Marine Species Traits - Tortanus (Atortus) capensis Grindley, 1978

Copepoda taxon details

Tortanus (Atortus) capensis Grindley, 1978

AphiaID

720416 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:720416)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Tortanus (Atortus) Ohtsuka, 1992

Original name

Tortanus (Atortus) capensis Grindley, 1978

Synonymised names

Tortanus capensis Grindley, 1978 · alternative representation

Environment

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

Original description

Grindley, J.R. (1978). A new species of Tortanus (Crustacea, Copepoda) from South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 74(9):219-228, figs. 1-4, tabs 1-3. (i-1978) [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2021). World of Copepods Database. Tortanus (Atortus) capensis Grindley, 1978. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=720416 on 2025-06-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2013-03-03 14:10:11Z

created

Walter, T. Chad

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original description Grindley, J.R. (1978). A new species of Tortanus (Crustacea, Copepoda) from South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 74(9):219-228, figs. 1-4, tabs 1-3. (i-1978) [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Tortanus capensis Grindley, 1978) Grindley, J.R. (1978). A new species of Tortanus (Crustacea, Copepoda) from South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 74(9):219-228, figs. 1-4, tabs 1-3. (i-1978) [details] Available for editors

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ecology source Brun, 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 at https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-99-2017 [details] Available for editors

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Definitions

Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list (from synonym Tortanus capensis Grindley, 1978)
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Tortanus capensis Grindley, 1978)