WoRMS name details
Euchirella messinensis (Claus, 1863)
104301 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104301)
alternative representation
Species
Undinella messinensis (Claus, 1863) · unaccepted (synonym)
- Subspecies Euchirella messinensis messinensis (Claus, 1863)
- Subspecies Euchirella messinensis indica Vervoort, 1949 accepted as Euchirella indica Vervoort, 1949
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Undina messinensis Claus, 1863) Claus, C. (1863). Die frei lebenden Copepoden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna Deutschlands, der Nordsee und des Mittelmeeres. [The free-living copepods with special consideration of the fauna of Germany, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 230 pp., pls. 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11820384 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Euchirella messinensis (Claus, 1863). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104301 on 2025-04-23
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Nomenclature
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(of Undina messinensis Claus, 1863) Claus, C. (1863). Die frei lebenden Copepoden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna Deutschlands, der Nordsee und des Mittelmeeres. [The free-living copepods with special consideration of the fauna of Germany, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 230 pp., pls. 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11820384 [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]
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]
Ecology
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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context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Moore, H.B. (1949). The zooplankton of the upper waters of the Bermuda area of the North Atlantic. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection 12(2):1-97, figs. 1-208. (i-1949) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Grice, G.D. & K. Hulsemann. (1967). Bathypelagic calanoid copepods of the western Indian Ocean. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 122(3583):1-67, figs. 1-319., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.122-3583.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Koomen, P. (1992). The integumental perforation pattern of the Euchirella messinensis female (Copepoda, Calanoida: corrections, additions, intraspecific variation, and a checklist of pore sites. Crustaceana, Leiden 63(2):113-159. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Markhaseva, E.L. (1996). Calanoid copepods of the family Aetideidae of the world ocean. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg 268:1-331. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Mazza, J. (1965). Le développement de quelques Copépodes en Méditerranée. II. Les stades jeunes de Gaetanus kruppi Giesbr., Euchirella messinensis Cl. Chiridius poppei Giesbr., Pseudaetideus armatus (Boeck) et Heterorhabdus spinifrons Cl. [The development of some Copepods in the Mediterranean. II. The young stages of Gaetanus kruppi Giesbr., Euchirella messinensis Cl. Chiridius poppei Giesbr., Pseudaetideus armatus (Boeck) and Heterorhabdus spinifrons Cl.]. <em>Revue et Travaux de l'Institut des Pêches Maritimes.</em> 29(3):285-320, figs. 1-28. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Mazza, J. (1966). Évolution de l'appareil buccal au cours du développement postlarvaire des Aetideidae et des Euchaetidae (Copépodes pélagiques), ses incidences sur le sex-ratio des adultes. [Evolution of the oral apparatus during postlarval development of Aetideidae and Euchaetidae (pelagic copepods), its impact on the sex ratio of adults.]. <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> (A)17:1027-1044, figs. 1-7. (iii-1967). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Park, T. (1976). Calanoid copepods of the genus Euchirella from the Gulf of Mexico. Contributions to Marine Science 20:101-122, figs. 1-9, tabs. 1-2. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Scott, T. (1894). Report on Entomostraca from the Gulf of Guinea, collected by John Rattray, B.Sc. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 2, Zoology.</em> 6(1):1-161, pls. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8598493 [details]
additional source Sewell, R.B.S. (1929). The Copepoda of Indian Seas. Calanoida. <em>Memoirs of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 10:1-221, figs. 1-81. (xii-1929). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Tanaka, O. (1957). The pelagic copepods of the Izu region, Middle Japan. Systematic account IV. Family Aetideidae (Part 2). Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 6(2):169-207, figs. 41-61. (25-xii-1957) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Vervoort, W. (1949). Some new and rare Copepoda Calanoida from East Indian seas. Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden 5:1-53, figs. 1-23. (19-ii-1949) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Vaupel Klein, J.C. Von. (1982). Structure of integumental perforations in the Euchirella messinensis female (Crustacea, Copepoda, Calanoida). <em>Netherlands Journal of Zoology.</em> 32(3):374-394, figs. 1-2, pls. 1-3. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Vaupel Klein, J.C. Von. (1984). An aberrant P2 in Euchirella messinensis (Copepoda, Calanoida) and the original number of segments in the calanoid swimming leg. Crustaceana, Leiden 46(1), notes and news:110-112, fig. 1. (2-ii-1984) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Vervoort, W. (1963). Pelagic Copepoda. Part I. Copepoda Calanoida of the families Calanidae up to and including Euchaetidae. Atlantide Report No.7: Scientific Results of the Danish Expedition to the Coasts of Tropical West Africa 1945-1946. 7:77-194, figs. 1-23. (30-xii-1963) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]
