Marine Species Traits - Clausidium Kossmann, 1874

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Clausidium Kossmann, 1874

AphiaID

346981 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:346981)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Clausidium testudo Kossmann, 1874 accepted as Clausidium apodiformis (Philippi, 1839) (type by original designation)

Parent

Clausidiidae Embleton, 1901

Original name

Clausidium Kossmann, 1874

Synonymised names

Hersilia Philippi, 1839 · unaccepted (preoccupied by Hersilia Savigny,...)

preoccupied by Hersilia Savigny, 1826 (Arachnida)

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Species Clausidium apodiformis (Philippi, 1839)
Species Clausidium caudatum (Say, 1818)
Species Clausidium chelatum Pillai, 1959
Species Clausidium dissimile Wilson C.B., 1921
Species Clausidium iranensis Sephavand, Kihara & Boxshall, 2019
Species Clausidium makranensis Sepahvand & Kihara, in Sepahvand, Rastegar-Pouyani & Kihara, 2018
Species Clausidium maximus Hwang, Lee & I.H. Kim, 2016
Species Clausidium rodriguesi Kihara & C.E.F. Rocha, 2013
Species Clausidium saldanhae Kensley, 1974
Species Clausidium sarii Sepahvand & Kihara, in Sepahvand, Rastegar-Pouyani & Kihara, 2018
Species Clausidium searsi Wilson C.B., 1937
Species Clausidium senegalense Humes, 1957
Species Clausidium tenax Humes, 1949
Species Clausidium travancorense Pillai, 1959
Species Clausidium vancouverensis (Haddon, 1912)
Species Clausidium californiense Wilson C.B., 1935 accepted as Clausidium vancouverensis (Haddon, 1912) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Clausidium testudo Kossmann, 1874 accepted as Clausidium apodiformis (Philippi, 1839) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Kossmann, R. (1874). Ueber Clausidium testudo, einen neuen Copepoden, nebst Bemerkungen über das System der halbparasitischen Copepoden. [On Clausidium testudo, a new copepod, with remarks on the system of semi-parasitic copepods.]. Verhandlungen der Physikalisch-Medizinische Gesellschaft zur Wurzburg n. ser. 7: 280-294, pl. 6. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Clausidium Kossmann, 1874. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=346981 on 2025-05-27

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-07-15 11:49:29Z

created

Walter, T. Chad

2018-01-15 12:24:31Z

changed

Boxshall, Geoff

2022-01-26 13:43:04Z

changed

Walter, T. Chad

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Nomenclature

original description Kossmann, R. (1874). Ueber Clausidium testudo, einen neuen Copepoden, nebst Bemerkungen über das System der halbparasitischen Copepoden. [On Clausidium testudo, a new copepod, with remarks on the system of semi-parasitic copepods.]. Verhandlungen der Physikalisch-Medizinische Gesellschaft zur Wurzburg n. ser. 7: 280-294, pl. 6. [details]

original description (of Hersilia Philippi, 1839) Philippi, A. (1839). Einige zoologische Notizen. Beobachtungen über Copepoden. [Some zoological notes. Observations on copepods.]. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 5: 113-134, pls 3-4. (English translation: Ann. Nat. Hist. 4 (1840):88-96, 294-304, pls. 3-4, as: Zoological Notices.). [details]

Other

additional source Light, S.F. & O. Hartman. (1937). A review of the genera Clausidium Kossman and Hemicyclops Boeck (Copepoda, Cyclopoida), with the description of a new species from the Northeast Pacific. University of California Publications in Zoology 41(14):173-188, pl. 12. (12-i-1937). [details] Available for editors

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additional source Wilson, C.B. (1921). The North American semiparasitic copepods of the genus Clausidium. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 59(2377):425-431, pls. 94-95. (11-viii-1921). [details]

Definitions

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3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Clausidium

3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Hersilia

(from synonym Hersilia Philippi, 1839)
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Clausidium

3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Hersilia

(from synonym Hersilia Philippi, 1839)
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