WoRMS name details
Acartia erythraea Giesbrecht, 1889
348496 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:348496)
alternative representation
Species
- Subspecies Acartia erythraea brehmi Früchtl, 1923 represented as Acartia (Odontacartia) erythraea brehmi Früchtl, 1923
- Subspecies Acartia erythraea valdiviae Früchtl, 1924 represented as Acartia (Odontacartia) erythraea valdiviae Früchtl, 1924
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10537 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Acartia erythraea Giesbrecht, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=348496 on 2026-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
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., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10537 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Chiba, T. (1956). Studies on the development and the systematics of Copepoda. Journal of the Shimonoseki College of Fisheries 6(1):1-90. (xi-1956). (In Japanese, English summary.) [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 (HKRMS) Chan, L. C. (1995). The ecology of marine plankton in Tai Tam Bay, Hong Kong, with special reference to barnacle (Arthropoda: Cirripedia) larvae. <em>PhD thesis. The University of Hong Kong.</em> [details]
additional source Long, A.M., S.Y. Chen, F.J. Ma, W. Yan & C.D. Li. (2006). [Waterborne copper and silver interaction on a marine copepod, Acartia erythraea.]. <em>Acta Cientiae Circumstantiae.</em> 26(4):572-578. [In Chinese; abstract in English.]. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Yoo, K.I., H.K. Hue & W.C. Lee. (1991). Taxonomical revision on the genus Acartia (Copepoda: Calanoida) in the Korean waters. Bulletin of the Korean Fisheries Society 24(4):255-265. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Chiba, T. (1956). Studies on the development and the systematics of Copepoda. Journal of the Shimonoseki College of Fisheries 6(1):1-90. (xi-1956). (In Japanese, English summary.) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Koga, F. (1984). Morphology, ecology, classification and specialization of copepods nauplius. Bulletin of the Nansei Regional Fisheries Research Laboratory 16:95-229, figs. 1-62, tabs. 1-3. (1-1984, Japanese with English summary). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, S.H., W.X. Wang & L.M. Huang. (2006). Phosphorus dietary assimilation and efflux in a marine copepod Acartia erythraea. <em>Marine Ecology Progress Series.</em> 321:193-202., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps321193 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kurihara, H., S. Shimode & Y. Shirayama. (2004). Effects of raised CO2 concentration on the egg production rate and early development of two marine copepods (Acartia steueri and Acartia erythraea). Marine Pollution Bulletin 49(9-10):721-727., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2004.05.005 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liong, C.F., T. Yoshida, T. Toda & B.H.R. Othman. (2007). Effect of light intensity variation on diel vertical migration of Acartia erythraea in the shallow tropical water of the Straits of Malacca. In: Abd Jamal Mydin et al. (eds.). Proceedings of the Conference on Marine Ecosystem of Malaysia, Interconnectivity in Marine Ecosystem: Opportunities & Challenges. 2007 Marine Park, NRE, Malaysia. ISBN 978-983-42949-6-0 Pp. 367-372. [details]
additional source Liu, S., T. Li, H. Huang, Z.L. Guo, L.M. Huang & W.X. Wang. (2010). Feeding efficiency of a marine copepod Acartia erythraea on eight different algal diets. <em>Acta Ecologica Sinica.</em> 30(1):22-26., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chnaes.2009.12.004 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fitriya, N., R. Kaswadji & Mulyadi. (2012). Komposisi kopepoda di perairan Berau, Kalimantan Timur. [Species composition of copepod in Berau waters, east Kalimantan Timur. ]. <em>Oseanologi dan Limnologi di Indonesia.</em> 37(2):355-368. (Indonesian). