WoRMS name details
Ectinosomidae Sars G.O., 1903
150121 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:150121)
unaccepted (synonym - incorrectly formed name, see Moore, 1978)
Family
marine
Sars, G.O. (1903). Copepoda Harpacticoida. Parts I & II, Misophriidae, Longipediidae, Cerviniidae, Ectinosomidae (part). <em>An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum.</em> 5:1-28, pls. 1-16. (look up in IMIS) [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Ectinosomidae Sars G.O., 1903. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=150121 on 2025-11-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Sars, G.O. (1903). Copepoda Harpacticoida. Parts I & II, Misophriidae, Longipediidae, Cerviniidae, Ectinosomidae (part). <em>An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum.</em> 5:1-28, pls. 1-16. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]
new combination reference Moore, C.G. (1978). An emendation of the family name Ectinosomidae Sars to Ectinosomatidae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida). Crustaceana, Leiden 34(1):111. (11-v-1978) [details] Available for editors
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basis of record ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]
new combination reference Moore, C.G. (1978). An emendation of the family name Ectinosomidae Sars to Ectinosomatidae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida). Crustaceana, Leiden 34(1):111. (11-v-1978) [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Calderini ed. Italy - 1995 "Checklist delle specie della fauna italiana. Copepoda" [details]
Other
additional source
Olofsson, O. (1917). Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Harpacticiden-Familien Ectinosomidae, Canthocamptidae (Gen. Maraenobiotus) und Tachidiidae nebst Beschreibungen einiger neuen und wenig bekannten, arktischen Brackwasser- und Süsswasser-Arten. [Contribution to the knowledge of the harpacticid families Ectinosomidae, Canthocamptidae (Gen. Maraenobiotus) and Tachidiidae together with descriptions of some new and little known arctic brackish water and fresh water species.]. <em>Zoologiska Bidrag, Uppsala.</em> 6:1-39, pls. 1-8. (24-ix-1917). [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Synonymy The family name was corrected to Ectinosomatidae by Moore (1978), according to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. [details]
