WoRMS taxon details
Gaetanus antarcticus Wolfenden, 1905
104305 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104305)
accepted
Species
Gaetanus brevicaudatus Wolfenden, 1911 · unaccepted (secondary junior homonym of G....)
secondary junior homonym of G. brevicaudatus Sars, 1907
Gaetanus wolfendeni Park, 1975 · unaccepted (listed as synonym by Markhaseva, 1996)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Wolfenden, R.N. (1905). Plankton Studies: preliminary notes upon new or interesting species. Part 1. Copepoda. Rebman Limited, London & New York. [The original edition was withdrawn by Wolfenden and an amended edition was being circulated. Vide: Farran, G.P., 1939.] :1-24, pls. 1-7. [Part 2, 1906, Copepoda: 25-44, pls. 8-14.] [details] 
Taxonomy poorly described species based on a female only
Taxonomy poorly described species based on a female only [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Gaetanus antarcticus Wolfenden, 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104305 on 2025-11-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Wolfenden, R.N. (1905). Plankton Studies: preliminary notes upon new or interesting species. Part 1. Copepoda. Rebman Limited, London & New York. [The original edition was withdrawn by Wolfenden and an amended edition was being circulated. Vide: Farran, G.P., 1939.] :1-24, pls. 1-7. [Part 2, 1906, Copepoda: 25-44, pls. 8-14.] [details]
original description (of Gaetanus brevicaudatus 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) [V SIL f QL444 .C7W85]. [details]
original description (of Gaetanus wolfendeni Park, 1975) Park, T. (1975). Calanoid copepods of the genera Gaetanus and Gaidius from the Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science 25(1):9-34, figs. 1-11. [details] Available for editors
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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 Gaetanus brevicaudatus 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) [V SIL f QL444 .C7W85]. [details]
original description (of Gaetanus wolfendeni Park, 1975) Park, T. (1975). Calanoid copepods of the genera Gaetanus and Gaidius from the Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science 25(1):9-34, figs. 1-11. [details] Available for editors
[request]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]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Park, T. (1975). Calanoid copepods of the genera Gaetanus and Gaidius from the Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science 25(1):9-34, figs. 1-11. [details] Available for editors [request]
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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]
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 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 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 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
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy poorly described species based on a female only [details]
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list (from synonym Gaetanus brevicaudatus Wolfenden, 1911)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Gaetanus brevicaudatus Wolfenden, 1911)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Gaetanus brevicaudatus Wolfenden, 1911)
To PESI (from synonym Gaetanus wolfendeni Park, 1975)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (31 records)
To ITIS
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list (from synonym Gaetanus brevicaudatus Wolfenden, 1911)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Gaetanus brevicaudatus Wolfenden, 1911)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Gaetanus brevicaudatus Wolfenden, 1911)
To PESI (from synonym Gaetanus wolfendeni Park, 1975)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (31 records)
To ITIS
