WoRMS taxon details
Undeuchaeta Giesbrecht, 1888
104128 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104128)
accepted
Genus
Undeuchaeta major Giesbrecht, 1888 (type by subsequent designation)
Mesundeuchaeta Wolfenden, 1911 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Undeuchaeta incisa Esterly, 1911
- Species Undeuchaeta intermedia Scott A., 1909
- Species Undeuchaeta japonica Chiba, 1956
- Species Undeuchaeta major Giesbrecht, 1888
- Species Undeuchaeta plumosa (Lubbock, 1856)
- Species Undeuchaeta bispinosa Esterly, 1911 accepted as Undeuchaeta intermedia Scott A., 1909 (listed as synonym by Markhaseva, 1996, following Vervoort, 1957)
- Species Undeuchaeta dubia Sars G.O., 1905 accepted as Pseudochirella dubia (Sars G.O., 1905)
- Species Undeuchaeta lobata Sars G.O., 1907 accepted as Pseudochirella lobata (Sars G.O., 1907)
- Species Undeuchaeta magna Tanaka, 1957 accepted as Undeuchaeta incisa Esterly, 1911
- Species Undeuchaeta minor Giesbrecht, 1888 accepted as Undeuchaeta plumosa (Lubbock, 1856)
- Species Undeuchaeta obtusa Sars G.O., 1905 accepted as Euchirella obtusa (Sars G.O, 1905) accepted as Pseudochirella obtusa (Sars G.O., 1905)
- Species Undeuchaeta palliata Sars G.O., 1907 accepted as Pseudochirella palliata (Sars G.O., 1907)
- Species Undeuchaeta pustulifera Sars G.O., 1905 accepted as Pseudochirella pustulifera (Sars G.O., 1905)
- Species Undeuchaeta scopularis Sars G.O., 1905 accepted as Pseudochirella scopularis (Sars G.O., 1905)
- Species Undeuchaeta spectabilis Sars G.O., 1900 accepted as Pseudochirella spectabilis (Sars G.O., 1900)
- Species Undeuchaeta superba With, 1915 accepted as Undeuchaeta incisa Esterly, 1911
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Giesbrecht, W. (1888). Elenco dei Copepodi pelagici raccolti dal tenente di vascello Gaetano Chierchia durante il viaggio della R. Corvetta 'Vettor Pisani' negli anni 1882-1885 e dal tenente di vascello Francesco Orsini nel Mar Rosso, nel 1884. [List of pelagic copepods collected by Lieutenant Gaetano Chierchia during the voyage of the Royal Corvette 'Vettor Pisani' in the years 1882-1885 and by Lieutenant Francesco Orsini in the Red Sea, in 1884.]. <em>Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali Rendiconti.</em> (4)4 sem. 2:284-287, 330-338. [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Undeuchaeta Giesbrecht, 1888. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104128 on 2026-08-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Giesbrecht, W. (1888). Elenco dei Copepodi pelagici raccolti dal tenente di vascello Gaetano Chierchia durante il viaggio della R. Corvetta 'Vettor Pisani' negli anni 1882-1885 e dal tenente di vascello Francesco Orsini nel Mar Rosso, nel 1884. [List of pelagic copepods collected by Lieutenant Gaetano Chierchia during the voyage of the Royal Corvette 'Vettor Pisani' in the years 1882-1885 and by Lieutenant Francesco Orsini in the Red Sea, in 1884.]. <em>Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali Rendiconti.</em> (4)4 sem. 2:284-287, 330-338. [details]
original description (of Mesundeuchaeta Wolfenden, 1911) Wolfenden, R.N. (1911). Die marinen Copepoden der Deutschen Südpolar Expedition 1901-1903. II. Die pelagischen Copepoden der Westwinddrift und des südlichen Eismeers mit Beschreibung mehrerer neuer Arten aus dem Atlantischen Ozean. [The marine copepods of the German South Polar Expedition 1901-1903. II. The pelagic copepods of the Westwind Drift and the Southern Polar Sea with descriptions of several new species from the Atlantic Ocean.]. <em>Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903.</em> 12(Zoologie 4)(4):181-380, pls. 22-41, figs. 1-82. (iv-1911). [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]
original description (of Mesundeuchaeta Wolfenden, 1911) Wolfenden, R.N. (1911). Die marinen Copepoden der Deutschen Südpolar Expedition 1901-1903. II. Die pelagischen Copepoden der Westwinddrift und des südlichen Eismeers mit Beschreibung mehrerer neuer Arten aus dem Atlantischen Ozean. [The marine copepods of the German South Polar Expedition 1901-1903. II. The pelagic copepods of the Westwind Drift and the Southern Polar Sea with descriptions of several new species from the Atlantic Ocean.]. <em>Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903.</em> 12(Zoologie 4)(4):181-380, pls. 22-41, figs. 1-82. (iv-1911). [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]
Other
additional source
ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]
additional source Mauchline, J. (1988). Taxonomic value of pore pattern in the integument of calanoid copepods (Crustacea). Journal of Zoology, London 214(4):697-749., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1988.tb03768.x [details] Available for editors
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additional source Mauchline, J. (1988). Taxonomic value of pore pattern in the integument of calanoid copepods (Crustacea). Journal of Zoology, London 214(4):697-749., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1988.tb03768.x [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ウントユウキータ属 | [details] |
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Mesundeuchaeta 
(from synonym Mesundeuchaeta Wolfenden, 1911)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Undeuchaeta
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(from synonym Mesundeuchaeta Wolfenden, 1911)3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Undeuchaeta
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Undeuchaeta)
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