Giesbrecht, W. (1902). Zoologie Copepoden. <em>In: Résultats du voyage du S.Y. Belgica en 1897-1898-1899. Rapports scientifiques publiés aux frais du Government Belge.</em> :1-49, pls. 1-13.[details]
Distribution According to Farran (1929) this species would represent an indicator for the deep currents of Antarctic origin.
Distribution According to Farran (1929) this species would represent an indicator for the deep currents of Antarctic origin. [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Racovitzanus antarcticus Giesbrecht, 1902. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104784 on 2025-07-16
original descriptionGiesbrecht, W. (1902). Zoologie Copepoden. <em>In: Résultats du voyage du S.Y. Belgica en 1897-1898-1899. Rapports scientifiques publiés aux frais du Government Belge.</em> :1-49, pls. 1-13.[details]
original description(ofRacovitzanus erraticus Vervoort, 1957)Vervoort, W. (1957). Copepods from Antarctic and sub-Antarctic plankton samples. <em>B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Research Expedition 1929-1931, Reports Series B ( Zoology and Botany), Griffin Press, Adelaide Australia.</em> (B)3:1-160, figs. 1-138. (iii-1957).[details] Available for editors [request]
basis of recordBoxshall, 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]
Ecology
ecology sourceBrun, 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 athttps://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-99-2017[details] Available for editors [request]
Other
context source (Deepsea)Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online athttp://www.iobis.org/[details]
additional sourceSedova, N.A. & S.S. Grigoryev. (2011). Morphologic variation of Racovitzanus antarcticus (Copepoda, Scolecithricidae) from waters near Kamchatka. <em>Zoologicheskii Zhurnal.</em> 90(5):532-542.(Russian).[details] Available for editors [request]
additional sourceLee, B.D. (1966). Distribution and abundance of pelagic copepods in the Drake Passage and off the coast of Argentina, with special reference to hydrology of these areas. Ph.D. Thesis, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 1-250, pls. 1-56.[details] Available for editors [request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Distribution According to Farran (1929) this species would represent an indicator for the deep currents of Antarctic origin. [details]