WoRMS taxon details
Eucalanus inermis Giesbrecht, 1893
346435 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:346435)
accepted
Species
Eucalanus elongatus inermis Giesbrecht, 1893 · alternative representation
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Eucalanus inermis Giesbrecht, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=346435 on 2026-08-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Eucalanus elongatus inermis Giesbrecht, 1893) Giesbrecht, W. (1893). Systematik und Faunistik der pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. [Systematics and faunistics of the pelagic copepods of the Gulf of Naples and the adjacent marine areas.]. <em>Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der Angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte, Herausgegeben von der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel.</em> 19:1-831, pls. 1-54. [published text and plates in sections over 2 years, 1892-1893]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/798364 [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 (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
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]
additional source Cobo, R., P. Hidalgo, P. Fierro-González & P. Ruz-Moreno. (2024). Diel vertical migration of Nannocalanus minor and Eucalanus inermis (Copepoda: Calanoidea) associated with the oxygen minimum zone in northern Chile. <em>Latin American Journal Of Aquatic Research.</em> 52(2):220-232., available online at https://doi.org/10.3856/vol52-issue2-fulltext-3074 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Valdez-Cibrián, A., E.R. Kozak & C. Franco-Gordo. (2024). Microplastic ingestion in marine mesozooplankton species associated with functional feeding traits. <em>Marine Environmental Research.</em> 200(1):1-9. Sep 2024., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106650 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source La Rosa-Izquierdo, Y.I., S. Hernández-Trujillo & F. García-Fernández. (2025). Length-carbon relation for four species of pelagic copepods from the Mexican Central Pacific. <em>Latin American Journal Of Aquatic Research.</em> 53(3): 535-540., available online at https://doi.org/10.3856/vol53-issue3-fulltext-3354 [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 Arcos, D.F. (1975). Copépodes calanoídeos de la Bahía de Concepción, Chile. Conocimiento sistemático y variación estacional. [Calanoid Copepods of the Concepcion Bay, Chile, Systematic study and seasonal variation.]. <em>Gayana, Zoología.</em> 32:3-31, figs. 1-7, pls. 1-9 with figs. 1-78, map. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Holthuis, L.B. & W. Vervoort. (2006). The date of publication of Wilhelm Giesbrecht's "Pelagische Copepoden", in Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel, volume 19. <em>Crustaceana (Leiden).</em> 79(3):371-374., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854006776759581 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hidalgo, P. & R. Escribano. (2006). The naupliar stages of Eucalanus inermis Giesbrecht, 1893 (Copepoda, Calanoida) from the Humboldt current system (northern Chile). Crustaceana 79(5):513-523., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854006777584322 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hidalgo, P., R. Escribano & C.E. Morales. (2005). Annual life cycle of the copepod Eucalanus inermis at a coastal upwelling site off Mejillones (23ES), northern Chile. Marine Biology 146(5):995-1003. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Santander, H., G. Luyo R., S. Carrasco, M. Véliz & O.S. de Castillo. (1981). Catalogo de zooplankton en el mar peruano. Primera Parte: Area Pisco-San Juan. [Catalog of zooplankton in the Peruvian sea. Part One: Pisco-San Juan area.]. <em>Boletín del Instituto del Mar del Perú.</em> 6:1-75, pls. 1-30. (ix-1981). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Volkov, A.F. (1970). Opisanie samtsa Eucalanus inermis Giesbrecht, 1892. [Description of male Eucalanus inermis Giesbrecht, 1892.]. <em>Izvestiya Tikhookeanskogo Nauchno-issledovatel'skogo Instituta Rybnogo Khozyaistva i Okeanografii (TINRO).</em> 74:355, figs. 1-2. (18-xi-1970; in Russian.). [details]
