Acartia (Acanthacartia) tonsa
creator: Kouwenberg, Juliana
creator: Walter, T. Chad
date: 2026-08-01
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: Acartia (Acanthacartia) tonsa Dana, 1849-1852
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Acartia (Acanthacartia) tonsa Dana, 1849-1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=345943 on 2026-08-01
created: 2008-06-23T11:42:41Z
modified: 2024-06-06T16:59:25Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Acartia (Acanthacartia) tonsa Dana, 1849-1852
class: Copepoda
family: Acartiidae
genus: Acartia
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Dana, J.D. (1849 - 1852). Conspectus crustaceorum, quae in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes, e classe Reipublicae foederatae duce, lexit et descripsit Jacobus D. Dana. Pars II. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 2: 9-61. [Vol. II,. from May 1848-May 1852]. no figures or plates just verbal.
name published in: Dahl, F. (1894). Die Copepodenfauna des unteren Amazonas. Berichte der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Freiburg i.B. 8:10-23, pl. 1.
name published in: Herrick, C.L. (1887). List of the fresh-water and marine Crustacea of Alabama, with descriptions of the new species and synoptical keys for identification. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Alabama. 1(5):1-56, pls. 1-9. (OCT 1887).
name published in year: 1849 - 1852
name published in year: 1894
name published in year: 1887
order: Calanoida
parent name usage ID: 149738
phylum: Arthropoda
scientific name authorship: Dana, 1849-1852
specific epithet: tonsa
subgenus: Acanthacartia
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted