WoRMS taxon details
Paraeuchaeta tonsa (Giesbrecht, 1895)
359879 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:359879)
accepted
Species
Euchaeta spinifera Esterly, 1906 · unaccepted
Euchaeta tonsa Giesbrecht, 1895 · unaccepted
Paraeuchaeta spinifera (Esterly, 1906) · unaccepted (listed as synonym by Park, 1995)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Euchaeta tonsa Giesbrecht, 1895) Giesbrecht, W. (1895). Die pelagischen Copepoden. [The pelagic copepods.]. <em>In: Report of the dredging operations off the west coast of central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried out by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer 'Albatross', during 1.</em> 25(12):243-263, pls. 1-4.
page(s): 251 [details]
page(s): 251 [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Paraeuchaeta tonsa (Giesbrecht, 1895). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=359879 on 2026-03-24
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Euchaeta tonsa Giesbrecht, 1895) Giesbrecht, W. (1895). Die pelagischen Copepoden. [The pelagic copepods.]. <em>In: Report of the dredging operations off the west coast of central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried out by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer 'Albatross', during 1.</em> 25(12):243-263, pls. 1-4.
page(s): 251 [details]
original description (of Euchaeta spinifera Esterly, 1906) Esterly, C.O. (1906). XII. Additions to the copepod fauna of the San Diego region. <em>University of California Publications in Zoology.</em> 3(5):53-92, pls. 9-14. (10-xii-1906). [details]
page(s): 251 [details]
original description (of Euchaeta spinifera Esterly, 1906) Esterly, C.O. (1906). XII. Additions to the copepod fauna of the San Diego region. <em>University of California Publications in Zoology.</em> 3(5):53-92, pls. 9-14. (10-xii-1906). [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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context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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): 72 [details]
additional source Park, T. (1993). Taxonomy and distribution of the marine calanoid copepod Family Euchaetidae. <em>Bulletin of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California Press.</em> 29:1-203, figs.1-91.
page(s): 73 [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 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): 72 [details]
additional source Park, T. (1993). Taxonomy and distribution of the marine calanoid copepod Family Euchaetidae. <em>Bulletin of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California Press.</em> 29:1-203, figs.1-91.
page(s): 73 [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
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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 Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Euchaeta tonsa Giesbrecht, 1895)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Euchaeta spinifera Esterly, 1906)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Paraeuchaeta tonsa, USNM 278771, lateral)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Paraeuchaeta spinifera (Esterly, 1906))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (12 records) (from synonym Euchaeta tonsa Giesbrecht, 1895)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (15 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Euchaeta tonsa Giesbrecht, 1895)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Euchaeta spinifera Esterly, 1906)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Paraeuchaeta tonsa, USNM 278771, lateral)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Paraeuchaeta spinifera (Esterly, 1906))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (12 records) (from synonym Euchaeta tonsa Giesbrecht, 1895)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (15 records)
To ITIS
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