WoRMS name details
Tortanus discaudatus (Thompson I.C. & Scott A. in Herdman, Thompson & Scott, 1897)
157684 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157684)
alternative representation
Species
Corynura discaudata Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1897 in: Herdman, Thompson, & Scott A., 1897 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tortanus bumpusii (Wheeler, 1900) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Corynura discaudata Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1897 in: Herdman, Thompson, & Scott A., 1897) Herdman, W.A., I.C. Thompson & A. Scott. (1897). On the plankton collected continuously during two traverses of the North Atlantic in the summer of 1897; with descriptions of new species of Copepoda and an appendix on dredging in Puget Sound. Proceedings and Transactions of the Liverpool Biological Society 12:33-90, text-figs. 1-4, pls. 5-8.
page(s): 80 [details]
page(s): 80 [details]
Distribution Labrador to Cape Cod
Distribution Labrador to Cape Cod [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Tortanus discaudatus (Thompson I.C. & Scott A. in Herdman, Thompson & Scott, 1897). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157684 on 2025-11-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Corynura discaudata Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1897 in: Herdman, Thompson, & Scott A., 1897) Herdman, W.A., I.C. Thompson & A. Scott. (1897). On the plankton collected continuously during two traverses of the North Atlantic in the summer of 1897; with descriptions of new species of Copepoda and an appendix on dredging in Puget Sound. Proceedings and Transactions of the Liverpool Biological Society 12:33-90, text-figs. 1-4, pls. 5-8.
page(s): 80 [details]
basis of record Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 80 [details]
basis of record Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]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 Roff, J.C. (1978). A guide to the marine flora and fauna of the Bay of Fundy: Copepoda: Calanoida. Fisheries and Marine Service Technical Report 823. 27 p. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ambler, J.W. & B.W. Frost. (1974). The feeding behavior of a predatory planktonic copepod, Tortanus discaudatus. Limnology and Oceanography 19(3):446-451, figs. 1-2, tab. 1. (v-1974) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Greene, C.H. & M.R. Landry. (1988). Carnivorous suspension feeding by the subarctic calanoid copepod Neocalanus cristatus. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences :615-618, figs.14a-h, 15a-b. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Johnson, M.W. (1934). The life history of the copepod Tortanus discaudatus (Thompson and Scott). Biological Bulletin, Woods Hole 67(1):182-200, pls. 1-4. (viii-1934) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Johnson, M.W. (1967). Some observations on the hatching of Tortanus discaudatus eggs subjected to low temperatures. Limnology and Oceanography 12(3):405-410, figs. 1-2. (vii-1967) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lawrence, S.A & A.N. Sastry. (1985). The role of temperature in seasonal variation in egg production by the copepod, Tortanus discaudatus (Thompson and Scott), in Narragansett Bay. <em>Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.</em> 91(1-2):151-167, figs. 1-5, tabs. 1-5. (5-ix-1985). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Mullin, M.M. (1979). Differential predation by the carnivorous marine copepod, Tortanus discaudatus. Limnology and Oceanography 24(4):774-777. (vii-1979). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Phillips, D.G. (1976). The Biology of the Predatory Calanoid Copepod Tortanus discaudatus (Thompson and Scott) in a New Hampshire Estuary. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, U.S.A.</em> 152 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lawrence, S.A. (1982). Population continuity and seasonal egg production variation in the copepod, Tortanus discaudatus, in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. M.S. Thesis, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, U.S.A. 162 pp. [details]
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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Roff, J.C. (1978). A guide to the marine flora and fauna of the Bay of Fundy: Copepoda: Calanoida. Fisheries and Marine Service Technical Report 823. 27 p. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ambler, J.W. & B.W. Frost. (1974). The feeding behavior of a predatory planktonic copepod, Tortanus discaudatus. Limnology and Oceanography 19(3):446-451, figs. 1-2, tab. 1. (v-1974) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Greene, C.H. & M.R. Landry. (1988). Carnivorous suspension feeding by the subarctic calanoid copepod Neocalanus cristatus. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences :615-618, figs.14a-h, 15a-b. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Johnson, M.W. (1934). The life history of the copepod Tortanus discaudatus (Thompson and Scott). Biological Bulletin, Woods Hole 67(1):182-200, pls. 1-4. (viii-1934) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Johnson, M.W. (1967). Some observations on the hatching of Tortanus discaudatus eggs subjected to low temperatures. Limnology and Oceanography 12(3):405-410, figs. 1-2. (vii-1967) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lawrence, S.A & A.N. Sastry. (1985). The role of temperature in seasonal variation in egg production by the copepod, Tortanus discaudatus (Thompson and Scott), in Narragansett Bay. <em>Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.</em> 91(1-2):151-167, figs. 1-5, tabs. 1-5. (5-ix-1985). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Mullin, M.M. (1979). Differential predation by the carnivorous marine copepod, Tortanus discaudatus. Limnology and Oceanography 24(4):774-777. (vii-1979). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Phillips, D.G. (1976). The Biology of the Predatory Calanoid Copepod Tortanus discaudatus (Thompson and Scott) in a New Hampshire Estuary. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, U.S.A.</em> 152 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lawrence, S.A. (1982). Population continuity and seasonal egg production variation in the copepod, Tortanus discaudatus, in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. M.S. Thesis, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, U.S.A. 162 pp. [details]
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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Labrador to Cape Cod [details]Habitat upper and glacial epipelagic regions of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Barcode of Life (55 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Corynura discaudata Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1897 in: Herdman, Thompson, & Scott A., 1897)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tortanus discaudatus)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (13 records)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (55 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Corynura discaudata Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1897 in: Herdman, Thompson, & Scott A., 1897)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tortanus discaudatus)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (13 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
