WoRMS taxon details
Acartia (Odontacartia) spinicauda Giesbrecht, 1889
346060 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:346060)
accepted
Species
Acartia spinicauda Giesbrecht, 1889 · alternative representation
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Giesbrecht, W. (1889). Pelagische Copepoden. [Pelagic copepods.]. <em>In: Kükenthal, W. (ed.). Beiträge zur Fauna Spitzbergens. Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 55(1):163-164. [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Acartia (Odontacartia) spinicauda Giesbrecht, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=346060 on 2025-10-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Giesbrecht, W. (1889). Pelagische Copepoden. [Pelagic copepods.]. <em>In: Kükenthal, W. (ed.). Beiträge zur Fauna Spitzbergens. Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 55(1):163-164. [details] 
original description (of Acartia spinicauda Giesbrecht, 1889) Giesbrecht, W. (1899). Die Asterocheriden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres- Abschnitte. The Asterocherids of the Gulf of Naples and the adjacent marine areas. <em>Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der Angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte, Herausgegeben von der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel.</em> 25:i-vi, 1-217, pls. 1-11. [details]
original description (of Acartia spinicauda Giesbrecht, 1889) Giesbrecht, W. (1899). Die Asterocheriden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres- Abschnitte. The Asterocherids of the Gulf of Naples and the adjacent marine areas. <em>Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der Angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte, Herausgegeben von der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel.</em> 25:i-vi, 1-217, pls. 1-11. [details]
Ecology
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
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Other
additional source
Steuer, A. (1923). Bausteine zu einer Monographie der Copepodengattung Acartia. 1. Die Arten der Gattung Acartia Dana. 2. Die Grösse der Hochsee-Acartien in ihrer Abhängigkeit von der Dichte des Meerwassers. Building blocks for a monograph on the copepod genus Acartia. 1. The species of the genus Acartia Dana. 2. The size of the deep-sea Acartias in relation to the density of the sea water. <em>Arbeiten aus dem Zoologischen Institut der Universität Innsbruck.</em> 1(5):91-144 (separate: 1-56), figs. 1-179, pls. 1-5, maps 1-6. [dated 1924]. [details] 
additional source Wellershaus, S. (1969). On the taxonomy of planctonic Copepoda in the Cochin Backwater (a South Indian estuary). Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Meeresforschung in Bremerhaven 11:245-286. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Wellershaus, S. (1969). On the taxonomy of planctonic Copepoda in the Cochin Backwater (a South Indian estuary). Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Meeresforschung in Bremerhaven 11:245-286. [details] Available for editors
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) (from synonym Acartia spinicauda Giesbrecht, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Acartia spinicauda Giesbrecht, 1889)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acartia spinicauda) (from synonym Acartia spinicauda Giesbrecht, 1889)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 14 proteins) (from synonym Acartia spinicauda Giesbrecht, 1889)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Acartia spinicauda Giesbrecht, 1889)
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) (from synonym Acartia spinicauda Giesbrecht, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Acartia spinicauda Giesbrecht, 1889)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acartia spinicauda) (from synonym Acartia spinicauda Giesbrecht, 1889)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 14 proteins) (from synonym Acartia spinicauda Giesbrecht, 1889)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Acartia spinicauda Giesbrecht, 1889)