Deep-Sea taxon details
Corycaeus Dana, 1846-1849
128634 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:128634)
accepted
Genus
Corycaeus (Corycaeus) Dana, 1846 · alternative representation
- Species Corycaeus clausi Dahl F., 1894
- Species Corycaeus obtusus Dana, 1849-1852
- Species Corycaeus speciosus Dana, 1849-1852
- Subgenus Corycaeus (Agetus) Krøyer, 1849 accepted as Agetus Krøyer, 1849
- Species Corycaeus (Agetus) typicus Krøyer, 1849 accepted as Agetus typicus Krøyer, 1849
- Subgenus Corycaeus (Ditrichocorycaeus) Dahl M., 1912 accepted as Ditrichocorycaeus Dahl M., 1912
- Species Corycaeus brehmi Steuer, 1910 accepted as Corycaeus (Ditrichocorycaeus) brehmi Steuer, 1910 accepted as Ditrichocorycaeus brehmi (Steuer, 1910)
- Species Corycaeus flaccus Giesbrecht, 1891 accepted as Agetus flaccus (Giesbrecht, 1891) (generic reassignment)
- Species Corycaeus furcifer Claus, 1863 accepted as Urocorycaeus furcifer (Claus, 1863)
- Species Corycaeus giesbrechti Dahl F., 1894 accepted as Corycaeus (Onchocorycaeus) giesbrechti Dahl F., 1894 represented as Onychocorycaeus giesbrechti (Dahl F., 1894) (generic reassignment)
- Species Corycaeus limbatus Brady, 1883 accepted as Agetus limbatus (Brady, 1883) (generic reassignment)
- Species Corycaeus longistylis Dana, 1849-1852 accepted as Urocorycaeus longistylis (Dana, 1849-1852) (generic reassignment)
- Species Corycaeus lubbocki Giesbrecht, 1891 accepted as Ditrichocorycaeus lubbocki (Giesbrecht, 1891)
- Species Corycaeus pacificus Dahl F., 1894 accepted as Onychocorycaeus pacificus (Dahl F., 1894)
- Subgenus Corycaeus (Corycaeus) Dana, 1846 represented as Corycaeus Dana, 1846-1849
- Species Corycaeus (Corycaeus) clausi Dahl M., 1912 represented as Corycaeus clausi Dahl F., 1894
- Species Corycaeus (Corycaeus) speciosus Dana, 1849-1852 represented as Corycaeus speciosus Dana, 1849-1852
- Subgenus Corycaeus (Onchocorycaeus) Dahl M., 1912 represented as Onychocorycaeus Dahl M., 1912
- Species Corycaeus (Onchocorycaeus) giesbrechti Dahl F., 1894 represented as Onychocorycaeus giesbrechti (Dahl F., 1894)
- Species Corycaeus (Onchocorycaeus) latus Dana, 1849-1852 represented as Onychocorycaeus latus (Dana, 1849-1852)
- Subgenus Corycaeus (Urocorycaeus) Dahl M., 1912 represented as Urocorycaeus Dahl, 1912
- Species Corycaeus (Urocorycaeus) furcifer Claus, 1863 represented as Urocorycaeus furcifer (Claus, 1863)
- Species Corycaeus (Urocorycaeus) longistylis Dana, 1849-1852 represented as Urocorycaeus longistylis (Dana, 1849-1852)
- Species Corycaeus latus Dana, 1849-1852 represented as Corycaeus (Onchocorycaeus) latus Dana, 1849-1852 represented as Onychocorycaeus latus (Dana, 1849-1852)
- Species Corycaeus typicus (Krøyer, 1849) represented as Agetus typicus Krøyer, 1849
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Dana, J.D. (1846 - 1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18989497, http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details] 
Taxonomic remark Dana 1846 introduced the name Corycaeus, but not figures or details and no type assigned. Dana 1849 established the genus...
Taxonomic remark Dana 1846 introduced the name Corycaeus, but not figures or details and no type assigned. Dana 1849 established the genus with type designation [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Corycaeus Dana, 1846-1849. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128634 on 2026-04-28
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Corycaeus Dana, 1846-1849. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128634 on 2026-04-28
Date
action
by
original description
Dana, J.D. (1846 - 1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18989497, http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]
original description (of Corycaeus (Corycaeus) Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846 - 1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18989497, http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]
basis of record Dana, J.D. (1846). Notice of some genera of Cyclopacea. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts, 2nd Series.</em> 1(2): 225-230 [1 March 1846] [subsequently published in The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 18(118): 181-185; 1 Sept 1846]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/037454809494408 [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]
additional source Dana, J.D. (1853 - 1855). Crustacea. Part II. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes. U. S. N., C. Sherman Printer, Philadelphia.</em> 14: 691-1618. [1855, folio atlas pls. 1-96.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40412910
page(s): 1203; note: see also: Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia. 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721...
