Copepoda name details
Acartia pacifica Steuer, 1915
348516 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:348516)
alternative representation
Species
- Subspecies Acartia pacifica mertoni Steuer, 1920 represented as Acartia (Odontacartia) pacifica mertoni Steuer, 1920
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Steuer, A. (1915). 3. Revision der Gattung Acartia Dana. (Dritte vorläufige Mitteilung über die Copepoden der Valdivia-Expedition). [3. Revision of the genus Acartia Dana. (Third preliminary report on the copepods of the Valdivia expedition)]. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger, Leipzig.</em> 45(9):392-397, figs. 1-6. (4-v-1915)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/68915#/summary [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Acartia pacifica Steuer, 1915. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=348516 on 2025-11-26
original description
Steuer, A. (1915). 3. Revision der Gattung Acartia Dana. (Dritte vorläufige Mitteilung über die Copepoden der Valdivia-Expedition). [3. Revision of the genus Acartia Dana. (Third preliminary report on the copepods of the Valdivia expedition)]. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger, Leipzig.</em> 45(9):392-397, figs. 1-6. (4-v-1915)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/68915#/summary [details]
context source (HKRMS) Lee, C.N.W. (2002). The ecology of planktonic copepods and hyperbenthic communities in the Cape d'Aguilar Marine Reserve, Hong Kong. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. [details]
additional source Jiang, X.D., G.Z. Wang, S.J. Li & J.F. He. (2007). Heavy metal exposure reduces hatching success of Acartia pacifica resting eggs in the sediment. Journal of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 19(6):733-737. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Yoo, K.I., H.K. Hue & W.C. Lee. (1991). Taxonomical revision on the genus Acartia (Copepoda: Calanoida) in the Korean waters. Bulletin of the Korean Fisheries Society 24(4):255-265. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bradford-Grieve, J.M. (1999). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Pelagic Calanoid Copepoda: Bathypontiidae, Arietellidae, Augaptilidae, Heterorhabdidae, Lucicutiidae, Metrodinidae, Phyllopodidae, Centropagidae, Pseudodiaptomidae, Temoridae, Candaciidae, Pontellidae, Sulcanidae, Acartiid National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) Biodiversity Memoir, Wellington 111:1-268. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Gao, Y.H. & B. Lin. (1999). [Effects of some factors on feeding rates of Acartia pacifica.]. <em>Journal of the Xiamen University of Natural Sciences.</em> 38(5)152:751-757. (In Chinese.). [details]
additional source Greenwood, J.G. (1978). Calanoid copepods of Moreton Bay (Queensland). III. Families Temoridae to Tortanidae, excluding Pontellidae. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 89:1-21, figs. 1-9, tab. 1. (1-vi-1978) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Greenwood, J.G. (1981). Occurrences of congeneric pairs of Acartia and Pseudodiaptomus species (Copepoda, Calanoida) in Moreton Bay, Queensland. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 13(5):591-596, fig.1. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Jiang, X.D., G.Z. Wang & S. Li. (2004). Age, distribution and abundance of viable resting eggs of Acartia pacifica (Copepoda: Calanoida) in Xiamen Bay, China. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 312(1):89-100. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Jiang, X.D., G.z. Wang & S.j. Li. (2006). Population dynamics of Acartia pacifica (Copepoda: Calanoida): the importance of benthic-pelagic coupling. Acta Oceanologica Sinica 25(6):88-98. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Jiang, X.D., G.Z. Wang & S.J. Li. (2006). Reduction of recruitment of Acartia pacifica nauplii from benthic resting eggs due to organochlorine pesticides. Journal of Environmental Sciences China 18(3): 552-556. [details]
additional source Wang, G.Z., X.D. Jiang, S.J. Li, L.S. Wu & D.X. Wu. (2005). [A potential source of recruitment of Acartia pacifica nauplii: viable benthic resting eggs.]. <em>Acta Oceanologica Sinica.</em> 24(2):151-158. (Chinese). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Zhong, X.F. & Y.C. Xiao. (1992). Resting eggs of Acartia bifilosa Giesbrecht and A. pacifica Steuer in Jiaozhou Bay. <em>Marine Sciences, Beijing.</em> 1: 55-59. [details]
