Copepoda taxon details
Orthocyclops modestus (Herrick, 1883)
356738 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:356738)
accepted
Species
Cyclops capilliferus Forbes S.A., 1893 · unaccepted
Cyclops modestus Herrick, 1883 · unaccepted
Herrick, C.L. (1883). Heterogenetic development in Diaptomus. American Naturalist 17:381-389, pls. 5-6; 499-505, pl. 7. (iv & v-1883), available online at https://doi.org/10.1086/273359
page(s): 500 [details]
(of Cyclops modestus Herrick, 1883) Herrick, C.L. (1883). Heterogenetic development in Diaptomus. American Naturalist 17:381-389, pls. 5-6; 499-505, pl. 7. (iv & v-1883), available online at https://doi.org/10.1086/273359
page(s): 500 [details]
page(s): 500 [details]
(of Cyclops modestus Herrick, 1883) Herrick, C.L. (1883). Heterogenetic development in Diaptomus. American Naturalist 17:381-389, pls. 5-6; 499-505, pl. 7. (iv & v-1883), available online at https://doi.org/10.1086/273359
page(s): 500 [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Orthocyclops modestus (Herrick, 1883). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=356738 on 2026-05-19
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Herrick, C.L. (1883). Heterogenetic development in Diaptomus. American Naturalist 17:381-389, pls. 5-6; 499-505, pl. 7. (iv & v-1883), available online at https://doi.org/10.1086/273359
page(s): 500 [details]
original description (of Cyclops modestus Herrick, 1883) Herrick, C.L. (1883). Heterogenetic development in Diaptomus. American Naturalist 17:381-389, pls. 5-6; 499-505, pl. 7. (iv & v-1883), available online at https://doi.org/10.1086/273359
page(s): 500 [details]
original description (of Cyclops capilliferus Forbes S.A., 1893) Forbes, S.A. (1893). A preliminary report on the aquatic invertebrate fauna of the Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, and of the Flathead region of Montana. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, 1891 11:207-258, pls. 37-42., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.29981 [details]
additional source Dussart, B.H. & D. Defaye. (2001). Copepoda: Introduction to the Copepoda. (2nd edition)(revised and enlarged). <em>Guides to the Identification of the Microinvertebrates of the Continental Waters of the World. H.J.F. Dumont (ed.). SPB Academic Publishers, The Hague.</em> 16:1-344. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Franke, U. (1989). Katalog zur Sammlung limnischer Copepoden von Prof. Dr. Friedrich Kiefer (Mit einem Gesamtverzeichnis seiner Publikationen). [Catolog of the freshwater copepods of Dr. Friedrich Kiefer.]. <em>Carolinea Beiheft, Karlsrühe.</em> 5:1-433, figs. 1-2.
note: Catalog vial number(s): 5447 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kiefer, F. (1927). Freilebende Süsswasser-Copepoden aus Nordamerika. I. Cyclopiden. [Free-living freshwater copepods from North America. I. Cyclopids.]. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 72(9-10):262-268, figs. 1-14. (20-vii-1927). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kiefer, F. (1929). Crustacea Copepoda. 2. Cyclopoida Gnathostoma. <em>Das Tierreich, Berlin und Leipzig.</em> 53:1-102. [German].
