WoRMS taxon details
Osphranticum Forbes S.A., 1882
347646 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:347646)
accepted
Genus
Osphranticum labronectum Forbes S.A., 1882 (type by original designation)
Potomoichetor Herrick, 1882 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Osphranticum labronectum Forbes S.A., 1882
- Species Osphranticum fucosus (Herrick, 1882) accepted as Osphranticum labronectum Forbes S.A., 1882
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Forbes, S.A. (1882). On some Entomostraca of Lake Michigan and adjacent waters. American Naturalist 16:537-543, 640-650, figs. (vii-1882), available online at https://doi.org/10.1086/273120 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Osphranticum Forbes S.A., 1882. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=347646 on 2026-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Forbes, S.A. (1882). On some Entomostraca of Lake Michigan and adjacent waters. American Naturalist 16:537-543, 640-650, figs. (vii-1882), available online at https://doi.org/10.1086/273120 [details]
original description (of Potomoichetor Herrick, 1882) Herrick, C.L. (1882). Cyclopidae of Minnesota with notes on other copepods. Notes on some Minnesota Cladocera. On Notodromas and Cambarus. Reports of the Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota 10, 1881:219-254, figs. 1-2, pls. 1-7. [details]
original description (of Potomoichetor Herrick, 1882) Herrick, C.L. (1882). Cyclopidae of Minnesota with notes on other copepods. Notes on some Minnesota Cladocera. On Notodromas and Cambarus. Reports of the Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota 10, 1881:219-254, figs. 1-2, pls. 1-7. [details]
Other
additional source
Schacht, F.W. (1898). The North American Centropagidae belonging to the genera Osphranticum, Limnocalanus, and Epischura. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History 5(4):225-270. [details]
