Chiridius obtusifrons
creator: Boxshall, Geoff
creator: Walter, T. Chad
date: 2026-08-25
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Chiridius obtusifrons Sars G.O., 1902
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Chiridius obtusifrons Sars G.O., 1902. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104292 on 2026-08-25
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2008-08-06T15:32:15Z
replaces: 350054
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Chiridius obtusifrons Sars G.O., 1902
class: Copepoda
family: Aetideidae
genus: Chiridius
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Sars, G.O. (1902). Copepoda Calanoida, Parts III & IV, Aetideidae (concluded), Euchaetidae, Phaennidae. An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum. 4:27-48, pls. 17-96.
name published in: Wolfenden, R.N. (1904). Notes on the Copepoda of the North Atlantic Sea and the Faröe Channel. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom n. ser. 7:110-146, fig. 1, pl. 9. (iv-1904)
name published in year: 1902
name published in year: 1904
order: Calanoida
parent name usage ID: 104117
phylum: Arthropoda
scientific name authorship: Sars G.O., 1902
specific epithet: obtusifrons
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted