WoRMS taxon details
Acartia (Odontacartia) pacifica mertoni Steuer, 1920
707481 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:707481)
accepted
Subspecies
Acartia pacifica mertoni Steuer, 1920 · alternative representation
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Steuer, A. (1920). Über eine Lokalrasse der Acartia (Odontacartia) pacifica Steuer von den Aru-Inseln. [About a local race of Acartia (Odontacartia) pacifica Steuer from the Aru Islands.]. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 35(3): 255-257, figs. 1-6. [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Acartia (Odontacartia) pacifica mertoni Steuer, 1920. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=707481 on 2026-10-01
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Steuer, A. (1920). Über eine Lokalrasse der Acartia (Odontacartia) pacifica Steuer von den Aru-Inseln. [About a local race of Acartia (Odontacartia) pacifica Steuer from the Aru Islands.]. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 35(3): 255-257, figs. 1-6. [details]
original description (of Acartia pacifica mertoni Steuer, 1920) Steuer, A. (1920). Über eine Lokalrasse der Acartia (Odontacartia) pacifica Steuer von den Aru-Inseln. [About a local race of Acartia (Odontacartia) pacifica Steuer from the Aru Islands.]. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 35(3): 255-257, figs. 1-6. [details]
original description (of Acartia pacifica mertoni Steuer, 1920) Steuer, A. (1920). Über eine Lokalrasse der Acartia (Odontacartia) pacifica Steuer von den Aru-Inseln. [About a local race of Acartia (Odontacartia) pacifica Steuer from the Aru Islands.]. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 35(3): 255-257, figs. 1-6. [details]
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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 Tanaka, O. (1965). The pelagic copepods of the Izu region, Middle Japan. Systematic account XIII. Parapontellidae, Acartiidae and Tortanidae. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 12(5):379-408. (10-iii-1965)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5134/175378 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Tanaka, O. (1965). The pelagic copepods of the Izu region, Middle Japan. Systematic account XIII. Parapontellidae, Acartiidae and Tortanidae. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 12(5):379-408. (10-iii-1965)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5134/175378 [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 (from synonym Acartia pacifica mertoni Steuer, 1920)
