WoRMS taxon details
Chiridius polaris Wolfenden, 1911
342442 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:342442)
accepted
Species
Chiridius subantarcticus Park, 1978 · unaccepted (listed as synonym by Markhaseva, 1996)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Wolfenden, R.N. (1911). Die marinen Copepoden der Deutschen Südpolar Expedition 1901-1903. II. Die pelagischen Copepoden der Westwinddrift und des südlichen Eismeers mit Beschreibung mehrerer neuer Arten aus dem Atlantischen Ozean. [The marine copepods of the German South Polar Expedition 1901-1903. II. The pelagic copepods of the Westwind Drift and the Southern Polar Sea with descriptions of several new species from the Atlantic Ocean.]. <em>Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903.</em> 12(Zoologie 4)(4):181-380, pls. 22-41, figs. 1-82. (iv-1911) [V SIL f QL444 .C7W85]. [details] 
Depth range meso- to abyssopelagic
Depth range meso- to abyssopelagic [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Chiridius polaris Wolfenden, 1911. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342442 on 2025-11-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Wolfenden, R.N. (1911). Die marinen Copepoden der Deutschen Südpolar Expedition 1901-1903. II. Die pelagischen Copepoden der Westwinddrift und des südlichen Eismeers mit Beschreibung mehrerer neuer Arten aus dem Atlantischen Ozean. [The marine copepods of the German South Polar Expedition 1901-1903. II. The pelagic copepods of the Westwind Drift and the Southern Polar Sea with descriptions of several new species from the Atlantic Ocean.]. <em>Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903.</em> 12(Zoologie 4)(4):181-380, pls. 22-41, figs. 1-82. (iv-1911) [V SIL f QL444 .C7W85]. [details]
original description (of Chiridius subantarcticus Park, 1978) Park, T. (1978). Biology of the Antarctic seas. VII. Paper 4. Calanoid copepods belonging to the families Aetideidae and Euchaetidae from Antarctic and subantarctic waters. Biology of the Antarctic Seas, VII. Antarctic Research Series, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC 27:91-290, figs. 1-222. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Chiridius subantarcticus Park, 1978) Park, T. (1978). Biology of the Antarctic seas. VII. Paper 4. Calanoid copepods belonging to the families Aetideidae and Euchaetidae from Antarctic and subantarctic waters. Biology of the Antarctic Seas, VII. Antarctic Research Series, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC 27:91-290, figs. 1-222. [details] Available for editors
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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 [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Depth range meso- to abyssopelagic [details]
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Chiridius subantarcticus Park, 1978)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 141281) (from synonym Chiridius subantarcticus Park, 1978)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Chiridius subantarcticus Park, 1978)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 141281) (from synonym Chiridius subantarcticus Park, 1978)
To ITIS
