 1890) · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Monstrilla longispinosa Bourne, 1890) Bourne, G.C. (1890). Notes on the genus Monstrilla Dana. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science (2)30:565-578, pl. 37. [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Cymbasoma longispinosum (Bourne, 1890). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=119784 on 2026-08-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Monstrilla longispinosa Bourne, 1890) Bourne, G.C. (1890). Notes on the genus Monstrilla Dana. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science (2)30:565-578, pl. 37. [details]
original description (of Monstrilla longissima Krichagin, 1877) Krichagin, N.A. (1877). Otchet' ob' ekskursii na Sv. bereg' Chernago morya soverskennoi po pozucheniyu Kievskago obshchestva estestvois'pytatelei letom' 1874 g. [Report on an excursion to the Holy Coast of the Black Sea carried out at the request of the Kiev Society of Naturalists in the summer of 1874.]. <em>Zapiski Kiyevskago Obshchestva Estestvoispytatelei (Mémoires de la Société des Naturalistes de Kiev).</em> 5(1):1-56, pls. 1-4. [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 longissima Krichagin, 1877) Krichagin, N.A. (1877). Otchet' ob' ekskursii na Sv. bereg' Chernago morya soverskennoi po pozucheniyu Kievskago obshchestva estestvois'pytatelei letom' 1874 g. [Report on an excursion to the Holy Coast of the Black Sea carried out at the request of the Kiev Society of Naturalists in the summer of 1874.]. <em>Zapiski Kiyevskago Obshchestva Estestvoispytatelei (Mémoires de la Société des Naturalistes de Kiev).</em> 5(1):1-56, pls. 1-4. [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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Mordukhai-Boltovskoy, F.D. (Ed.). (1969). Opredetel' fauny Chernogo i Azovskogo more, 2. Svobodnozhivushchie bespozvonochnye, Rakoobraznye. (Crustacea). [A key to the fauna of the Black and Azov Seas, Volune II. Free-living invertebrates. Crustacea.]. <em>Institut Biologii Yuzh'nykh Morei, Akademiya Nauk USSR, Naukova Dumka, Kiev.</em> 536 pp. (In Russian.). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Martin Thompson, P.K. (1976). Occurrence of Cymbasoma longispinosum (Copepoda: Monstrilloida) from the Indian Seas. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 15(2):616-620. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Martin Thompson, P.K. & D.C.V. Easterson. (1983). Two rare monstrilloid copepods from the coastal waters of Bombay. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 20(1-2):176-180. (iii-1983) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Dias, C.O. & S.L.C. Bonecker. (2007). Study of Monstrilloida distribution (Crustacea, Copepoda) in the Southwest Atlantic. Pan-American Journal of Aquatic Sciences 2(3):270-278. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Leite, N.R., L.C.C. Pereira, F. Abrunhosa, M.A.B. Pires & R.M. da Costa. (2010). Occurrence of Cymbasoma longispinosum Bourne, 1890 (Copepoda: Monstrilloida) in the Curuçá River estuary (Amazon Littoral). <em>Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências.</em> 82(3):577-583. [In English; abstract in Portuguese.]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1590/S0001-37652010000300005 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Üstün, F., T.K. Terbiyik & E. Suárez-Morales (2014). A new species of Cymbasoma (Copepoda, Monstrilloida) from the northern coast of Turkey (Black Sea) with comments on the C. longispinosum species-group. <i>Crustaceana</i>. 87(11-12):1393-1410, available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-00003363 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Suarez-Morales, E., C.O. Dias & S.L. Bonecker. (2020). Discovery of the female of Cymbasoma rochai Suarez-Morales & Dias, 2001 (Copepoda, Monstrilloida, Monstrillidae), The First Brazilian Member of the C. longispinosum species-group. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 93(9-10)1091-1101. Oct 2020., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-bja10044 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Suárez-Morales, E. & M.J. Grygier. (2021). Mediterranean and Black Sea Monstrilloid Copepods (Copepoda: Monstrilloida): Rediscovering the Diversity of Transient Zooplankters. <em>Water.</em> 13:1-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/w13081036 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Suárez-Morales, E. & C.D. Dias. (2024). Taxonomic Catalog of the Brazilian Fauna: the intriguing copepod order Monstrilloida (Crustacea: Copepoda), taxonomy and diversity. <em>Zoologia.</em> 41:1-10. e23022 Apr 2024., available online at https://doi.org/10.1590/S1984-4689.v41.e23022 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Martin Thompson, P.K. (1976). Occurrence of Cymbasoma longispinosum (Copepoda: Monstrilloida) from the Indian Seas. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India 15(2):616-620. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Martin Thompson, P.K. & D.C.V. Easterson. (1983). Two rare monstrilloid copepods from the coastal waters of Bombay. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 20(1-2):176-180. (iii-1983) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Dias, C.O. & S.L.C. Bonecker. (2007). Study of Monstrilloida distribution (Crustacea, Copepoda) in the Southwest Atlantic. Pan-American Journal of Aquatic Sciences 2(3):270-278. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Leite, N.R., L.C.C. Pereira, F. Abrunhosa, M.A.B. Pires & R.M. da Costa. (2010). Occurrence of Cymbasoma longispinosum Bourne, 1890 (Copepoda: Monstrilloida) in the Curuçá River estuary (Amazon Littoral). <em>Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências.</em> 82(3):577-583. [In English; abstract in Portuguese.]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1590/S0001-37652010000300005 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Üstün, F., T.K. Terbiyik & E. Suárez-Morales (2014). A new species of Cymbasoma (Copepoda, Monstrilloida) from the northern coast of Turkey (Black Sea) with comments on the C. longispinosum species-group. <i>Crustaceana</i>. 87(11-12):1393-1410, available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-00003363 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Suarez-Morales, E., C.O. Dias & S.L. Bonecker. (2020). Discovery of the female of Cymbasoma rochai Suarez-Morales & Dias, 2001 (Copepoda, Monstrilloida, Monstrillidae), The First Brazilian Member of the C. longispinosum species-group. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 93(9-10)1091-1101. Oct 2020., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-bja10044 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Suárez-Morales, E. & M.J. Grygier. (2021). Mediterranean and Black Sea Monstrilloid Copepods (Copepoda: Monstrilloida): Rediscovering the Diversity of Transient Zooplankters. <em>Water.</em> 13:1-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/w13081036 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Suárez-Morales, E. & C.D. Dias. (2024). Taxonomic Catalog of the Brazilian Fauna: the intriguing copepod order Monstrilloida (Crustacea: Copepoda), taxonomy and diversity. <em>Zoologia.</em> 41:1-10. e23022 Apr 2024., available online at https://doi.org/10.1590/S1984-4689.v41.e23022 [details] Available for editors
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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
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list (from synonym Monstrilla longispinosa Bourne, 1890)
PlanktonNet Image (from synonym Thaumaleus longispinosus (Bourne, 1890))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Thaumaleus longispinosus (Bourne, 1890))
To PESI (from synonym Thaumaleus longispinosus (Bourne, 1890))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Monstrilla longispinosa Bourne, 1890)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list (from synonym Monstrilla longispinosa Bourne, 1890)
PlanktonNet Image (from synonym Thaumaleus longispinosus (Bourne, 1890))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Thaumaleus longispinosus (Bourne, 1890))
To PESI (from synonym Thaumaleus longispinosus (Bourne, 1890))
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Monstrilla longispinosa Bourne, 1890)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
