Copepoda taxon details

Pseudodiaptomus hessei (Mrázek, 1895)

355158 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:355158)

accepted
Species
Schmackeria hessei Mrázek, 1895 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Schmackeria hessei Mrázek, 1895) Mrázek, A. (1895). Über eine neue Schmackeria (Schmackeria hessei n. sp.) aus der Kongo-Mündung. Vorläufige Mittheilung. [On a new Schmackeria (Schmackeria hessei n. sp.) from the mouth of the Congo. Preliminary communication.]. <em>Vestnik Král. Ceské Spolécnosti Náuk (Sitzungsberichten der Königlichen Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Classe), Prague.</em> 1894(24):1-3. [details] OpenAccess publication
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Pseudodiaptomus hessei (Mrázek, 1895). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=355158 on 2026-10-07
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Nomenclature

original description (of Schmackeria hessei Mrázek, 1895) Mrázek, A. (1895). Über eine neue Schmackeria (Schmackeria hessei n. sp.) aus der Kongo-Mündung. Vorläufige Mittheilung. [On a new Schmackeria (Schmackeria hessei n. sp.) from the mouth of the Congo. Preliminary communication.]. <em>Vestnik Král. Ceské Spolécnosti Náuk (Sitzungsberichten der Königlichen Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Classe), Prague.</em> 1894(24):1-3. [details] OpenAccess publication