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Chen, M.R., H.B. Liu & B.Z. Chen. (2012). Effects of dietary essential fatty acids on reproduction rates of a subtropical calanoid copepod, Acartia erythraea. Marine Ecology Progress Series 455:95-110., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09685 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Rajkumar, M. & M.M. Rahman (2016). Culture of the calanoid copepod, Acartia erythraea and cyclopoid copepod, Oithona brevicornis with various microalgal diets. <em>Sains Malaysiana</em>. 45(4):615-620 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Rajkumar, M. K.P. Vasagam & P. Perumal. (2008). Chapter 1. Biochemical composition of wild copepods, Acartia erythraea Giesbrecht and Oithona brevicornis Giesbrecht, from Coleroon coastal waters, south east coast of India. <em>In: Sakhare, V.B. (ed.). Advances in Aquatic Ecology, Daya Publishing House, New Delhi, 143 pp.</em> 2:1-20. [details]
additional source Hu, S.M., S. Liu, L.L. Wan, T. Li& H. Huang. (2018). Feeding response of the tropical copepod Acartia erythraea to short-term thermal stress: more animal-derived food was consumed. PEERJ, 6:1-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6129 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Nakajima, R., T. Yoshida, S.O. Sakaguchi, B.H.R. Othman & T. Toda. (2019). Spiny but subitaneous eggs: egg morphology and hatching in Acartia copepods in the tropics. <em>Zoological Studies.</em> 58:1-6., available online at https://doi.org/10.6620/ZS.2019.58-05 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lee, S.S. (1986). Morphological studies of developmental copepodid stages of calanoids in the southern coastal waters of Korea. <em>Bulletin of Fisheries Research & Development Agency.</em> 37:45-150. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Choi, S.Y., M.H. Seo &H.Y. Soh. (2021). Short-term variation in abundance of four Acartia species (Copepoda, Calanoida) in a eutrophic bay. <em>PeerJ.</em> 9:1-15. e10835. Mar 2021., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10835 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Nakajima, R., T. Yoshida, B.H.R. Othman & T. Toda. (2013). First record of a blue pigmented Acartiid copepod in the tropical coral reef waters of Malaysia. Galaxea,. <em>Journal of Coral Reef Studies.</em> 15:27-28., available online at https://doi.org/10.3755/galaxea.15.27 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Rahman, N.A., J.C. Teh, T. Katayama, M.E.A. Wahid, N. Nagao, Y. Yamada & K. Takahashi. (2022). Effect of newly isolated high antioxidant diatom on the reproduction and stress tolerance of the marine copepod, Acartia erythraea under crowding stress. <em>Aquaculture Research.</em> 53(15): 5365-5374 Jul 2022., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/are.16019 [details]
additional source Hu, S.M., T. Li, H. Huang & S. Liu. (2023). Molecular quantification of copepod Acartia erythraea feeding on different algae preys. <em>Acta Oceanologica Sinica.</em> 42(9):125-131., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-022-2115-0 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Choi, S.Y., G, Belmonte, B. Hyun, P.G. Jang, W.J. Lee, H.Y. Soh, M.H. Seo, J.Y. Seo, K. Shin & M.C. Jang. (2024). Effects of hypoxia on copepod egg hatching success: An in situ study. <em>Journal Of Marine Systems.</em> 245:1-9. 103979. Apr 2024 online., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2024.103979 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Takahashi, K. & J.C. Teh. (2024). A hidden lethal effect of long microplastic fibres on the coastal copepod Acartia erythraea. <em>Marine Pollution Bulletin.</em> 208:1-4. Nov 2024 117018., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.117018 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Gong, Z.D. & D.H. Guo. (2025). [Acartia huangi sp. nov., a new species of Acartia from the Taiwan Strait.]. <em>Journal of Fisheries of China.</em> 49(6):1-9. (Chinese)., available online at https://doi.org/10.11964/jfc.20231214294 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Li, Q.H., J.W. Chen, Z.M. Xu, L.X. Deng, X.H. Fang, S.W. Zhang, X.D. Zhang, H. Xu, S. Lin & H.B. Liu. (2025). Detoxification of domoic acid from Pseudo-nitzschia by gut microbiota in Acartia erythraea. <em>BMC Microbiology.