[details]
additional source Farran, G.P. (1911). Plankton from Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. I. On Copepoda of the family Corycaeidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1911:282-296, pls. 10-14., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1911.tb01929.x [details]
additional source Gibson, V.R. & G.D. Grice. (1978). The developmental stages of a species of Corycaeus (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) from Saanich Inlet, British Columbia. <em>Canadian Journal of Zoology.</em> 56(1):66-74, figs. 1-94. (i-1978)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z78-008 [details] Available for editors
additional source Revis, N. & E.N. Okemwa. (1988). Additional records of species of copepods and their distribution in the coastal and inshore waters of Kenya. <em>Kenya Journal of Sciences, Series B.</em> 9(1-2):123-127. [details]
additional source Wolfenden, R.N. (1906). Notes on the collection of Copepoda. In: Stanley Gardiner, J. (ed.). The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes. University Press, Cambridge 2, suppl. 1: 989-1040, pls. 96-100. [details]
additional source Zavodnik, D. (1961). Les résultats des recherches actuelles sur les Copépodes des genres Corycaeus et Corycella dans l'Adriatique. [Results of current research on copepods of the genera Corycaeus and Corycella in the Adriatic.]. <em>Rapports et Procès-Verbaux des Réunions de la Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration Scientifique de la Mer Mediterranée, Monaco.</em> 16(2): 203-205. [details]
additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Márquez-Rojas, B., O. Díaz-Díaz, L. Troccoli, J. Morales & L.M. Marcano. (2015). Corycaeidae Dana, 1852 (Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida) del Golfo de Cariaco, Venezuela. [Corycaeidae Dana, 1852 (Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida) of the Gulf of Cariaco, Venezuela. ]. <em>Metodos en Ecologia y Sistematica.</em> 9(3):1-21. [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Boxshall, G.A. & S.H. Halsey. (2004). An introduction to copepod diversity. <em>Ray Society, London.</em> 166(Part II):422-966. (2 volume set).
page(s): 491 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Corycaeus (Corycaeus) Dana, 1846) Dana, J.D. (1846 - 1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. <em>Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18989497, http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/usexex/navigation/ScientificText/USExEx19_08select.cfm [details]
basis of record Dana, J.D. (1846). Notice of some genera of Cyclopacea. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts, 2nd Series.</em> 1(2): 225-230 [1 March 1846] [subsequently published in The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 18(118): 181-185; 1 Sept 1846]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/037454809494408 [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]
additional source Dana, J.D. (1853 - 1855). Crustacea. Part II. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes. U. S. N., C. Sherman Printer, Philadelphia.</em> 14: 691-1618. [1855, folio atlas pls. 1-96.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40412910
page(s): 1203; note: see also: Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia. 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721...
see also: Dana, J.D. (1846-1849). Zoophytes. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia. 7: 1-740, 61 pls. (1846: 1-120, 709-720; 1848: 121-708, 721-740; 1849: atlas pls. 1-61).
additional source Farran, G.P. (1911). Plankton from Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. I. On Copepoda of the family Corycaeidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1911:282-296, pls. 10-14., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1911.tb01929.x [details]
additional source Gibson, V.R. & G.D. Grice. (1978). The developmental stages of a species of Corycaeus (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) from Saanich Inlet, British Columbia. <em>Canadian Journal of Zoology.</em> 56(1):66-74, figs. 1-94. (i-1978)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z78-008 [details] Available for editors
additional source Revis, N. & E.N. Okemwa. (1988). Additional records of species of copepods and their distribution in the coastal and inshore waters of Kenya. <em>Kenya Journal of Sciences, Series B.</em> 9(1-2):123-127. [details]
additional source Wolfenden, R.N. (1906). Notes on the collection of Copepoda. In: Stanley Gardiner, J. (ed.). The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes. University Press, Cambridge 2, suppl. 1: 989-1040, pls. 96-100. [details]
additional source Zavodnik, D. (1961). Les résultats des recherches actuelles sur les Copépodes des genres Corycaeus et Corycella dans l'Adriatique. [Results of current research on copepods of the genera Corycaeus and Corycella in the Adriatic.]. <em>Rapports et Procès-Verbaux des Réunions de la Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration Scientifique de la Mer Mediterranée, Monaco.</em> 16(2): 203-205. [details]
additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Márquez-Rojas, B., O. Díaz-Díaz, L. Troccoli, J. Morales & L.M. Marcano. (2015). Corycaeidae Dana, 1852 (Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida) del Golfo de Cariaco, Venezuela. [Corycaeidae Dana, 1852 (Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida) of the Gulf of Cariaco, Venezuela. ]. <em>Metodos en Ecologia y Sistematica.</em> 9(3):1-21. [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Boxshall, G.A. & S.H. Halsey. (2004). An introduction to copepod diversity. <em>Ray Society, London.</em> 166(Part II):422-966. (2 volume set).
page(s): 491 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Dana 1846 introduced the name Corycaeus, but not figures or details and no type assigned. Dana 1849 established the genus with type designation [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | コリケウス属コリケウス亜属 [from synonym] | [details] |
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Corycaeus 
PlanktonNet Image
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Corycaeus)
To Genbank
To ITIS
PlanktonNet Image
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Corycaeus)
To Genbank
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
