Copepoda taxon details
Parastenhelia spinosa spinosa (Fischer, 1860)
116896 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:116896)
accepted
Subspecies
Harpacticus spinosus Fischer, 1860 · unaccepted
Parastenhelia forficula (Claus, 1863) · unaccepted
Parastenhelia spinosa (Fischer, 1860) · alternative representation
Thalestris forficula Claus, 1863 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Parastenhelia spinosa (Fischer, 1860)) Fischer, S. (1860). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Entomostraceen. [Contributions to the knowledge of Entomostraca.]. <em>Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch - Naturwissenschaftliche Abteilung.</em> 8, Abt. 3:645-682, pls. 20-22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16025063 [details] 
(of Harpacticus spinosus Fischer, 1860) Fischer, S. (1860). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Entomostraceen. [Contributions to the knowledge of Entomostraca.]. <em>Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch - Naturwissenschaftliche Abteilung.</em> 8, Abt. 3:645-682, pls. 20-22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16025063 [details]
(of Harpacticus spinosus Fischer, 1860) Fischer, S. (1860). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Entomostraceen. [Contributions to the knowledge of Entomostraca.]. <em>Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch - Naturwissenschaftliche Abteilung.</em> 8, Abt. 3:645-682, pls. 20-22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16025063 [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Parastenhelia spinosa spinosa (Fischer, 1860). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=116896 on 2025-11-13
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(of Parastenhelia spinosa (Fischer, 1860)) Fischer, S. (1860). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Entomostraceen. [Contributions to the knowledge of Entomostraca.]. <em>Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch - Naturwissenschaftliche Abteilung.</em> 8, Abt. 3:645-682, pls. 20-22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16025063 [details]
original description (of Harpacticus spinosus Fischer, 1860) Fischer, S. (1860). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Entomostraceen. [Contributions to the knowledge of Entomostraca.]. <em>Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch - Naturwissenschaftliche Abteilung.</em> 8, Abt. 3:645-682, pls. 20-22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16025063 [details]
original description (of Parastenhelia forficula (Claus, 1863)) Claus, C. (1863). Die frei lebenden Copepoden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna Deutschlands, der Nordsee und des Mittelmeeres. [The free-living copepods with special consideration of the fauna of Germany, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 230 pp., pls. 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11820384 [details]
original description (of Thalestris forficula Claus, 1863) Claus, C. (1863). Die frei lebenden Copepoden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna Deutschlands, der Nordsee und des Mittelmeeres. [The free-living copepods with special consideration of the fauna of Germany, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 230 pp., pls. 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11820384
page(s): 131 [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
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original description (of Harpacticus spinosus Fischer, 1860) Fischer, S. (1860). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Entomostraceen. [Contributions to the knowledge of Entomostraca.]. <em>Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch - Naturwissenschaftliche Abteilung.</em> 8, Abt. 3:645-682, pls. 20-22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16025063 [details]
original description (of Parastenhelia forficula (Claus, 1863)) Claus, C. (1863). Die frei lebenden Copepoden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna Deutschlands, der Nordsee und des Mittelmeeres. [The free-living copepods with special consideration of the fauna of Germany, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 230 pp., pls. 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11820384 [details]
original description (of Thalestris forficula Claus, 1863) Claus, C. (1863). Die frei lebenden Copepoden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna Deutschlands, der Nordsee und des Mittelmeeres. [The free-living copepods with special consideration of the fauna of Germany, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 230 pp., pls. 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11820384
page(s): 131 [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
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Parastenhelia spinosa (Fischer, 1860))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Parastenhelia spinosa (Fischer, 1860))
To PESI (from synonym Parastenhelia spinosa (Fischer, 1860))
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records) (from synonym Parastenhelia forficula (Claus, 1863))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (7 records) (from synonym Parastenhelia spinosa (Fischer, 1860))
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Parastenhelia spinosa (Fischer, 1860))
To PESI (from synonym Parastenhelia spinosa (Fischer, 1860))
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records) (from synonym Parastenhelia forficula (Claus, 1863))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (7 records) (from synonym Parastenhelia spinosa (Fischer, 1860))
To ITIS