</em> 25(1): 1-13. Oct 2025., available online at https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-025-04366-w [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Nguyen, C., S.H.T. Truong & N.L. Nguyen. (2012). [Species diversity of zooplankton in coastal waters of Vietnam - family Acartidae (Copepoda). ]. <em>Academia Journal of Biology.</em> 34(3):294-304. [In Vietnamese; English abstract] Oct 2012., available online at https://doi.org/10.15625/0866-7160/v34n3.2459 [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (HKRMS) Chan, L. C. (1995). The ecology of marine plankton in Tai Tam Bay, Hong Kong, with special reference to barnacle (Arthropoda: Cirripedia) larvae. <em>PhD thesis. The University of Hong Kong.</em> [details]
additional source Long, A.M., S.Y. Chen, F.J. Ma, W. Yan & C.D. Li. (2006). [Waterborne copper and silver interaction on a marine copepod, Acartia erythraea.]. <em>Acta Cientiae Circumstantiae.</em> 26(4):572-578. [In Chinese; abstract in English.]. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Yoo, K.I., H.K. Hue & W.C. Lee. (1991). Taxonomical revision on the genus Acartia (Copepoda: Calanoida) in the Korean waters. Bulletin of the Korean Fisheries Society 24(4):255-265. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Chiba, T. (1956). Studies on the development and the systematics of Copepoda. Journal of the Shimonoseki College of Fisheries 6(1):1-90. (xi-1956). (In Japanese, English summary.) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Koga, F. (1984). Morphology, ecology, classification and specialization of copepods nauplius. Bulletin of the Nansei Regional Fisheries Research Laboratory 16:95-229, figs. 1-62, tabs. 1-3. (1-1984, Japanese with English summary). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Liu, S.H., W.X. Wang & L.M. Huang. (2006). Phosphorus dietary assimilation and efflux in a marine copepod Acartia erythraea. <em>Marine Ecology Progress Series.</em> 321:193-202., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps321193 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kurihara, H., S. Shimode & Y. Shirayama. (2004). Effects of raised CO2 concentration on the egg production rate and early development of two marine copepods (Acartia steueri and Acartia erythraea). Marine Pollution Bulletin 49(9-10):721-727., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2004.05.005 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Liong, C.F., T. Yoshida, T. Toda & B.H.R. Othman. (2007). Effect of light intensity variation on diel vertical migration of Acartia erythraea in the shallow tropical water of the Straits of Malacca. In: Abd Jamal Mydin et al. (eds.). Proceedings of the Conference on Marine Ecosystem of Malaysia, Interconnectivity in Marine Ecosystem: Opportunities & Challenges. 2007 Marine Park, NRE, Malaysia. ISBN 978-983-42949-6-0 Pp. 367-372. [details]
additional source Liu, S., T. Li, H. Huang, Z.L. Guo, L.M. Huang & W.X. Wang. (2010). Feeding efficiency of a marine copepod Acartia erythraea on eight different algal diets. <em>Acta Ecologica Sinica.</em> 30(1):22-26., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chnaes.2009.12.004 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Fitriya, N., R. Kaswadji & Mulyadi. (2012). Komposisi kopepoda di perairan Berau, Kalimantan Timur. [Species composition of copepod in Berau waters, east Kalimantan Timur. ]. <em>Oseanologi dan Limnologi di Indonesia.</em> 37(2):355-368. (Indonesian). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Chen, M.R., H.B. Liu & B.Z. Chen. (2012). Effects of dietary essential fatty acids on reproduction rates of a subtropical calanoid copepod, Acartia erythraea. Marine Ecology Progress Series 455:95-110., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09685 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Rajkumar, M. & M.M. Rahman (2016). Culture of the calanoid copepod, Acartia erythraea and cyclopoid copepod, Oithona brevicornis with various microalgal diets. <em>Sains Malaysiana</em>. 45(4):615-620 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Rajkumar, M. K.P. Vasagam & P. Perumal. (2008). Chapter 1. Biochemical composition of wild copepods, Acartia erythraea Giesbrecht and Oithona brevicornis Giesbrecht, from Coleroon coastal waters, south east coast of India. <em>In: Sakhare, V.B. (ed.). Advances in Aquatic Ecology, Daya Publishing House, New Delhi, 143 pp.</em> 2:1-20. [details]
