Chinese Register of Marine Species - Scolecithricella Sars G.O., 1902

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Scolecithricella Sars G.O., 1902

Scolecithricella minor from Sars, G.O. 1902

AphiaID

104229 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104229)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Scolecithricella minor (Brady, 1883) represented as Scolecithricella minor minor (Brady, 1883) (type by original designation)

Parent

Scolecitrichidae Giesbrecht, 1893

Original name

Scolecithricella Sars G.O., 1902

Direct children (15)

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Species Scolecithricella abyssalis (Giesbrecht, 1888)
Species Scolecithricella dentata (Giesbrecht, 1893)
Species Scolecithricella globulosa Brodsky, 1950
Species Scolecithricella longifurca (Giesbrecht, 1888)
Species Scolecithricella longispinosa Chen & Zhang, 1965
Species Scolecithricella nicobarica (Sewell, 1929)
Species Scolecithricella vittata (Giesbrecht, 1893)
Species Scolecithricella bradyi (Giesbrecht, 1888) accepted as Scolecithrix bradyi Giesbrecht, 1888
Species Scolecithricella emarginata (Farran, 1905) accepted as Amallothrix emarginata (Farran, 1905) accepted as Pseudoamallothrix emarginata (Farran, 1905)
Species Scolecithricella fowleri (Farran, 1926) accepted as Amallothrix fowleri (Farran, 1926) accepted as Bradfordiella fowleri (Farran, 1926)
Species Scolecithricella tenuiserrata (Giesbrecht, 1893) accepted as Amallothrix tenuiserrata (Giesbrecht, 1893)
Species Scolecithricella timida Tanaka, 1962 accepted as Amallothrix timida (Tanaka, 1962)
Species Scolecithricella tropica Grice, 1962 accepted as Amallothrix tropica (Grice, 1962)
Species Scolecithricella valens (Farran, 1926) accepted as Amallothrix valens (Farran, 1926)
Species Scolecithricella minor (Brady, 1883) represented as Scolecithricella minor minor (Brady, 1883)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Sars, G.O. (1902). Copepoda Calanoida, Parts V & VI, Scolecithricidae, Stephidae, Tharybidae, Pseudocyclopiidae. An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum. 4: 49-72, pls. 33-48. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Scolecithricella Sars G.O., 1902. Accessed through: Xu, K., An, J., Ding, L., Dong, D., Gao, Y., Huang, Y., Jiang, W., Lei, Y., Li, K., Li, X., Li, Y., Liang, X., Lin, G., Lin, M., Liu, H., Liu, J., Liu, W., Liu, X., Lu, D., Ma, Z., Ren, X., Sha, Z., Sun, J., Sun, S., Sun, Z., Tian, L., Wang, D., Wang, J., Wu, X., Xia, B., Xiao, N., Yin, J., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Zhao, E., Zheng, X., Zhou, H., Zhou, J. & Zhou, K. (2025) Chinese Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/charms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104229 on 2026-10-09

Regional species database citation

Xu, K., An, J., Ding, L., Dong, D., Gao, Y., Huang, Y., Jiang, W., Lei, Y., Li, K., Li, X., Li, Y., Liang, X., Lin, G., Lin, M., Liu, H., Liu, J., Liu, W., Liu, X., Lu, D., Ma, Z., Ren, X., Sha, Z., Sun, J., Sun, S., Sun, Z., Tian, L., Wang, D., Wang, J., Wu, X., Xia, B., Xiao, N., Yin, J., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Zhao, E., Zheng, X., Zhou, H., Zhou, J. & Zhou, K. (2026). Chinese Register of Marine Species. Scolecithricella Sars G.O., 1902. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/charms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104229 on 2026-10-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Boxshall, Geoff

2007-02-19 11:09:07Z

changed

Appeltans, Ward

2008-09-06 11:40:36Z

changed

Walter, T. Chad

2015-09-03 06:24:32Z

changed

Walter, T. Chad

2020-11-15 17:06:42Z

changed

Walter, T. Chad

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original description Sars, G.O. (1902). Copepoda Calanoida, Parts V & VI, Scolecithricidae, Stephidae, Tharybidae, Pseudocyclopiidae. An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum. 4: 49-72, pls. 33-48. [details]

basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Bradford, J.M. (1973). Revision of family and some generic definitions in the Phaennidae and Scolecithricidae (Copepoda: Calanoida). New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1-2):133-152, figs. 1-4., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.1973.9515460 [details] Available for editors

additional source Mauchline, J. (1988). Taxonomic value of pore pattern in the integument of calanoid copepods (Crustacea). Journal of Zoology, London 214(4):697-749., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1988.tb03768.x [details] Available for editors

additional source Mazzocchi, M.G. (2006). Crustacea Maxillopoda Copepodi planctonici marini: Calanoida, Cyclopoida, Harpacticoida, Mormonilloida, Poecilostomatoida, Siphonostomatoida. [Crustacea Maxillopoda Marine planktonic copepods: Calanoida, Cyclopoida, Harpacticoida, Mormonilloida, Poecilostomatoida, Siphonostomatoida.]. Stoch, F. (ed.) Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana. onlilne checklist., available online at http://www.faunaitalia.it/checklist/ [details]

additional source Vervoort, W. (1965). Pelagic Copepoda. Part II. Copepoda Calanoida of the families Phaennidae up to and including Acartiidae, containing the description of a new species of Aetideidae. Atlantide Report, Danish Expedition to Coasts of Tropical West Africa 1945-1946 8:9-216. [details] Available for editors