additional source Ajeel, S.G. & T.A. Khafaji. (1997). Feeding and reproduction of the copepods Pseudodiaptomus marinus and Acartia pacifica from the NW Arabian Gulf. <em>Marina Mesopotamica / Majelat Wadi al-Rafedian li A'loum al-Behar.</em> 12(2):357-373. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Al-Yamani, F.Y. & I. Prusova. (2003). Common Copepoda of the Northwestern Arabian Gulf: Identification Guide. Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Safat. 162 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, C.C., Y.S. Lin, W.Q. Cao, L.P. Fang. (2008). [Comparative studies of mitochondrial COI sequence between two kinds of Acartia species from Xiamen waters.]. <em>Xiamen Daxue Xuebao, (Ziran Kexue Ban).</em> 47(3):419-425. (Chinese). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ghasemzadeh, J. (1993). The zooplankton of Cooks River, N.S.W., with special reference to the biology of Gladioferens pectinatus (Brady). <em>M.Sc. Thesis, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.</em> 190 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ma, Z.l., W. Li & K.S. Gao. (2010). Corrigendum to “Horizontal migration of Acartia pacifica Steuer (copepoda) in response to UV-radiation” [J. Photochem. Photobiol. B: Biol. 101 (2010) 233–237] . <em>Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology.</em> 102(2):174. [details]
additional source Ma, Z.l., W. Li & K.S. Gao. (2010). Horizontal migration of Acartia pacifica Steuer (copepoda) in response to UV-radiation. <em>Journal of Photochemistry & Photobiology, B Biology.</em> 101(3):233-237. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Sun, X.H., S.Sun, C.L. Li & G.T. Zhang. (2011). Seasonal and spatial variability in egg production, abundance and production of small copepods in and near Jiaozhou Bay, China. <em>Journal of Plankton Research.</em> 33(5)741-750., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbq135, [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ma, Z.L., W. Li & K.S. Gao (2011). Horizontal migration of Acartia pacifica Steuer (copepoda) in response to UV-radiation. <i>Journal of Photochemistry & Photobiology B Biology</i>. 102(2):174. [details]
additional source Fitriya, N., R. Kaswadji & Mulyadi. (2012). Komposisi kopepoda di perairan Berau, Kalimantan Timur. [Species composition of copepod in Berau waters, east Kalimantan Timur. ]. <em>Oseanologi dan Limnologi di Indonesia.</em> 37(2):355-368. (Indonesian). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Yoshida, T., E.J. Eio, T. Toda & B.H.R. Othman. (2012). Food size dependent feeding and egg production of Acartia pacifica from a tropical strait. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 88(2):251-266., available online at https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2011.1026 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ma, Zeng Ling, W. Lo & K.S. Gao. (2012). Impacts of solar UV radiation on grazing, lipids oxidation and survival of Acartia pacifica Steuer (Copepod). <em>Acta Oceanologica Sinica (English edition).</em> 31(5):126-134., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-012-0230-2 [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Jiang, X.D., G.Z. Wang & Q.W. Lin. (2008). Reduction of hydrocarbon contamination on viability of Acartia pacifica benthic resting eggs. <em>Chinese Journal of Oceanography and Limnology.</em> 26(1):91-96. [details]
context source (HKRMS) Lee, C.N.W. (2002). The ecology of planktonic copepods and hyperbenthic communities in the Cape d'Aguilar Marine Reserve, Hong Kong. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. [details]
additional source Jiang, X.D., G.Z. Wang, S.J. Li & J.F. He. (2007). Heavy metal exposure reduces hatching success of Acartia pacifica resting eggs in the sediment. Journal of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 19(6):733-737. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Yoo, K.I., H.K. Hue & W.C. Lee. (1991). Taxonomical revision on the genus Acartia (Copepoda: Calanoida) in the Korean waters. Bulletin of the Korean Fisheries Society 24(4):255-265. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bradford-Grieve, J.M. (1999). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Pelagic Calanoid Copepoda: Bathypontiidae, Arietellidae, Augaptilidae, Heterorhabdidae, Lucicutiidae, Metrodinidae, Phyllopodidae, Centropagidae, Pseudodiaptomidae, Temoridae, Candaciidae, Pontellidae, Sulcanidae, Acartiid National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) Biodiversity Memoir, Wellington 111:1-268. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Gao, Y.H. & B. Lin. (1999). [Effects of some factors on feeding rates of Acartia pacifica.]. <em>Journal of the Xiamen University of Natural Sciences.</em> 38(5)152:751-757. (In Chinese.). [details]
