WoRMS taxon details
Epischura nevadensis Lilljeborg, 1889
254620 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254620)
accepted
Species
Epischura nevadensis columbiae Forbes S.A., 1893 · unaccepted (listed as synonym by Dussart &...)
listed as synonym by Dussart & Defaye, 2002
- Subspecies Epischura nevadensis columbiae Forbes S.A., 1893 accepted as Epischura nevadensis Lilljeborg, 1889 (listed as synonym by Dussart & Defaye, 2002)
Guerne, J. de & J. Richard. (1889). Révision des Calanides d'eau douce. [Revision of freshwater Calanidae.]. <em>Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 2:1-129 , figs. 1-60, pls. 1-4. [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Epischura nevadensis Lilljeborg, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254620 on 2026-05-19
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Nomenclature
original description
Guerne, J. de & J. Richard. (1889). Révision des Calanides d'eau douce. [Revision of freshwater Calanidae.]. <em>Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 2:1-129 , figs. 1-60, pls. 1-4. [details]
original description (of Epischura nevadensis columbiae Forbes S.A., 1893) Forbes, S.A. (1893). A preliminary report on the aquatic invertebrate fauna of the Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, and of the Flathead region of Montana. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, 1891 11:207-258, pls. 37-42., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.29981 [details]
basis of record Huettmann, F. (2007). ArcOD species list by Falk Huettmann. provided on 2007-11-25. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Epischura nevadensis columbiae Forbes S.A., 1893) Forbes, S.A. (1893). A preliminary report on the aquatic invertebrate fauna of the Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, and of the Flathead region of Montana. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, 1891 11:207-258, pls. 37-42., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.29981 [details]
basis of record Huettmann, F. (2007). ArcOD species list by Falk Huettmann. provided on 2007-11-25. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Folt, C.L. & E.R. Byron. (1989). A comparison of the effects of prey and non-prey neighbours on foraging rates of Epischura nevadensis (Copepoda, Calanoida). Freshwater Biology 21(2):283-293., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2427.1989.tb01366.x [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Herrick, C.L. (1895). Part I. Copepoda of Minnesota. <em>In: Herrick, C.L. & C.H. Turner (eds.). Second report of the State Zoologist including a synopsis of the Entomostraca of Minnesota. Geological Natural History Survery of Minnesota (Zoological Series.).</em> 2:41-138, 81 plates. [details]
additional source Guerne, J. de & J. Richard. (1889). Révision des Calanides d'eau douce. [Revision of freshwater Calanidae.]. <em>Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 2:1-129 , figs. 1-60, pls. 1-4. [details]
additional source Johnson, W.E. (1965). Quantitative studies of the pelagic entomostracan zooplankton of Babine Lake and Nilkitkwa Lake, 1955-1963. <em>Manuscript Reports of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada.</em> 821: 224 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Marsh, C.D. (1933). Synopsis of the calanoid crustaceans, exclusive of the Diaptomidae, found in fresh and brackish waters, chiefly of North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 82(18)(2959):1-58, pls. 1-24. (30-vi-1933), available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.82-2959.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Schacht, F.W. (1898). The North American Centropagidae belonging to the genera Osphranticum, Limnocalanus, and Epischura. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History 5(4):225-270. [details]
additional source Loomis, E.M., J.C. Sjoeberg, W.H. Wong & S.L. Gerstenberger. (2011). Abundance and stomach content analysis of threadfin shad in Lake Mead, Nevada: Do invasive quagga mussels affect this prey species?. <em>Aquatic Invasions.</em> 6(2):157-168., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2011.6.2.05 [details]
additional source Naumova, E.Y., I.Y. Zaidykov, V.L. Tauson & Y.V. Likhoshway. (2015). Features of the fine structure and Si content of the mandibular gnathobase of four freshwater species of Epischura (Copepoda: Calanoida). Journal Of Crustacean Biology, 35(6):741-746., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/1937240X-00002385 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.158.i [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bowman, L.L. Jr., D.J. MacGuigan, M.E. Gorchels, M.M. Cahillane & M.V. Moore. (2019). Revealing paraphyly and placement of extinct species within Epischura (Copepoda: Calanoida) using molecular data and quantitative morphometrics. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 140:1-44., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106578 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Herrick, C.L. (1895). Part I. Copepoda of Minnesota. <em>In: Herrick, C.L. & C.H. Turner (eds.). Second report of the State Zoologist including a synopsis of the Entomostraca of Minnesota. Geological Natural History Survery of Minnesota (Zoological Series.).</em> 2:41-138, 81 plates. [details]
additional source Guerne, J. de & J. Richard. (1889). Révision des Calanides d'eau douce. [Revision of freshwater Calanidae.]. <em>Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 2:1-129 , figs. 1-60, pls. 1-4. [details]
additional source Johnson, W.E. (1965). Quantitative studies of the pelagic entomostracan zooplankton of Babine Lake and Nilkitkwa Lake, 1955-1963. <em>Manuscript Reports of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada.</em> 821: 224 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Marsh, C.D. (1933). Synopsis of the calanoid crustaceans, exclusive of the Diaptomidae, found in fresh and brackish waters, chiefly of North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 82(18)(2959):1-58, pls. 1-24. (30-vi-1933), available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.82-2959.1 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Schacht, F.W. (1898). The North American Centropagidae belonging to the genera Osphranticum, Limnocalanus, and Epischura. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History 5(4):225-270. [details]
additional source Loomis, E.M., J.C. Sjoeberg, W.H. Wong & S.L. Gerstenberger. (2011). Abundance and stomach content analysis of threadfin shad in Lake Mead, Nevada: Do invasive quagga mussels affect this prey species?. <em>Aquatic Invasions.</em> 6(2):157-168., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2011.6.2.05 [details]
additional source Naumova, E.Y., I.Y. Zaidykov, V.L. Tauson & Y.V. Likhoshway. (2015). Features of the fine structure and Si content of the mandibular gnathobase of four freshwater species of Epischura (Copepoda: Calanoida). Journal Of Crustacean Biology, 35(6):741-746., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/1937240X-00002385 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.158.i [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bowman, L.L. Jr., D.J. MacGuigan, M.E. Gorchels, M.M. Cahillane & M.V. Moore. (2019). Revealing paraphyly and placement of extinct species within Epischura (Copepoda: Calanoida) using molecular data and quantitative morphometrics. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 140:1-44., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106578 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
