WoRMS taxon details
Miracia efferata Dana, 1849-1852
116383 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:116383)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Dana, J.D. (1849-1852). Conspectus crustaceorum, quae in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes, e classe Reipublicae foederatae duce, lexit et descripsit Jacobus D. Dana. Pars II. <em>Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 2: 9-61. [Vol. II,. from May 1848-May 1852]. no figures or plates just verbal., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4481593#page/17/mode/1up
page(s): 1260-1261 [details]
page(s): 1260-1261 [details]
Distribution George's Bank
Distribution George's Bank [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Miracia efferata Dana, 1849-1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=116383 on 2025-07-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Dana, J.D. (1849-1852). Conspectus crustaceorum, quae in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes, e classe Reipublicae foederatae duce, lexit et descripsit Jacobus D. Dana. Pars II. <em>Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 2: 9-61. [Vol. II,. from May 1848-May 1852]. no figures or plates just verbal., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4481593#page/17/mode/1up
page(s): 1260-1261 [details]
basis of record Dana, J.D. (1849-1852). Conspectus crustaceorum, quae in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes, e classe Reipublicae foederatae duce, lexit et descripsit Jacobus D. Dana. Pars II. <em>Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 2: 9-61. [Vol. II,. from May 1848-May 1852]. no figures or plates just verbal., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4481593#page/17/mode/1up [details]
page(s): 1260-1261 [details]
basis of record Dana, J.D. (1849-1852). Conspectus crustaceorum, quae in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes, e classe Reipublicae foederatae duce, lexit et descripsit Jacobus D. Dana. Pars II. <em>Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 2: 9-61. [Vol. II,. from May 1848-May 1852]. no figures or plates just verbal., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4481593#page/17/mode/1up [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Huys, R. & R. Böttger-Schnack. (1994). Taxonomy, biology and phylogeny of Miraciidae (Copepoda: Harpacticoida). Sarsia, Bergen 79:207-283. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
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[request]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 [request]
[request]Other
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) Wilson, C. B. (1936). Plankton of the Bermuda Oceanographic Expeditions IV. Notes on Copepoda . Zoologica Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society , New York, 21(7): 89-93 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. <em>In: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds.) 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.</em> 50:268-280. (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 Shoaib, F.M. & Q.B. Kazmi. (2021). Pelagic copepods collected by the northern Arabian Sea Naseer Cruise 1. <em>Lambert Academic Publishing, Dodo Books Indian Ocean Ltd.</em> 242 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32.
page(s): 46 [details]
additional source Boxshall, G.A. (1979). The planktonic copepods of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean : Harpacticoida, Siphonostomatoida and Mormonilloida. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology.</em> 35(3):201-264. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Okemwa, E.N. (1992). A long-term sampling study of copepods across a tropical creek in Mombasa, Kenya. <em>East African Agriculture and Forestry Journal.</em> 57(4):199-215. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kazmi, Q.B. & F. Muniza. (1994). Notes on two harpacticoid copepods (Crustacea) gathered from plankton collection during Naseer Cruise I, January 1992 in the Arabian Sea. Proceedings of the Pakistan Congress of Zoology 14:151-156. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Krishnaswamy, S. (1950). Larval stages of some copepods in the Madras plankton and their seasonal fluctuations. Journal of the Madras University, Series B 19:33-58, figs. 1-68, tab. 1. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Li, S.J. & J.C. Fang. (1990). Larval stages of marine planktonic copepods of China. China Ocean Press, Beijing 141 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Mrázek, A. (1895). XXXIX. Die Gattung Miracia Dana. [XXXIX. The genus Miracia Dana.]. <em>Sitzungsberichte der köngl. böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlische Lasse, ( Vestnik Král. ceské spolécnosti náuk ).</em> 1894:1-9, pl. 14. [details]
additional source Sazhina, L.I. (1985). Naupliusy massovykh vidov pelagickeskikh kopepod Mirovogo okeana. [Nauplii of mass species pelagic copeopds of the world ocean.]. <em>Naukova Dumka, Kiev.</em> 238 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Suárez-Morales, E., J.W. Fleeger & P.A. Montagna. (2009). Free-living Copepoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D. L. & D.K. Camp [Eds]. Gulf of Mexico: origin, waters, and biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 1393 pp.</em> Chapter pagination: 841-869. [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 Huys, R. (2016). Harpacticoid copepods—their symbiotic associations and biogenic substrata: a review. <em>. In Huys, R. (Ed.), Recent Developments in Taxonomy and Biodiversity of Symbiotic Copepoda (Crustacea) – A Volume in Celebration of the Career of Prof. Il-Hoi Kim. Zootaxa.</em> 4174:448-729. [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Bermuda) Wilson, C. B. (1936). Plankton of the Bermuda Oceanographic Expeditions IV. Notes on Copepoda . Zoologica Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society , New York, 21(7): 89-93 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. <em>In: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds.) 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.</em> 50:268-280. (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 Shoaib, F.M. & Q.B. Kazmi. (2021). Pelagic copepods collected by the northern Arabian Sea Naseer Cruise 1. <em>Lambert Academic Publishing, Dodo Books Indian Ocean Ltd.</em> 242 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32.
page(s): 46 [details]
additional source Boxshall, G.A. (1979). The planktonic copepods of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean : Harpacticoida, Siphonostomatoida and Mormonilloida. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology.</em> 35(3):201-264. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Okemwa, E.N. (1992). A long-term sampling study of copepods across a tropical creek in Mombasa, Kenya. <em>East African Agriculture and Forestry Journal.</em> 57(4):199-215. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kazmi, Q.B. & F. Muniza. (1994). Notes on two harpacticoid copepods (Crustacea) gathered from plankton collection during Naseer Cruise I, January 1992 in the Arabian Sea. Proceedings of the Pakistan Congress of Zoology 14:151-156. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Krishnaswamy, S. (1950). Larval stages of some copepods in the Madras plankton and their seasonal fluctuations. Journal of the Madras University, Series B 19:33-58, figs. 1-68, tab. 1. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Li, S.J. & J.C. Fang. (1990). Larval stages of marine planktonic copepods of China. China Ocean Press, Beijing 141 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Mrázek, A. (1895). XXXIX. Die Gattung Miracia Dana. [XXXIX. The genus Miracia Dana.]. <em>Sitzungsberichte der köngl. böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlische Lasse, ( Vestnik Král. ceské spolécnosti náuk ).</em> 1894:1-9, pl. 14. [details]
additional source Sazhina, L.I. (1985). Naupliusy massovykh vidov pelagickeskikh kopepod Mirovogo okeana. [Nauplii of mass species pelagic copeopds of the world ocean.]. <em>Naukova Dumka, Kiev.</em> 238 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Suárez-Morales, E., J.W. Fleeger & P.A. Montagna. (2009). Free-living Copepoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D. L. & D.K. Camp [Eds]. Gulf of Mexico: origin, waters, and biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 1393 pp.</em> Chapter pagination: 841-869. [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 Huys, R. (2016). Harpacticoid copepods—their symbiotic associations and biogenic substrata: a review. <em>. In Huys, R. (Ed.), Recent Developments in Taxonomy and Biodiversity of Symbiotic Copepoda (Crustacea) – A Volume in Celebration of the Career of Prof. Il-Hoi Kim. Zootaxa.</em> 4174:448-729. [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution George's Bank [details]
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Miracia efferata)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (8 records)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (42 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Miracia efferata)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (8 records)
To ITIS