additional source Gómez-Caballero, I.O. (1982). Los copépodos planctónicos del mar peruano. [The planktonic copepods of Peruvian seas.] Boletín de Lima 23:53-70. [In Spanish.] [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hidalgo Díaz, P. (2005). Ciclos de vida y mecanismos de adaptación de copépodos pelágicos a la variabilidad oceanográfica en zonas de afloramiento del ecosistema de corrientes Humboldt. [Life cycles and adaptive mechanisms of pelagic copepods to the oceanographic variability in upwelling zones of the Humboldt Current ecosystem.]. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile.</em> 160 pp. [In Spanish.]., available online at http://repositorio.udec.cl/jspui/handle/11594/4319 [details] Available for editors [request]
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]additional source Cobo, R., P. Hidalgo, P. Fierro-González & P. Ruz-Moreno. (2024). Diel vertical migration of Nannocalanus minor and Eucalanus inermis (Copepoda: Calanoidea) associated with the oxygen minimum zone in northern Chile. <em>Latin American Journal Of Aquatic Research.</em> 52(2):220-232., available online at https://doi.org/10.3856/vol52-issue2-fulltext-3074 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Valdez-Cibrián, A., E.R. Kozak & C. Franco-Gordo. (2024). Microplastic ingestion in marine mesozooplankton species associated with functional feeding traits. <em>Marine Environmental Research.</em> 200(1):1-9. Sep 2024., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106650 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source La Rosa-Izquierdo, Y.I., S. Hernández-Trujillo & F. García-Fernández. (2025). Length-carbon relation for four species of pelagic copepods from the Mexican Central Pacific. <em>Latin American Journal Of Aquatic Research.</em> 53(3): 535-540., available online at https://doi.org/10.3856/vol53-issue3-fulltext-3354 [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 Arcos, D.F. (1975). Copépodes calanoídeos de la Bahía de Concepción, Chile. Conocimiento sistemático y variación estacional. [Calanoid Copepods of the Concepcion Bay, Chile, Systematic study and seasonal variation.]. <em>Gayana, Zoología.</em> 32:3-31, figs. 1-7, pls. 1-9 with figs. 1-78, map. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Holthuis, L.B. & W. Vervoort. (2006). The date of publication of Wilhelm Giesbrecht's "Pelagische Copepoden", in Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel, volume 19. <em>Crustaceana (Leiden).</em> 79(3):371-374., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854006776759581 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hidalgo, P. & R. Escribano. (2006). The naupliar stages of Eucalanus inermis Giesbrecht, 1893 (Copepoda, Calanoida) from the Humboldt current system (northern Chile). Crustaceana 79(5):513-523., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854006777584322 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hidalgo, P., R. Escribano & C.E. Morales. (2005). Annual life cycle of the copepod Eucalanus inermis at a coastal upwelling site off Mejillones (23ES), northern Chile. Marine Biology 146(5):995-1003. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Santander, H., G. Luyo R., S. Carrasco, M. Véliz & O.S. de Castillo. (1981). Catalogo de zooplankton en el mar peruano. Primera Parte: Area Pisco-San Juan. [Catalog of zooplankton in the Peruvian sea. Part One: Pisco-San Juan area.]. <em>Boletín del Instituto del Mar del Perú.</em> 6:1-75, pls. 1-30. (ix-1981). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Volkov, A.F. (1970). Opisanie samtsa Eucalanus inermis Giesbrecht, 1892. [Description of male Eucalanus inermis Giesbrecht, 1892.]. <em>Izvestiya Tikhookeanskogo Nauchno-issledovatel'skogo Instituta Rybnogo Khozyaistva i Okeanografii (TINRO).</em> 74:355, figs. 1-2. (18-xi-1970; in Russian.). [details]
additional source Gómez-Caballero, I.O. (1982). Los copépodos planctónicos del mar peruano. [The planktonic copepods of Peruvian seas.] Boletín de Lima 23:53-70. [In Spanish.] [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hidalgo Díaz, P. (2005). Ciclos de vida y mecanismos de adaptación de copépodos pelágicos a la variabilidad oceanográfica en zonas de afloramiento del ecosistema de corrientes Humboldt. [Life cycles and adaptive mechanisms of pelagic copepods to the oceanographic variability in upwelling zones of the Humboldt Current ecosystem.]. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile.</em> 160 pp. [In Spanish.]., available online at http://repositorio.udec.cl/jspui/handle/11594/4319 [details] Available for editors
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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 (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eucalanus inermis)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eucalanus inermis)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records)
To ITIS
