WoRMS name details
Acartia mossi (Norman, 1878)
364028 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:364028)
unaccepted > nomen nudum (species was named but not described)
Species
Dias mossi Norman, 1878 · unaccepted > nomen nudum (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Dias mossi Norman, 1878) Norman, A.M. (1878). Notes on the Oceanic Copepoda. <em>In: Nares, G.S. (ed.). Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea During 1875-1876 in H.M.S. Alert and Discovery, with Notes on Natural History, Museum Normanianum. London.</em> 2:249-253.
page(s): 253; note: The next species is remarkable on account of the numerous long setae of the anterior antennae, which are not longer than the cephalo-thorax, and also the very long setae of the swimming feet ; it is p...
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page(s): 253; note: The next species is remarkable on account of the numerous long setae of the anterior antennae, which are not longer than the cephalo-thorax, and also the very long setae of the swimming feet ; it is p...
The next species is remarkable on account of the numerous long setae of the anterior antennae, which are not longer than the cephalo-thorax, and also the very long setae of the swimming feet ; it is possibly a Dias, and may be called Dias(?) mossi.
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Acartia mossi (Norman, 1878). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=364028 on 2026-05-19
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Dias mossi Norman, 1878) Norman, A.M. (1878). Notes on the Oceanic Copepoda. <em>In: Nares, G.S. (ed.). Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea During 1875-1876 in H.M.S. Alert and Discovery, with Notes on Natural History, Museum Normanianum. London.</em> 2:249-253.
page(s): 253; note: The next species is remarkable on account of the numerous long setae of the anterior antennae, which are not longer than the cephalo-thorax, and also the very long setae of the swimming feet ; it is p...
[details]
page(s): 253; note: The next species is remarkable on account of the numerous long setae of the anterior antennae, which are not longer than the cephalo-thorax, and also the very long setae of the swimming feet ; it is p...
The next species is remarkable on account of the numerous long setae of the anterior antennae, which are not longer than the cephalo-thorax, and also the very long setae of the swimming feet ; it is possibly a Dias, and may be called Dias(?) mossi.
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Identification IMPOSSIBLE TO IDENTIFY: ref. Giesbrecht & Schmeil, 1898 (p.157) [details]