Ecology

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  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Appiah, Y.S., N.M. Fofana, Z.M. Gogbé, N.R. Etilé & E.P. Kouamelan. (2026). Zooplankton functional traits as indicators of the ecological status of sectors IV and V of the Ébrié lagoon, Côte d'Ivoire. <em>World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews.</em> 29(1):923-933., available online at https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2026.29.1.4302 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Brehm, V. (1949). Einige Bemerkungen zur Systematik und Tiergeographie der Diaptomiden Nordamerikas. [Some remarks on the systematics and zoogeography of the Diaptomids of North America.]. <em>Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Hydrologie, Basel.</em> 11(3/4):411-422. (20-xii-1949)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02503360
page(s): 415 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Connell, A.D. (1981). The taxonomy and distribution of some calanoid copepods in South African east coast estuaries. Annals of the Natal Museum 24(2):489-500, figs. 1-35. (x-1981)
page(s): 499 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Dussart, B.H. & D. Defaye. (1983). Répertoire mondial des Crustacés Copépodes des eaux intérieures. I. Calanoïdes. [World Directory of Inland Water Copepod Crustaceans. I. Calanoids.]. <em>Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris.</em> 224 pp.
page(s): 29 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Froneman, P.W. (2004). In situ feeding rates of the copepods, Pseudodiaptomus hessei and Acartia longipatella, in a temperate, temporarily open/closed Eastern Cape estuary. South African Journal of Science 100(11/12):577-583. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Froneman, P.W. (2023). The Effect of Salinity on the Egg Production Rate of the Sac-Spawning Calanoid Copepod, Pseudodiaptomus hessei, in a Temporarily Open/Closed Southern African Estuary. <em>Diversity-Basel.</em> 15(2):1-9. Feb 2023., available online at 10.3390/ d15020263 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Giesbrecht, W. & O. Schmeil. (1898). Copepoda I. Gymnoplea. <em>Das Tierreich. Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen, Berlin.</em> 6:i-xvi, 1-169, figs. 1-31.
page(s): 65 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Grindley, J.R. (1963). The Pseudodiaptomidae (Copepoda: Calanoida) of southern African waters, including a new species, Pseudodiaptomus charteri. Annals of the South African Museum 46(15):373-391, figs. 1-5.
page(s): :374-381, figs.1-3 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Grindley, J.R. (1964). Effect of low salinity water on the vertical migration of estuarine plankton. <em>Nature, London.</em> 203(4946):781-783, fig. 1. (15-viii-1964)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/203781a0 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Grindley, J.R. (1972). The vertical migration behaviour of estuarine plankton. Zoologica Africana 7(1):13-20., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00445096.1972.11447426 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Grindley, J.R. (1981). Estuarine plankton. In: Day, J.H. (ed.). Estuarine Ecology with Particular Reference to Southern Africa. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. 441pp. :117-146, figs. 8.1 - 8.l1, tabs. 8.1 - 8.10.
page(s): 124 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Grindley, J.R. (1984). The zoogeography of the Pseudodiaptomidae. <em>In: Vervoort, W. & J.C. Vaupel Klein von (eds.). Studies on Copepoda II. Proceedings of the First International Conference on Copepoda, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 24-28 August 1981. Crustaceana, Supplement.</em> 7:217-228, figs. 1-2., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004629363_023 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Hart, R.C. & B.R. Allanson. (1976). The distribution and diel vertical migration of Pseudodiaptomus hessei (Mrázek) (Calanoida: Copepoda) in a subtropical lake in southern Africa. Freshwater Biology 6(2):183-198, figs. 1-9, tabs. 1-2. (iv-1976), available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2427.1976.tb01603.x [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Hart, R.C. (1973). A contribution to the biology of Pseudodiaptomus hessei (Mrázek) (Copepoda: Calanoida) in Lake Sibaya, South Africa. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, Rhodes University.</em> 263 pp. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Hart, R.C. (1977). Feeding rhythmicity in a migratory copepod (Pseudodiaptomus hessei (Mrázek)). Freshwater Biology 7(1):1-8, figs. 1-4, pl. 1. (ii-1977), available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2427.1977.tb01651.x [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Hart, R.C. (1978). Horizontal distribution of the copepod Pseudodiaptomus hessei in subtropical Lake Sibaya. Freshwater Biology 8(5):415-421., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2427.1978.tb01464.x [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Hart, R.C. (1981). Population dynamics and demography of an estuarine copepod (Pseudodiaptomus hessei) in Lake Sibaya, a subtropical freshwater coastal lake. Journal of the Limnological Society of South Africa 7(1):13-23, figs. 1-8, tabs. 1-5. (vi-1981), available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03779688.1981.9632933 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Isla, J.A. & R. Perissinotto. (2004). Effects of temperature, salinity and sex on the basal metabolic rate of the estuarine copepod Pseudodiaptomus hessei. Journal of Plankton Research 26(5):579-583., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbh049 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Jerling, H.L. & D.P. Cyrus. (1999). The zooplankton communities of an artificially divided subtropical coastal estuarine-lake system in South Africa. Hydrobiologia 390:25-35. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Jerling, H.L. & T.H. Wooldridge. (1989). The developmental stages of Pseudodiaptomus hessei (Copepoda: Calanoida). South African Journal of Science 24(2):139-145, figs. 1-14, tabs. 1-4., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/02541858.1989.11448145 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Jerling, H.L. & T.H. Wooldridge. (1992). Lunar influence on distribution of a calanoid copepod in the water column of a shallow, temperate estuary. Marine Biology, Berlin 112(2):309-312, figs. 1-4, tab. 1. (ii.1992), available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00702476 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Jerling, H.L. & T.H. Wooldridge. (1994). Comparative morphology of the feeding appendages of four mesozooplankton species in the Sundays River Estuary. South African Journal of Zoology 29(4):252-257., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/02541858.1994.11448359 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Jerling, H.L. & T.H. Wooldridge. (1995). Plankton distribution and abundance in the Sundays River estuary, South Africa, with comments on potential feeding interactions. South African Journal of Marine Science 15:169-184., available online at https://doi.org/10.2989/02577619509504842 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Kouassi, E., M. Pagano, L. Saint Jean, R. Arfi & M. Bouvy. (2001). Vertical migrations and feeding rhythms of Acartia clausi and Pseudodiaptomus hessei (Copepoda: Calanoida) in a tropical lagoon (Ebrie, Cote d'Ivoire). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 52(6):715-728., available online at https://doi.org/10.1006/ecss.2001.0769 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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), available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.82-2959.1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Mendoza-Vera, J.M., S. Kâ, C. Cuoc, M. Bouvy & M. Pagano. (2008). Decline of Pseudodiaptomus hessei (Copepoda, Calanoida) in two water bodies located in the Senegal River hydrosystem (West Africa): hypotheses and perspectives. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 79(4):740-750., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2008.07.002 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Milstein, A. (1979). Vertical distribution of Paracalanus crassirostris (Copepoda, Calanoida): analysis by the general linear model. Boletim do Instituto Oceanográfico, Sao Paulo 28(2):65-78, figs. 1-7, tabs. 1-4., available online at https://doi.org/10.1590/s0373-55241979000200008
page(s): 73 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Mrazek, A. (1907). Einige Bemerkungen über die Knospung und Geschlechtliche Fortpflanzung bei Hydra. [Some Remarks on Budding and Sexual Reproduction in Hydra]. <em>Biologisch Zbl.</em> 27: 392-396. [details] 