additional source Hu, S.M., S. Liu, L.L. Wan, T. Li& H. Huang. (2018). Feeding response of the tropical copepod Acartia erythraea to short-term thermal stress: more animal-derived food was consumed. PEERJ, 6:1-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6129 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Nakajima, R., T. Yoshida, S.O. Sakaguchi, B.H.R. Othman & T. Toda. (2019). Spiny but subitaneous eggs: egg morphology and hatching in Acartia copepods in the tropics. <em>Zoological Studies.</em> 58:1-6., available online at https://doi.org/10.6620/ZS.2019.58-05 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lee, S.S. (1986). Morphological studies of developmental copepodid stages of calanoids in the southern coastal waters of Korea. <em>Bulletin of Fisheries Research & Development Agency.</em> 37:45-150. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Choi, S.Y., M.H. Seo &H.Y. Soh. (2021). Short-term variation in abundance of four Acartia species (Copepoda, Calanoida) in a eutrophic bay. <em>PeerJ.</em> 9:1-15. e10835. Mar 2021., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10835 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Nakajima, R., T. Yoshida, B.H.R. Othman & T. Toda. (2013). First record of a blue pigmented Acartiid copepod in the tropical coral reef waters of Malaysia. Galaxea,. <em>Journal of Coral Reef Studies.</em> 15:27-28., available online at https://doi.org/10.3755/galaxea.15.27 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Rahman, N.A., J.C. Teh, T. Katayama, M.E.A. Wahid, N. Nagao, Y. Yamada & K. Takahashi. (2022). Effect of newly isolated high antioxidant diatom on the reproduction and stress tolerance of the marine copepod, Acartia erythraea under crowding stress. <em>Aquaculture Research.</em> 53(15): 5365-5374 Jul 2022., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/are.16019 [details]
additional source Hu, S.M., T. Li, H. Huang & S. Liu. (2023). Molecular quantification of copepod Acartia erythraea feeding on different algae preys. <em>Acta Oceanologica Sinica.</em> 42(9):125-131., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-022-2115-0 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Choi, S.Y., G, Belmonte, B. Hyun, P.G. Jang, W.J. Lee, H.Y. Soh, M.H. Seo, J.Y. Seo, K. Shin & M.C. Jang. (2024). Effects of hypoxia on copepod egg hatching success: An in situ study. <em>Journal Of Marine Systems.</em> 245:1-9. 103979. Apr 2024 online., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2024.103979 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Takahashi, K. & J.C. Teh. (2024). A hidden lethal effect of long microplastic fibres on the coastal copepod Acartia erythraea. <em>Marine Pollution Bulletin.</em> 208:1-4. Nov 2024 117018., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.117018 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Gong, Z.D. & D.H. Guo. (2025). [Acartia huangi sp. nov., a new species of Acartia from the Taiwan Strait.]. <em>Journal of Fisheries of China.</em> 49(6):1-9. (Chinese)., available online at https://doi.org/10.11964/jfc.20231214294 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Li, Q.H., J.W. Chen, Z.M. Xu, L.X. Deng, X.H. Fang, S.W. Zhang, X.D. Zhang, H. Xu, S. Lin & H.B. Liu. (2025). Detoxification of domoic acid from Pseudo-nitzschia by gut microbiota in Acartia erythraea. <em>BMC Microbiology.</em> 25(1): 1-13. Oct 2025., available online at https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-025-04366-w [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Nguyen, C., S.H.T. Truong & N.L. Nguyen. (2012). [Species diversity of zooplankton in coastal waters of Vietnam - family Acartidae (Copepoda). ]. <em>Academia Journal of Biology.</em> 34(3):294-304. [In Vietnamese; English abstract] Oct 2012., available online at https://doi.org/10.15625/0866-7160/v34n3.2459 [details] Available for editors
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