WoRMS taxon details
Anomalocera Templeton, 1837
104206 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104206)
accepted
Genus
Anomalocera patersoni Templeton, 1837 accepted as Anomalocera patersonii Templeton, 1837 (type by original designation)
Irenaeus Goodsir, 1843 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Anomalocera manicauda Björnberg T.K.S., 1963
- Species Anomalocera opalus Pennell, 1976
- Species Anomalocera ornata Sutcliffe, 1949
- Species Anomalocera patersonii Templeton, 1837
- Species Anomalocera patersoni Templeton, 1837 accepted as Anomalocera patersonii Templeton, 1837
- Species Anomalocera splendidus (Goodsir, 1843) accepted as Anomalocera patersoni Templeton, 1837 accepted as Anomalocera patersonii Templeton, 1837
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Templeton, R. (1837). Description of a new Irish crustaceous animal, (Anomalocera patersonii). <em>Transactions of the Entomological Society of London.</em> 2: 34-40, text-fig., pl. 5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12257125 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Anomalocera Templeton, 1837. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104206 on 2025-06-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Templeton, R. (1837). Description of a new Irish crustaceous animal, (Anomalocera patersonii). <em>Transactions of the Entomological Society of London.</em> 2: 34-40, text-fig., pl. 5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12257125 [details]
original description (of Irenaeus Goodsir, 1843) 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]
basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Irenaeus Goodsir, 1843) 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]
basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Mauchline, J. (1988). Taxonomic value of pore pattern in the integument of calanoid copepods (Crustacea). Journal of Zoology, London 214(4):697-749. [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Sars, G.O. (1902). Copepoda Calanoida, Parts IX & X, Temoridae, Metridiidae, Heterorhabdidae. <em>An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum.</em> 4: 97-120, pls. 65-80. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Copepod database, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, available online at http://www.nmnh.si.edu/iz/copepod/ [details]
[request]additional source Sars, G.O. (1902). Copepoda Calanoida, Parts IX & X, Temoridae, Metridiidae, Heterorhabdidae. <em>An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum.</em> 4: 97-120, pls. 65-80. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Copepod database, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, available online at http://www.nmnh.si.edu/iz/copepod/ [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