additional source Mzozo, Z.B. (2017). Aspects of the feeding biology of the copepod Pseudodiaptomus hessei (Copepoda: Calanoida) under culture conditions. <em>M.S. Thesis, University of Fort Hare, South Africa.</em> 72 pp. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Mzozo, Z.B., G.F. Matcher & N.G. Vine. (2019). Aspects of the feeding biology of the copepod Pseudodiaptomus hessei (Copepoda: Calanoida) under culture conditions. <em>Aquaculture Research.</em> 50(4):1329-1337., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/are.14009 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Noyon, M. & P.W. Froneman (2014). The diet of the calanoid copepod, Pseudodiaptomus hessei, in a permanently open southern African estuary inferred from fatty acid analyses. <i>Journal Of Plankton Research</i>. 36(4):1153-1158. JUL-AUG 2014, available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbu037 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Noyon, M. & P.W. Froneman. (2013). Variability in the egg production rates of the calanoid copepod, Pseudodiaptomus hessei in a South African estuary in relation to environmental factors. Estuarine Coastal And Shelf Science 135:306-316., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2013.10.024 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Pagano, M., E. Kouassi, L. Saint Jean, R. Arfi & M. Bouvy. (2003). Feeding of Acartia clausi and Pseudodiaptomus hessei (Copepoda: Calanoida) on natural particles in a tropical lagoon (Ebrie, Cote d'Ivoire). Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 56(3-4): 433-445, available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0272-7714(02)00193-2 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Sewell, R.B.S. (1948). The free-swimming planktonic Copepoda. Geographical distribution. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition 8(3):317-592, figs. 72-95, charts 1-2. (28-ix-1948) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Siqwepu, O. (2016). The effect of dietary microalgae on the fatty acid profile, fecundity and population growth of the calanoid copepod Pseudodiaptomus hessei (Mrázek 1884) (Copepoda: Calanoida). <em>M.S. Thesis, University of Fort Hare, South Africa.</em> 64 pp. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Van de Velde, I. (1978). Cladocera and Copepoda from the valley of the River Senegal. Biologisch Jaarboek Dodonaea 46:192-201, figs. 1-4.
page(s): :199-200, fig.4 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Veldhuis, H.A. (1987). An analysis of factors controlling the distribution of zooplankton in the Knysna estuary, South Africa. <em>M.S. Thesis, Faculty of Science, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.</em> ii + 101 pp., available online at http:// http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22015 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Walter, T.C. (1986). New and poorly known Indo-Pacific species of Pseudodiaptomus (Copepoda: Calanoida), with a key to the species groups. Journal of Plankton Research 8(1):129-168, figs. 1-14, tab. 1. (i.1986), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/8.1.129
page(s): 133 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Walter, T.C. (1986). The zoogeography of the genus Pseudodiaptomus (Calanoida: Pseudodiaptomidae). In: Schriever, G., H.K. Schminke & C.-t. Shih (eds.). Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Copepoda, Ottawa, Canada, 13-17 August, 1984. Syllogeus 58:502-508, fig. 1, tab. 1.
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additional source Wasserman, R.J. (2013). Direct and indirect effects of zooplanktivorous predators on the estuarine plankton community. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, Rhodes University.</em> 165 pp., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012938 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Wasserman, R.J., T.J.F. Vink, R. Kramer & P.W. Froneman. (2014). Hyperbenthic and pelagic predators regulate alternate key planktonic copepods in shallow temperate estuaries. <em>Marine and Freshwater Research.</em> 65(9) 791-801., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/MF13233 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Wooldridge, T. (1976). The zooplankton of Msikaba estuary. <em>Zoologica Africana.</em> 11(1):23-44, figs. 1-6, tabs. 1-5., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00445096.1976.11447513 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Wooldridge, T.H. & C. Bailey. (1982). Euryhaline zooplankton of the Sundays estuary and notes on trophic relationships. <em>South African Journal of Zoology.</em> 17(4):151-163, figs. 1-9, tabs. 1-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/02541858.1982.11447797 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Wooldridge, T.H. & R. Melville-Smith. (1979). Copepod succession in two South African estuaries. <em>Journal of Plankton Research.</em> 1(4):329-341, figs. 1-7, tab. 1. (xii-1979)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/1.4.329 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Wooldridge, T.H. (1999). Estuarine zooplankton community structure and dynamics. Chapter 7. <em>In: Allanson, B.R. & D. Baird (eds.). Estuaries of South Africa. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 356 pp.</em> :141-166. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
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