Copepoda taxon details
Epischura Forbes S.A., 1882
157667 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157667)
accepted
Genus
Epischura lacustris Forbes S.A., 1882 (type by original designation)
Lamellipodia Schmeil, 1898 · unaccepted (synonym)
Scopiphora Pickering, 1844 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Epischura baikalensis Sars G.O., 1900
- Species Epischura chankensis Rylov, 1928
- Species Epischura fluviatilis Herrick, 1883
- Species Epischura lacustris Forbes S.A., 1882
- Species Epischura massachusettsensis Pearse, 1906
- Species Epischura nevadensis Lilljeborg, 1889
- Subspecies Epischura nevadensis columbiae Forbes S.A., 1893 accepted as Epischura nevadensis Lilljeborg, 1889 (listed as synonym by Dussart & Defaye, 2002)
- Species Epischura nordenskioldi Lilljeborg, in Guerne & Richard, 1889
- Species Epischura smirnovi Borutzky, 1961
- Species Epischura vagans (Pickering, 1844)
- Species Epischura udylensis Borutzky, 1947 accepted as Epischura chankensis Rylov, 1928 (listed as synonym by Dussart & Defaye, 2002)
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) [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Epischura Forbes S.A., 1882. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157667 on 2025-11-10
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Forbes, S.A. (1882). On some Entomostraca of Lake Michigan and adjacent waters. American Naturalist 16:537-543, 640-650, figs. (vii-1882) [details]
original description (of Lamellipodia Schmeil, 1898) Schmeil, O. (1898). Deutschlands freilebende Süsswasser-Copepoden. Nachtrag zu den Familien der Cyclopiden und Centropagiden, zugleich ein Begleitwort zu der Bearbeitung der Süsswasser-Cyclopiden und -Centropagiden im 'Tierreiche'. [Germany's free-living freshwater copepods. Addendum to the families of Cyclopids and Centropagids, also a companion to the treatment of freshwater Cyclopids and Centropagids in the 'Animal Kingdom'.]. <em>Bibliotheca Zoologica, Stuttgart.</em> 8(21):145-188, pls. 13-14. [details]
original description (of Scopiphora Pickering, 1844) Pickering, C. (1844). Generic description of Scopiphora vagans. In: Natural History of New York; Zoology, Part 6, Crustacea p.62. [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Guerne, J. de & J. Richard. (1889). Révision des Calanides d'eau douce. [Revision of freshwater Calanidae.]. <em>Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 2:1-129 , figs. 1-60, pls. 1-4. [details]
additional source Marsh, C.D. (1933). Synopsis of the calanoid crustaceans, exclusive of the Diaptomidae, found in fresh and brackish waters, chiefly of North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 82(18)(2959):1-58, pls. 1-24. (30-vi-1933) [details] Available for editors
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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]
additional source Afanas'eva, E.L. (1977). Biologiya Baikalskoi Epischury. [Biology of the Baikal Epischura.]. <em>Nauka Science Publishing House, Siberian Branch Novosibirsk.</em> 143 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bowman, L.L. Jr., D.J. MacGuigan, M.E. Gorchels, M.M. Cahillane & M.V. Moore. (2019). Revealing paraphyly and placement of extinct species within Epischura (Copepoda: Calanoida) using molecular data and quantitative morphometrics. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 140:1-44., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106578 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Lamellipodia Schmeil, 1898) Schmeil, O. (1898). Deutschlands freilebende Süsswasser-Copepoden. Nachtrag zu den Familien der Cyclopiden und Centropagiden, zugleich ein Begleitwort zu der Bearbeitung der Süsswasser-Cyclopiden und -Centropagiden im 'Tierreiche'. [Germany's free-living freshwater copepods. Addendum to the families of Cyclopids and Centropagids, also a companion to the treatment of freshwater Cyclopids and Centropagids in the 'Animal Kingdom'.]. <em>Bibliotheca Zoologica, Stuttgart.</em> 8(21):145-188, pls. 13-14. [details]
original description (of Scopiphora Pickering, 1844) Pickering, C. (1844). Generic description of Scopiphora vagans. In: Natural History of New York; Zoology, Part 6, Crustacea p.62. [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Guerne, J. de & J. Richard. (1889). Révision des Calanides d'eau douce. [Revision of freshwater Calanidae.]. <em>Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 2:1-129 , figs. 1-60, pls. 1-4. [details]
additional source Marsh, C.D. (1933). Synopsis of the calanoid crustaceans, exclusive of the Diaptomidae, found in fresh and brackish waters, chiefly of North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 82(18)(2959):1-58, pls. 1-24. (30-vi-1933) [details] Available for editors
[request]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]
additional source Afanas'eva, E.L. (1977). Biologiya Baikalskoi Epischury. [Biology of the Baikal Epischura.]. <em>Nauka Science Publishing House, Siberian Branch Novosibirsk.</em> 143 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bowman, L.L. Jr., D.J. MacGuigan, M.E. Gorchels, M.M. Cahillane & M.V. Moore. (2019). Revealing paraphyly and placement of extinct species within Epischura (Copepoda: Calanoida) using molecular data and quantitative morphometrics. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 140:1-44., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106578 [details] Available for editors
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