Copepoda name details
Cetochilus Roussel de Vauzeme, 1834
346943 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:346943)
unaccepted (synonym)
Genus
Cetochilus australis Roussel de Vauzème, 1834 (type by original designation)
- Species Cetochilus australis Roussel de Vauzème, 1834 (uncertain > nomen dubium, the description and figures are inadequate to determine which calanidae genus it belongs to.)
- Species Cetochilus finmarchicus (Gunner, 1765) accepted as Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770) (synonym)
- Species Cetochilus helgolandicus Claus, 1863 accepted as Calanus helgolandicus (Claus, 1863) represented as Calanus helgolandicus helgolandicus (Claus, 1863) (synonym)
- Species Cetochilus longiremis Claus, 1863 accepted as Calanus gracilis Dana, 1849-1852 accepted as Neocalanus gracilis (Dana, 1849-1852) (synonym)
- Species Cetochilus minor Claus, 1863 accepted as Nannocalanus minor (Claus, 1863) (basionym)
- Species Cetochilus septentrionalis Goodsir, 1843 accepted as Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770) (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Roussel de Vauzeme, A. (1834). Description de Cétochilus australis, nouveau genre de Crustacé branchiopode. [Description of Cetochilus australis, a new genus of branchiopod crustacean.]. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Série Zoologie et Biologie Animale, Paris.</em> (2)1:333-338, pl. 9 figs. 1B-9B., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.25117 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2021). World of Copepods database. Cetochilus Roussel de Vauzeme, 1834. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=346943 on 2026-08-18
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Roussel de Vauzeme, A. (1834). Description de Cétochilus australis, nouveau genre de Crustacé branchiopode. [Description of Cetochilus australis, a new genus of branchiopod crustacean.]. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Série Zoologie et Biologie Animale, Paris.</em> (2)1:333-338, pl. 9 figs. 1B-9B., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.25117 [details]
basis of record Claus, C. (1863). Die frei lebenden Copepoden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna Deutschlands, der Nordsee und des Mittelmeeres. [The free-living copepods with special consideration of the fauna of Germany, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 230 pp., pls. 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11820384
page(s): 171 pl.26 [details]
additional source Goodsir, H.D.S. (1843). The Genus Cetochilus belonging to the Order Copepoda and the family Pontia of M. Edwards. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 35:336-339, pl.6. [details]
source of synonymy Claus, C. (1866). Die Copepoden-Fauna von Nizza. Ein Beitrag zur Charakteristik der Formen und deren Abanderungen 'im Sinne Darwin's'. [The Copepod Fauna of Nice. A Contribution to the Characteristics of the Forms and their Variations 'in the Sense of Darwin']. <em>Schriften der Gesellschaft zur Beforderung der Gesammten Naturwissenschaften zu Marburg.</em> Supplemment 1: 1-34. Pls. 1-5.
page(s): 3 [details]
basis of record Claus, C. (1863). Die frei lebenden Copepoden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna Deutschlands, der Nordsee und des Mittelmeeres. [The free-living copepods with special consideration of the fauna of Germany, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 230 pp., pls. 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11820384
page(s): 171 pl.26 [details]
additional source Goodsir, H.D.S. (1843). The Genus Cetochilus belonging to the Order Copepoda and the family Pontia of M. Edwards. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 35:336-339, pl.6. [details]
source of synonymy Claus, C. (1866). Die Copepoden-Fauna von Nizza. Ein Beitrag zur Charakteristik der Formen und deren Abanderungen 'im Sinne Darwin's'. [The Copepod Fauna of Nice. A Contribution to the Characteristics of the Forms and their Variations 'in the Sense of Darwin']. <em>Schriften der Gesellschaft zur Beforderung der Gesammten Naturwissenschaften zu Marburg.</em> Supplemment 1: 1-34. Pls. 1-5.
page(s): 3 [details]
