Copepoda taxon details
Cymbasoma gigas (Scott A., 1909)
346336 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:346336)
accepted
Species
Monstrilla gigas (Scott A., 1909) · unaccepted
Thaumaleus gigas Scott A., 1909 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Thaumaleus gigas Scott A., 1909) 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): 240 [details]
page(s): 240 [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Cymbasoma gigas (Scott A., 1909). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=346336 on 2026-03-01
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(of Thaumaleus gigas Scott A., 1909) 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): 240 [details]
redescription Suárez-Morales, E. (2001). Redescription of two Cymbasoma (Copepoda: Monstrilloida) collected during the Siboga Expedition (1899-1900). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Biologie 71:53-64. [details] Available for editors
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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 [request]
page(s): 240 [details]
redescription Suárez-Morales, E. (2001). Redescription of two Cymbasoma (Copepoda: Monstrilloida) collected during the Siboga Expedition (1899-1900). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Biologie 71:53-64. [details] Available for editors
[request]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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Present 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 (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Thaumaleus gigas Scott A., 1909)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Thaumaleus gigas Scott A., 1909)