additional source Scott, A. (1909). The Copepoda of the Siboga Expedition. Part I. Free-swimming, littoral and semi-parasitic Copepoda. <em>Siboga Expeditie, Monograph, Leiden.</em> 29:1-323, pls. 1-69., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2191407#page/11/mode/1up
page(s): 56 [details]
context source (Bermuda) Moore, H.B. (1949). The zooplankton of the upper waters of the Bermuda area of the North Atlantic. Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection 12(2):1-97, figs. 1-208. (i-1949) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Grice, G.D. & K. Hulsemann. (1967). Bathypelagic calanoid copepods of the western Indian Ocean. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 122(3583):1-67, figs. 1-319., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.122-3583.1 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Koomen, P. (1992). The integumental perforation pattern of the Euchirella messinensis female (Copepoda, Calanoida: corrections, additions, intraspecific variation, and a checklist of pore sites. Crustaceana, Leiden 63(2):113-159. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Markhaseva, E.L. (1996). Calanoid copepods of the family Aetideidae of the world ocean. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg 268:1-331. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Mazza, J. (1965). Le développement de quelques Copépodes en Méditerranée. II. Les stades jeunes de Gaetanus kruppi Giesbr., Euchirella messinensis Cl. Chiridius poppei Giesbr., Pseudaetideus armatus (Boeck) et Heterorhabdus spinifrons Cl. [The development of some Copepods in the Mediterranean. II. The young stages of Gaetanus kruppi Giesbr., Euchirella messinensis Cl. Chiridius poppei Giesbr., Pseudaetideus armatus (Boeck) and Heterorhabdus spinifrons Cl.]. <em>Revue et Travaux de l'Institut des Pêches Maritimes.</em> 29(3):285-320, figs. 1-28. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Mazza, J. (1966). Évolution de l'appareil buccal au cours du développement postlarvaire des Aetideidae et des Euchaetidae (Copépodes pélagiques), ses incidences sur le sex-ratio des adultes. [Evolution of the oral apparatus during postlarval development of Aetideidae and Euchaetidae (pelagic copepods), its impact on the sex ratio of adults.]. <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> (A)17:1027-1044, figs. 1-7. (iii-1967). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Park, T. (1976). Calanoid copepods of the genus Euchirella from the Gulf of Mexico. Contributions to Marine Science 20:101-122, figs. 1-9, tabs. 1-2. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Scott, T. (1894). Report on Entomostraca from the Gulf of Guinea, collected by John Rattray, B.Sc. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 2, Zoology.</em> 6(1):1-161, pls. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8598493 [details]
additional source Sewell, R.B.S. (1929). The Copepoda of Indian Seas. Calanoida. <em>Memoirs of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 10:1-221, figs. 1-81. (xii-1929). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Tanaka, O. (1957). The pelagic copepods of the Izu region, Middle Japan. Systematic account IV. Family Aetideidae (Part 2). Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 6(2):169-207, figs. 41-61. (25-xii-1957) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Vervoort, W. (1949). Some new and rare Copepoda Calanoida from East Indian seas. Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden 5:1-53, figs. 1-23. (19-ii-1949) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Vaupel Klein, J.C. Von. (1982). Structure of integumental perforations in the Euchirella messinensis female (Crustacea, Copepoda, Calanoida). <em>Netherlands Journal of Zoology.</em> 32(3):374-394, figs. 1-2, pls. 1-3. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Vaupel Klein, J.C. Von. (1984). An aberrant P2 in Euchirella messinensis (Copepoda, Calanoida) and the original number of segments in the calanoid swimming leg. Crustaceana, Leiden 46(1), notes and news:110-112, fig. 1. (2-ii-1984) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Vervoort, W. (1963). Pelagic Copepoda. Part I. Copepoda Calanoida of the families Calanidae up to and including Euchaetidae. Atlantide Report No.7: Scientific Results of the Danish Expedition to the Coasts of Tropical West Africa 1945-1946. 7:77-194, figs. 1-23. (30-xii-1963) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]
additional source Scott, A. (1909). The Copepoda of the Siboga Expedition. Part I. Free-swimming, littoral and semi-parasitic Copepoda. <em>Siboga Expeditie, Monograph, Leiden.</em> 29:1-323, pls. 1-69., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2191407#page/11/mode/1up
page(s): 56 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Mesopelagic [details]
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Euchirella messinensis)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (25 records)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Euchirella messinensis)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (25 records)
To ITIS