Copepoda taxon details
Sacodiscus Wilson C.B., 1924
115480 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:115480)
accepted
Genus
Sacodiscus fasciatus (Norman, 1868) (type by original designation)
Aspidiscifera Strand, 1929 · unaccepted (no description or drawings given)
Aspidiscus Norman, 1868 · unaccepted (synonym)
Unicalteutha Wilson C.B., 1944 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Wilson, C.B. (1924). New North American parasitic copepods, new hosts and notes on copepod nomenclature. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 64(17)(2507):1-22, pls. 1-3.
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Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2021). World of Copepods database. Sacodiscus Wilson C.B., 1924. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=115480 on 2026-01-20
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Wilson, C.B. (1924). New North American parasitic copepods, new hosts and notes on copepod nomenclature. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 64(17)(2507):1-22, pls. 1-3.
page(s): 14 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Aspidiscus Norman, 1868) Norman, A.M. (1869). Last report on dredging among the Shetland Isles. Part 2. On the Crustacea, Tunicata, Polyzoa, Echinodermata, Actinozoa, Hydrozoa, and Porifera. <em>In: Report of the thirty-eighth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science; held in Norwich in August 1868. London 1869.</em> pp. 247–336, (Amphipoda, pp. 273–288) (Porifera, pp. 327-335)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29387922 [details]
original description (of Unicalteutha Wilson C.B., 1944) Wilson, C.B. (1944). Parasitic copepods in the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 94(3177):529-582, pls. 20-34. (10-vii-1944) [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Aspidiscifera Strand, 1929) Strand, E. (1929). Zoological and palaeontological nomenclatorical notes. Arbeiten aus dem Systematisch-Zoologischen Institut der Lettländischen Universität, Riga. 29: 1-29., available online at http://www.gastrotricha.unimore.it/file-PDF/Strand_1929.pdf
page(s): :10; note: Aspidiscus Norman 1868 preoccupied by Aspidiscus Koening, 1825 [details]
basis of record 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 Bodin, P. (1997). Catalogue of the new marine Harpacticoid Copepods. <em>Studiedocumenten van het K.B.I.N. = Documents de Travail de l'I.R.Sc.N.B., 89. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium.</em> 89: 1-304. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 14 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 14 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Aspidiscus Norman, 1868) Norman, A.M. (1869). Last report on dredging among the Shetland Isles. Part 2. On the Crustacea, Tunicata, Polyzoa, Echinodermata, Actinozoa, Hydrozoa, and Porifera. <em>In: Report of the thirty-eighth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science; held in Norwich in August 1868. London 1869.</em> pp. 247–336, (Amphipoda, pp. 273–288) (Porifera, pp. 327-335)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29387922 [details]
original description (of Unicalteutha Wilson C.B., 1944) Wilson, C.B. (1944). Parasitic copepods in the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 94(3177):529-582, pls. 20-34. (10-vii-1944) [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Aspidiscifera Strand, 1929) Strand, E. (1929). Zoological and palaeontological nomenclatorical notes. Arbeiten aus dem Systematisch-Zoologischen Institut der Lettländischen Universität, Riga. 29: 1-29., available online at http://www.gastrotricha.unimore.it/file-PDF/Strand_1929.pdf
page(s): :10; note: Aspidiscus Norman 1868 preoccupied by Aspidiscus Koening, 1825 [details]
basis of record 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 Bodin, P. (1997). Catalogue of the new marine Harpacticoid Copepods. <em>Studiedocumenten van het K.B.I.N. = Documents de Travail de l'I.R.Sc.N.B., 89. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium.</em> 89: 1-304. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 14 [details] Available for editors
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https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=linkget&id=1767869 
Note: taxonomic name changes by Strand, 1929 (from synonym Aspidiscus Norman, 1868)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Aspidiscus (from synonym Aspidiscus Norman, 1868)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Sacodiscus
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Unicalteutha (from synonym Unicalteutha Wilson C.B., 1944)
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Sacodiscus
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Univalteutha (from synonym Unicalteutha Wilson C.B., 1944)
To ITIS
Note: taxonomic name changes by Strand, 1929 (from synonym Aspidiscus Norman, 1868)3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Aspidiscus
(from synonym Aspidiscus Norman, 1868)3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Sacodiscus
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Unicalteutha
(from synonym Unicalteutha Wilson C.B., 1944)3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Sacodiscus
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Univalteutha
(from synonym Unicalteutha Wilson C.B., 1944)To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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