Marine Species Traits - Monoculus piscinus Linnaeus, 1761

Traits name details

Monoculus piscinus Linnaeus, 1761

AphiaID

365836 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:365836)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (probable synonym according to Damkaer (2002))

Accepted name

Cyclops piscinus (Linnaeus, 1761) accepted as Caligus curtus Müller O.F., 1785

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Monoculus Linnaeus, 1758

Parent

Monoculus Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Monoculus piscinus Linnaeus, 1761

Environment

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

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1761). Fauna Suecica sistens Animalia Sueciae Regni: Distributa per Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Differentiis Specierum, Synonymis Auctorum, Nominibus Incolarum, Locis Natalium, [The Swedish Fauna containing the Animals of the Kingdom of Sweden: Distributed by Classes, Orders, Genera, Species, with Differences of Species, Synonyms of Authors, Names of Inhabitants, Places of Birth,]Descriptionibus insectorum. Editio altera, auctior. Stockholmiae, Stockhom, Sweden. 48:1-578. [Copepoda Monoculus, :497-499]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100333 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2021). World of Copepods Database. Monoculus piscinus Linnaeus, 1761. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2021) Marine Species Traits at: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=365836 on 2025-09-18

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Monoculus piscinus Linnaeus, 1761. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=365836 on 2025-09-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-08-06 09:42:48Z

created

Walter, T. Chad

2011-04-18 19:35:15Z

changed

Boxshall, Geoff

2017-07-28 15:39:52Z

changed

Walter, T. Chad

2019-06-13 19:13:58Z

changed

Walter, T. Chad

2019-06-26 19:39:54Z

changed

Walter, T. Chad

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Sources (2)

original description Linnaeus, C. (1761). Fauna Suecica sistens Animalia Sueciae Regni: Distributa per Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Differentiis Specierum, Synonymis Auctorum, Nominibus Incolarum, Locis Natalium, [The Swedish Fauna containing the Animals of the Kingdom of Sweden: Distributed by Classes, Orders, Genera, Species, with Differences of Species, Synonyms of Authors, Names of Inhabitants, Places of Birth,]Descriptionibus insectorum. Editio altera, auctior. Stockholmiae, Stockhom, Sweden. 48:1-578. [Copepoda Monoculus, :497-499]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100333 [details]

additional source Cuvier, G. (1797). Tableau élémentaire de l'histoire naturelle des animaux. [Elementary table of the natural history of animals.]. Baudoin, Paris. i-xvi, 1-710, Pl. 1-14. [pdf is for copepods :449-456]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637076 [details]