page(s): 77 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kiefer, F. (1978). Zur Kenntnis des Orthocyclops modestus (Herrick, 1883) (Copepoda, Cyclopoida). [On the knowledge of Orthocyclops modestus (Herrick, 1883) (Copepoda, Cyclopoida).]. <em>Crustaceana (Leiden).</em> 35(3):308-310. (28-xi-1978)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854078x00466 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Reid, B.L. (2007). Energy flow in a floodplain aquifer ecosystem. <em>Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, U.S.A.</em> 250 pp., available online at https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/372 [details]
additional source Punzo, F. (1978). The effects of food deprivation and satiety on the swimming activity of an aquatic copepod, Orthocyclops modestus (Crustacea: Copepoda). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 75(1):137-142, figs. 1-2. [details]
additional source Smith, K.E. (1977). The taxonomy and distribution of Ontario copepod Crustacea (Calanoida and Cyclopoida) with keys to the species. <em>M.Sc. Thesis, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.</em> 121 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Yan, N.D., R. Girard, J.H. Heneberry, W.B. Keller, J.M. Gunn,& P.J. Dillon. (2004). Recovery of copepod, but not cladoceran, zooplankton from severe and chronic effects of multiple stressors. <em>Ecology Letters.</em> 7(6): 452-460., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2004.00599.x [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Alsalman, I.M., M. Soliman & R. Nehru. (2009). Ecology on Cyclops (Cyclopoidae) in Sabha Pond, south of Libya. <em>Ecoscan.</em> 3(1-2):47-51. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.158.i [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Couture, S., C. Hudon, P. Gagnon, Z.E. Taranu, B. Pinel-Alloul, D. Houle, L. Aldamman, C. Beauvais & M. Lachapelle. (2021). Zooplankton communities in Precambrian Shield lakes (Quebec, Canada): responses to spatial and temporal gradients in water chemistry and climate. <em>Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 78 (5):567 - 579., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2020-0139 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Duffy, W.G. & D.J. LaBar. (1994). Aquatic invertebrate production in southeastern USA wetlands during winter and spring. <em>Wetlands.</em> 14(2) 88-97., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03160625 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Messner, J.S. (2012). Effects of introduced fish on mountain lake zooplankton communities. <em>M.Sc. Thesis, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.</em> 93 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Schell, J.M., C.J. Santos-Flores, P.E. Allen, B.M. Hunker, S. Kloehn, A. Michelson, R.A. Lillie & S.I. Dodson. (2001). Physical-chemical influences on vernal zooplankton community structure in small lakes and wetlands of Wisconsin, U.S.A. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 445:37-50., available online at https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1017574316867 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source MacLennan, M.M. (2015). Cumulative Impacts of Multiple Stressors on Aquatic Communities: Novel Fish Predators in Warming Mountain Lakes. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.</em> 199 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bathe, P.N., G.B. Kale & T. Paraskar. (2024). Study Of Zooplankton Diversity In Lanjud Dam At Buldhana District Of Maharashtra. <em>International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts (IJCRT).</em> 12(8):c122-c125. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Redmond, L.E., C.J.G. Loewen & R.D. Vinebrooke. (2018). A functional approach to zooplankton communities in Mountain Lakes stocked with non-native sportfish under a changing climate. <em>Water Resources Research.</em> 54:2362-2375., available online at 10.1002/ 2017WR021956 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bolduc, P., Z.E. Taranu, B. Pinel-Alloul & A. Bertolo. (2026). Taxonomy and Functional Traits Modulate the Environmental Niche Dimensions of Crustacean Zooplankton Communities in Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Beds. <em>Freshwater Biology.</em> 71:1-17. e70193., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.70193 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pandit, S.N. (2009). The Role of Local and Regional Processes along the Gradients of Habitat Specialization from a Metacommunity Perspective. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.</em> xxi + 204 pp. Sep 2009., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/11375/17377 [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy Forbes, E.B. (1897). A contribution to a knowledge of North American freshwater Cyclopidae. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History 5(2):27-83, pls. 8-20. [details]
page(s): 500 [details]
original description (of Cyclops modestus Herrick, 1883) Herrick, C.L. (1883). Heterogenetic development in Diaptomus. American Naturalist 17:381-389, pls. 5-6; 499-505, pl. 7. (iv & v-1883), available online at https://doi.org/10.1086/273359
page(s): 500 [details]
original description (of Cyclops capilliferus Forbes S.A., 1893) Forbes, S.A. (1893). A preliminary report on the aquatic invertebrate fauna of the Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, and of the Flathead region of Montana. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, 1891 11:207-258, pls. 37-42., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.29981 [details]
additional source Dussart, B.H. & D. Defaye. (2001). Copepoda: Introduction to the Copepoda. (2nd edition)(revised and enlarged). <em>Guides to the Identification of the Microinvertebrates of the Continental Waters of the World. H.J.F. Dumont (ed.). SPB Academic Publishers, The Hague.</em> 16:1-344. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Franke, U. (1989). Katalog zur Sammlung limnischer Copepoden von Prof. Dr. Friedrich Kiefer (Mit einem Gesamtverzeichnis seiner Publikationen). [Catolog of the freshwater copepods of Dr. Friedrich Kiefer.]. <em>Carolinea Beiheft, Karlsrühe.</em> 5:1-433, figs. 1-2.
note: Catalog vial number(s): 5447 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kiefer, F. (1927). Freilebende Süsswasser-Copepoden aus Nordamerika. I. Cyclopiden. [Free-living freshwater copepods from North America. I. Cyclopids.]. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 72(9-10):262-268, figs. 1-14. (20-vii-1927). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kiefer, F. (1929). Crustacea Copepoda. 2. Cyclopoida Gnathostoma. <em>Das Tierreich, Berlin und Leipzig.</em> 53:1-102. [German].
