WoRMS taxon details
Corycaeus speciosus Dana, 1849-1852
128800 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:128800)
accepted
Species
Corycaeus (Corycaeus) speciosus Dana, 1849-1852 · alternative representation
Corycaeus remiger Dana, 1849-1852 · unaccepted (listed as probable synonym by...)
listed as probable synonym by Giesbrecht, 1893
Corycaeus varius Dana, 1849-1852 · unaccepted (listed as synonym by Vives &...)
listed as synonym by Vives & Shmeleva, 2010
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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.]. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 1220-1221 [details]
page(s): 1220-1221 [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Corycaeus speciosus Dana, 1849-1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128800 on 2026-09-09
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Nomenclature
original description
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.]. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 1220-1221 [details]
original description (of Corycaeus (Corycaeus) speciosus Dana, 1849-1852) 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]
original description (of Corycaeus remiger Dana, 1849-1852) 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.]. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 1221 [details]
original description (of Corycaeus varius Dana, 1849-1852) 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.]. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 1211 [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): 1220-1221 [details]
original description (of Corycaeus (Corycaeus) speciosus Dana, 1849-1852) 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]
original description (of Corycaeus remiger Dana, 1849-1852) 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.]. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 1221 [details]
original description (of Corycaeus varius Dana, 1849-1852) 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.]. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 1211 [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]
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 (PeRMS)
Ayón, P., M.I. Criales-Hernández, R. Schwamborn & H.J. Hirche. (2008). Zooplankton research off Peru: A review. <em>Progress in Oceanography.</em> 79(2-4):238-255., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2008.10.020 [details] Available for editors [request]
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 (HKRMS) Lee, C.N.W. (2002). The ecology of planktonic copepods and hyperbenthic communities in the Cape d'Aguilar Marine Reserve, Hong Kong. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. [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 Alameda de la Mora, G. (1980). Sistemática y distribución de los copépodos (Crustacea) del Golfo de Tehuantepec (México). [Sistemática y distribución de los copépodos (Crustacea) del Golfo de Tehuantepec (México).]. <em>Tesis Profesional, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónomo de México, Mexico City.</em> 397 pp. + 126 pls. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source 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 Boxshall, G.A. & S.H. Halsey. (2004). An introduction to copepod diversity. <em>Ray Society, London.</em> 166(Part I):1-421. (2 volume set).
page(s): 491 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cervigón, F. (1964). Los Corycaeidae del Caribe sur-oriental (Copepoda, Cyclopoida). [The Corycaeidae of the south-eastern Caribbean (Copepoda, Cyclopoida).]. <em>Memórias de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales 'La Salle'.</em> 24(68):163-201, figs. 1-25. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kang, Y.S., S.H. Huh & S.S. Lee. (1990). Taxonomy and distribution of Corycaeidae (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) in the Korean waters in summer. Journal of the Oceanological Society of Korea 25(2):49-61. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Koga, F. (1984). Morphology, ecology, classification and specialization of copepods nauplius. Bulletin of the Nansei Regional Fisheries Research Laboratory 16:95-229, figs. 1-62, tabs. 1-3. (1-1984, Japanese with English summary). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Krishnaswamy, S. (1953). Pelagic Copepoda of the Madras coast. Journal of the Madras University, Series B 23(1):61-75, figs. 1-19. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Mulyadi. (2003). Poecilostomatoida copepods of the family Corycaeidae Dana, 1852 in Indonesian waters. Treubia 33(1): 13-34. [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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00128325.1992.11663147 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Paulmier, G. (2009). Les copepodes Cyclopoidea (Genres Oithona, Oncaea, Corycaeus) des eaux neritiques et de la Bretagne et de la Normandie occidentale. [Copepods Cyclopoidea (genus Oithona, Oncaea, Corycaeus) of neritic waters of Brittany and Western Normandy.]. <em>Bulletin de la Societe Linneenne de Bordeaux.</em> 37(2):175-190. (French). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Radhika, S.R. & S.B. Nandan [S. Bijoy Nandan]. (2020). Morpho-taxonomy of Corycaeid Cyclopoids from Lakshadweep Sea, South Eastern Arabian Sea—A Part of the Indian Ocean. <em>In: Pandey D., M. Ravichandran & N.Nair (eds) Dynamics of the Earth System: Evolution, Processes and Interactions. Society of Earth Scientists Series. Springer, Cham.</em> : 141-191. Apr 2020., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40659-2_7 [details] Available for editors [request]