additional source Greenwood, J.G. (1978). Calanoid copepods of Moreton Bay (Queensland). III. Families Temoridae to Tortanidae, excluding Pontellidae. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 89:1-21, figs. 1-9, tab. 1. (1-vi-1978) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Greenwood, J.G. (1981). Occurrences of congeneric pairs of Acartia and Pseudodiaptomus species (Copepoda, Calanoida) in Moreton Bay, Queensland. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 13(5):591-596, fig.1. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Jiang, X.D., G.Z. Wang & S. Li. (2004). Age, distribution and abundance of viable resting eggs of Acartia pacifica (Copepoda: Calanoida) in Xiamen Bay, China. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 312(1):89-100. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Jiang, X.D., G.z. Wang & S.j. Li. (2006). Population dynamics of Acartia pacifica (Copepoda: Calanoida): the importance of benthic-pelagic coupling. Acta Oceanologica Sinica 25(6):88-98. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Jiang, X.D., G.Z. Wang & S.J. Li. (2006). Reduction of recruitment of Acartia pacifica nauplii from benthic resting eggs due to organochlorine pesticides. Journal of Environmental Sciences China 18(3): 552-556. [details]
additional source Wang, G.Z., X.D. Jiang, S.J. Li, L.S. Wu & D.X. Wu. (2005). [A potential source of recruitment of Acartia pacifica nauplii: viable benthic resting eggs.]. <em>Acta Oceanologica Sinica.</em> 24(2):151-158. (Chinese). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Zhong, X.F. & Y.C. Xiao. (1992). Resting eggs of Acartia bifilosa Giesbrecht and A. pacifica Steuer in Jiaozhou Bay. <em>Marine Sciences, Beijing.</em> 1: 55-59. [details]
additional source Ajeel, S.G. & T.A. Khafaji. (1997). Feeding and reproduction of the copepods Pseudodiaptomus marinus and Acartia pacifica from the NW Arabian Gulf. <em>Marina Mesopotamica / Majelat Wadi al-Rafedian li A'loum al-Behar.</em> 12(2):357-373. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Al-Yamani, F.Y. & I. Prusova. (2003). Common Copepoda of the Northwestern Arabian Gulf: Identification Guide. Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Safat. 162 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Liu, C.C., Y.S. Lin, W.Q. Cao, L.P. Fang. (2008). [Comparative studies of mitochondrial COI sequence between two kinds of Acartia species from Xiamen waters.]. <em>Xiamen Daxue Xuebao, (Ziran Kexue Ban).</em> 47(3):419-425. (Chinese). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ghasemzadeh, J. (1993). The zooplankton of Cooks River, N.S.W., with special reference to the biology of Gladioferens pectinatus (Brady). <em>M.Sc. Thesis, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.</em> 190 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ma, Z.l., W. Li & K.S. Gao. (2010). Corrigendum to “Horizontal migration of Acartia pacifica Steuer (copepoda) in response to UV-radiation” [J. Photochem. Photobiol. B: Biol. 101 (2010) 233–237] . <em>Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology.</em> 102(2):174. [details]
additional source Ma, Z.l., W. Li & K.S. Gao. (2010). Horizontal migration of Acartia pacifica Steuer (copepoda) in response to UV-radiation. <em>Journal of Photochemistry & Photobiology, B Biology.</em> 101(3):233-237. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sun, X.H., S.Sun, C.L. Li & G.T. Zhang. (2011). Seasonal and spatial variability in egg production, abundance and production of small copepods in and near Jiaozhou Bay, China. <em>Journal of Plankton Research.</em> 33(5)741-750., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbq135, [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ma, Z.L., W. Li & K.S. Gao (2011). Horizontal migration of Acartia pacifica Steuer (copepoda) in response to UV-radiation. <i>Journal of Photochemistry & Photobiology B Biology</i>. 102(2):174. [details]
additional source Fitriya, N., R. Kaswadji & Mulyadi. (2012). Komposisi kopepoda di perairan Berau, Kalimantan Timur. [Species composition of copepod in Berau waters, east Kalimantan Timur. ]. <em>Oseanologi dan Limnologi di Indonesia.</em> 37(2):355-368. (Indonesian). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Yoshida, T., E.J. Eio, T. Toda & B.H.R. Othman. (2012). Food size dependent feeding and egg production of Acartia pacifica from a tropical strait. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 88(2):251-266., available online at https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2011.1026 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ma, Zeng Ling, W. Lo & K.S. Gao. (2012). Impacts of solar UV radiation on grazing, lipids oxidation and survival of Acartia pacifica Steuer (Copepod). <em>Acta Oceanologica Sinica (English edition).</em> 31(5):126-134., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-012-0230-2 [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Jiang, X.D., G.Z. Wang & Q.W. Lin. (2008). Reduction of hydrocarbon contamination on viability of Acartia pacifica benthic resting eggs. <em>Chinese Journal of Oceanography and Limnology.</em> 26(1):91-96. [details]
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