page(s): 77 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kiefer, F. (1978). Zur Kenntnis des Orthocyclops modestus (Herrick, 1883) (Copepoda, Cyclopoida). [On the knowledge of Orthocyclops modestus (Herrick, 1883) (Copepoda, Cyclopoida).]. <em>Crustaceana (Leiden).</em> 35(3):308-310. (28-xi-1978)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854078x00466 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Reid, B.L. (2007). Energy flow in a floodplain aquifer ecosystem. <em>Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, U.S.A.</em> 250 pp., available online at https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/372 [details]
additional source Punzo, F. (1978). The effects of food deprivation and satiety on the swimming activity of an aquatic copepod, Orthocyclops modestus (Crustacea: Copepoda). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 75(1):137-142, figs. 1-2. [details]
additional source Smith, K.E. (1977). The taxonomy and distribution of Ontario copepod Crustacea (Calanoida and Cyclopoida) with keys to the species. <em>M.Sc. Thesis, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.</em> 121 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Yan, N.D., R. Girard, J.H. Heneberry, W.B. Keller, J.M. Gunn,& P.J. Dillon. (2004). Recovery of copepod, but not cladoceran, zooplankton from severe and chronic effects of multiple stressors. <em>Ecology Letters.</em> 7(6): 452-460., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2004.00599.x [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Alsalman, I.M., M. Soliman & R. Nehru. (2009). Ecology on Cyclops (Cyclopoidae) in Sabha Pond, south of Libya. <em>Ecoscan.</em> 3(1-2):47-51. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.158.i [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Couture, S., C. Hudon, P. Gagnon, Z.E. Taranu, B. Pinel-Alloul, D. Houle, L. Aldamman, C. Beauvais & M. Lachapelle. (2021). Zooplankton communities in Precambrian Shield lakes (Quebec, Canada): responses to spatial and temporal gradients in water chemistry and climate. <em>Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 78 (5):567 - 579., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2020-0139 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Duffy, W.G. & D.J. LaBar. (1994). Aquatic invertebrate production in southeastern USA wetlands during winter and spring. <em>Wetlands.</em> 14(2) 88-97., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03160625 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Messner, J.S. (2012). Effects of introduced fish on mountain lake zooplankton communities. <em>M.Sc. Thesis, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.</em> 93 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Schell, J.M., C.J. Santos-Flores, P.E. Allen, B.M. Hunker, S. Kloehn, A. Michelson, R.A. Lillie & S.I. Dodson. (2001). Physical-chemical influences on vernal zooplankton community structure in small lakes and wetlands of Wisconsin, U.S.A. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 445:37-50., available online at https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1017574316867 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source MacLennan, M.M. (2015). Cumulative Impacts of Multiple Stressors on Aquatic Communities: Novel Fish Predators in Warming Mountain Lakes. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.</em> 199 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bathe, P.N., G.B. Kale & T. Paraskar. (2024). Study Of Zooplankton Diversity In Lanjud Dam At Buldhana District Of Maharashtra. <em>International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts (IJCRT).</em> 12(8):c122-c125. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Redmond, L.E., C.J.G. Loewen & R.D. Vinebrooke. (2018). A functional approach to zooplankton communities in Mountain Lakes stocked with non-native sportfish under a changing climate. <em>Water Resources Research.</em> 54:2362-2375., available online at 10.1002/ 2017WR021956 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bolduc, P., Z.E. Taranu, B. Pinel-Alloul & A. Bertolo. (2026). Taxonomy and Functional Traits Modulate the Environmental Niche Dimensions of Crustacean Zooplankton Communities in Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Beds. <em>Freshwater Biology.</em> 71:1-17. e70193., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.70193 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Pandit, S.N. (2009). The Role of Local and Regional Processes along the Gradients of Habitat Specialization from a Metacommunity Perspective. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.</em> xxi + 204 pp. Sep 2009., available online at http://hdl.handle.net/11375/17377 [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy Forbes, E.B. (1897). A contribution to a knowledge of North American freshwater Cyclopidae. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History 5(2):27-83, pls. 8-20. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 278120 Orthocyclops modestus dorsal length 35 photo)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 278120 Orthocyclops modestus lateral length 35 photo)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (13 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 278120 Orthocyclops modestus dorsal length 35 photo)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 278120 Orthocyclops modestus lateral length 35 photo)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (13 records)
To ITIS
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