WoRMS name details
Corycaeus flaccus Giesbrecht, 1891
237976 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:237976)
unaccepted (generic reassignment)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Giesbrecht, W. (1891). 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 Reale Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali Rendiconti.</em> (4)7 sem. 1: 474-482., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44535672 [details] 
Depth range epi-mesopelagic
Taxonomy subgenus Agetus
Depth range epi-mesopelagic [details]
Taxonomy subgenus Agetus
Taxonomy subgenus Agetus [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Corycaeus flaccus Giesbrecht, 1891. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=237976 on 2026-04-22
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Nomenclature
original description
Giesbrecht, W. (1891). 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 Reale Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali Rendiconti.</em> (4)7 sem. 1: 474-482., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44535672 [details]
basis of record Mazzocchi, M.G. (2006). Crustacea Maxillopoda Copepodi planctonici marini: Calanoida, Cyclopoida, Harpacticoida, Mormonilloida, Poecilostomatoida, Siphonostomatoida. [Crustacea Maxillopoda Marine planktonic copepods: Calanoida, Cyclopoida, Harpacticoida, Mormonilloida, Poecilostomatoida, Siphonostomatoida.]. <em>Stoch, F. (ed.) Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana.</em> onlilne checklist., available online at http://www.faunaitalia.it/checklist/ [details]
basis of record Mazzocchi, M.G. (2006). Crustacea Maxillopoda Copepodi planctonici marini: Calanoida, Cyclopoida, Harpacticoida, Mormonilloida, Poecilostomatoida, Siphonostomatoida. [Crustacea Maxillopoda Marine planktonic copepods: Calanoida, Cyclopoida, Harpacticoida, Mormonilloida, Poecilostomatoida, Siphonostomatoida.]. <em>Stoch, F. (ed.) Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana.</em> onlilne checklist., available online at http://www.faunaitalia.it/checklist/ [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Boxshall, G.A. & S.H. Halsey. (2004). An introduction to copepod diversity. <em>Ray Society, London.</em> 166(Part II):422-966. (2 volume set).
page(s): 491 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 491 [details] Available for editors
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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) Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. <em>Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley.</em> 742 pp (Nemertini part). [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (PeRMS) Ayón, P., M.I. Criales-Hernández, R. Schwamborn & H.J. Hirche. (2008). Zooplankton research off Peru: A review. <em>Progress in Oceanography.</em> 79(2-4):238-255., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2008.10.020 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Alameda de la Mora, G. (1980). Sistemática y distribución de los copépodos (Crustacea) del Golfo de Tehuantepec (México). [Sistemática y distribución de los copépodos (Crustacea) del Golfo de Tehuantepec (México).]. <em>Tesis Profesional, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónomo de México, Mexico City.</em> 397 pp. + 126 pls. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cervigón, F. (1964). Los Corycaeidae del Caribe sur-oriental (Copepoda, Cyclopoida). [The Corycaeidae of the south-eastern Caribbean (Copepoda, Cyclopoida).]. <em>Memórias de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales 'La Salle'.</em> 24(68):163-201, figs. 1-25. [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 Razouls, C. (1974). Les Corycaeidae (Copepoda, Cyclopoidea) de la région de Banyluls (Golfe du Lion). [The Corycaeidae (Copepoda, Cyclopoidea) of the Banyluls region (Gulf of Lion).]. <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> 24(A)(1):83-113. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Scott, A. (1909). The Copepoda of the Siboga Expedition. Part I. Free-swimming, littoral and semi-parasitic Copepoda. <em>Siboga Expeditie, Monograph, Leiden.</em> 29:1-323, pls. 1-69., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2191407#page/11/mode/1up
page(s): 247 [details]
context source (Bermuda) Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. <em>Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley.</em> 742 pp (Nemertini part). [details] Available for editors
[request]context source (PeRMS) Ayón, P., M.I. Criales-Hernández, R. Schwamborn & H.J. Hirche. (2008). Zooplankton research off Peru: A review. <em>Progress in Oceanography.</em> 79(2-4):238-255., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2008.10.020 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Alameda de la Mora, G. (1980). Sistemática y distribución de los copépodos (Crustacea) del Golfo de Tehuantepec (México). [Sistemática y distribución de los copépodos (Crustacea) del Golfo de Tehuantepec (México).]. <em>Tesis Profesional, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónomo de México, Mexico City.</em> 397 pp. + 126 pls. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cervigón, F. (1964). Los Corycaeidae del Caribe sur-oriental (Copepoda, Cyclopoida). [The Corycaeidae of the south-eastern Caribbean (Copepoda, Cyclopoida).]. <em>Memórias de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales 'La Salle'.</em> 24(68):163-201, figs. 1-25. [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 Razouls, C. (1974). Les Corycaeidae (Copepoda, Cyclopoidea) de la région de Banyluls (Golfe du Lion). [The Corycaeidae (Copepoda, Cyclopoidea) of the Banyluls region (Gulf of Lion).]. <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> 24(A)(1):83-113. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Scott, A. (1909). The Copepoda of the Siboga Expedition. Part I. Free-swimming, littoral and semi-parasitic Copepoda. <em>Siboga Expeditie, Monograph, Leiden.</em> 29:1-323, pls. 1-69., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2191407#page/11/mode/1up
page(s): 247 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Depth range epi-mesopelagic [details]Taxonomy subgenus Agetus [details]
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (12 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (12 records)
To ITIS
