Copepoda taxon details
Oculosetella gracilis (Dana, 1849-1852)
116384 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:116384)
accepted
Species
Miracia gracilis Dana, 1849-1852 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Miracia gracilis 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] 
Distribution North Atlantic - off Woods Hole, Barbados, Cuba, Sargasso Sea, Gulf of Mexico
Distribution North Atlantic - off Woods Hole, Barbados, Cuba, Sargasso Sea, Gulf of Mexico [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Oculosetella gracilis (Dana, 1849-1852). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=116384 on 2026-05-01
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(of Miracia gracilis 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]
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 (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
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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]
additional source ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32.
page(s): 46 [details]
additional source Boxshall, G.A. (1979). The planktonic copepods of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean : Harpacticoida, Siphonostomatoida and Mormonilloida. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology.</em> 35(3):201-264., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.20454 [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 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 Huys, R. (2016). Harpacticoid copepods—their symbiotic associations and biogenic substrata: a review. <em>. In Huys, R. (Ed.), Recent Developments in Taxonomy and Biodiversity of Symbiotic Copepoda (Crustacea) – A Volume in Celebration of the Career of Prof. Il-Hoi Kim. Zootaxa.</em> 4174:448-729., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4174.1.3 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source 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]
redescription Huys, R. & R. Böttger-Schnack. (1994). Taxonomy, biology and phylogeny of Miraciidae (Copepoda: Harpacticoida). Sarsia, Bergen 79:207-283. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00364827.1994.10413559 [details] Available for editors [request]
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 [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 (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]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]
additional source ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32.
page(s): 46 [details]
additional source Boxshall, G.A. (1979). The planktonic copepods of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean : Harpacticoida, Siphonostomatoida and Mormonilloida. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology.</em> 35(3):201-264., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.20454 [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 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 Huys, R. (2016). Harpacticoid copepods—their symbiotic associations and biogenic substrata: a review. <em>. In Huys, R. (Ed.), Recent Developments in Taxonomy and Biodiversity of Symbiotic Copepoda (Crustacea) – A Volume in Celebration of the Career of Prof. Il-Hoi Kim. Zootaxa.</em> 4174:448-729., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4174.1.3 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source 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]redescription Huys, R. & R. Böttger-Schnack. (1994). Taxonomy, biology and phylogeny of Miraciidae (Copepoda: Harpacticoida). Sarsia, Bergen 79:207-283. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00364827.1994.10413559 [details] Available for editors
[request]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
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Authority (Dana, 1852) [details]Distribution North Atlantic - off Woods Hole, Barbados, Cuba, Sargasso Sea, Gulf of Mexico [details]
Habitat planktonic [details]
Habitat 0-600 m (sub-Antarctic) [details]
Habitat Epipelagic [details]
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (6 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (6 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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