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 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): 251 [details]
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 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 Vargas-Zamora, J.A., E. Gómez-Ramírez & A. Morales-Ramírez. (2021). A fjord-like tropical ecosystem, Pacific coast of Costa Rica: overview of research in Golfo Dulce. <em>Revista de Biología Tropical.</em> 69(3), 773-796., available online at https://doi.org/10.15517/rbt.v69i3.46406 [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 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.158.i [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]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 (HKRMS) Lee, C.N.W. (2002). The ecology of planktonic copepods and hyperbenthic communities in the Cape d'Aguilar Marine Reserve, Hong Kong. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. [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 Alameda de la Mora, G. (1980). Sistemática y distribución de los copépodos (Crustacea) del Golfo de Tehuantepec (México). [Sistemática y distribución de los copépodos (Crustacea) del Golfo de Tehuantepec (México).]. <em>Tesis Profesional, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónomo de México, Mexico City.</em> 397 pp. + 126 pls. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source 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 Boxshall, G.A. & S.H. Halsey. (2004). An introduction to copepod diversity. <em>Ray Society, London.</em> 166(Part I):1-421. (2 volume set).
page(s): 491 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cervigón, F. (1964). Los Corycaeidae del Caribe sur-oriental (Copepoda, Cyclopoida). [The Corycaeidae of the south-eastern Caribbean (Copepoda, Cyclopoida).]. <em>Memórias de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales 'La Salle'.</em> 24(68):163-201, figs. 1-25. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kang, Y.S., S.H. Huh & S.S. Lee. (1990). Taxonomy and distribution of Corycaeidae (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) in the Korean waters in summer. Journal of the Oceanological Society of Korea 25(2):49-61. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Koga, F. (1984). Morphology, ecology, classification and specialization of copepods nauplius. Bulletin of the Nansei Regional Fisheries Research Laboratory 16:95-229, figs. 1-62, tabs. 1-3. (1-1984, Japanese with English summary). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Krishnaswamy, S. (1953). Pelagic Copepoda of the Madras coast. Journal of the Madras University, Series B 23(1):61-75, figs. 1-19. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Mulyadi. (2003). Poecilostomatoida copepods of the family Corycaeidae Dana, 1852 in Indonesian waters. Treubia 33(1): 13-34. [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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00128325.1992.11663147 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Paulmier, G. (2009). Les copepodes Cyclopoidea (Genres Oithona, Oncaea, Corycaeus) des eaux neritiques et de la Bretagne et de la Normandie occidentale. [Copepods Cyclopoidea (genus Oithona, Oncaea, Corycaeus) of neritic waters of Brittany and Western Normandy.]. <em>Bulletin de la Societe Linneenne de Bordeaux.</em> 37(2):175-190. (French). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Radhika, S.R. & S.B. Nandan [S. Bijoy Nandan]. (2020). Morpho-taxonomy of Corycaeid Cyclopoids from Lakshadweep Sea, South Eastern Arabian Sea—A Part of the Indian Ocean. <em>In: Pandey D., M. Ravichandran & N.Nair (eds) Dynamics of the Earth System: Evolution, Processes and Interactions. Society of Earth Scientists Series. Springer, Cham.</em> : 141-191. Apr 2020., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40659-2_7 [details] Available for editors
[request]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 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): 251 [details]
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 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 Vargas-Zamora, J.A., E. Gómez-Ramírez & A. Morales-Ramírez. (2021). A fjord-like tropical ecosystem, Pacific coast of Costa Rica: overview of research in Golfo Dulce. <em>Revista de Biología Tropical.</em> 69(3), 773-796., available online at https://doi.org/10.15517/rbt.v69i3.46406 [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 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.158.i [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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 (31 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Corycaeus speciosus)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (28 records)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Corycaeus speciosus)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (28 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
