Copepoda name details
Elaphoidella gracilis (Sars G.O., 1863)
361008 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:361008)
alternative representation
Species
Attheyella gracilis (Sars G.O., 1863) · unaccepted
Canthocamptus gracilis Sars G.O., 1863 · unaccepted
Canthocamptus inornatus Scott T. & Duthie, 1896 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (Synonym of Elaphoidella gracilis...)
Synonym of Elaphoidella gracilis (Sars, G.O., 1863) after Scott T. (1903), Lang (1948) and Defaye & Dussart (2011)
Sars, G.O. (1863). Oversigt af de indenlandske Ferskvandcopepoder. [Overview of the domestic Freshwater Copepods.]. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiana.</em> 1862:212-262., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44339019 [details] 
(of Canthocamptus gracilis Sars G.O., 1863) Sars, G.O. (1863). Oversigt af de indenlandske Ferskvandcopepoder. [Overview of the domestic Freshwater Copepods.]. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiana.</em> 1862:212-262., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44339019 [details]
(of Canthocamptus gracilis Sars G.O., 1863) Sars, G.O. (1863). Oversigt af de indenlandske Ferskvandcopepoder. [Overview of the domestic Freshwater Copepods.]. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiana.</em> 1862:212-262., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44339019 [details]
Type locality contained in Norway
type locality contained in Norway [details]
Taxonomy belongs to the group II of Lang (1948)
Taxonomy belongs to the group II of Lang (1948) [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Elaphoidella gracilis (Sars G.O., 1863). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=361008 on 2026-01-27
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Sars, G.O. (1863). Oversigt af de indenlandske Ferskvandcopepoder. [Overview of the domestic Freshwater Copepods.]. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiana.</em> 1862:212-262., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44339019 [details]
original description (of Canthocamptus gracilis Sars G.O., 1863) Sars, G.O. (1863). Oversigt af de indenlandske Ferskvandcopepoder. [Overview of the domestic Freshwater Copepods.]. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiana.</em> 1862:212-262., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44339019 [details]
additional source Apostolov, A. (1985). Étude sur quelques copépodes harpacticoïdes du genre Elaphoidella Chappuis, 1929 de Bulgarie avec une rèvision du genre. [Study on some harpacticoid copepods of the genus Elaphoidella Chappuis, 1929 from Bulgaria with a revision of the genus.]. <em>Acta Musei Macedonici Scientiarum Naturalium, Skopje.</em> 17(7/145):133-163, figs. 1-6. (20-viii-1985, English and Serbo-Croatian summaries).
note: drawings of appendages and abdomen part of a female. [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Damian-Georgescu, A. (1970). Copepoda Harpacticoida (forme de apa dulce). Fauna Republicii Socialiste Romania, Crustacea 4(11): 1-252, figs. 1-114. (14-vii-1970). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pelosse, J. (1939). Sur quelques espèces d'Harpacticides (Crustacés Copépodes) rares du sud-est de la France. [On some rare species of Harpacticides (Crustaceans Copepods) from the south-east of France.]. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 64:293-301, figs. 1-4. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Dussart, B.H. (1967). Les Copépodes des eaux continentales d'Europe occidentale. Tome I: Calanoïdes et Harpacticoïdes. [Copepods of the continental waters of Western Europe. Volume I: Calanoids and Harpacticoids.]. <em>N. Boubée et Cie, Paris.</em> 500 pp.
page(s): 372 [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): 3684 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Gagern, E. (1941). Zur Variabilität des Harpacticoiden Elaphoidella gracilis Sars. [On the variability of the harpacticoid Elaphoidella gracilis Sars.]. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 136(7-8):141-142, fig. 1. (1-xii-1941). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Green, J. (1959). Haemoglobin and the habitat of the harpacticoid copepod Elaphoidella gracilis (Sars). Nature, London 183(4678):1834. (27-vi-1959) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lang, K. (1931). Schwedische Süsswasser- und Moosharpacticiden. [Swedish freshwater and moss harpacticoids.]. <em>Arkiv för Zoologi.</em> (A)22(17):1-84, figs. 1-105. (19-iii-1931). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Monchenko, V.I. (1967). Predstaviteli roda Elaphoidella (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) v Sovetskom Soyuze. [Representatives of the genus Elaphoidella (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) in the Soviet Union.]. <em>Vestnik Zoologii.</em> 1:53-60, figs.1-5. (Russian with English abstract). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pesta, O. (1932). Krebstiere oder Crustacea. I: Ruderfüsser oder Copepoda. 3. Unterordnung: Harpacticoida (1. und 2. Hälfte). [Crustaceans or Crustacea. I: Copepods. 3. Suborder: Harpacticoida (1st and 2nd half)]. <em>In: Dahl, F. (ed.). Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der Angrenzenden Meeresteile nach Ihren Merkmalen und nach Ihrer Lebensweise. Jena.</em> 24:1-164, figs. 1-72, 1-92. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Por, F.D. (1983). The freshwater Canthocamptidae (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) of Israel and Sinai. Israel Journal of Zoology 32(2-3):113-134, figs.1-64. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Willems, K.A. (1989). Verspreiding, ecologie en gemeenschapsstructuur van benthische copepoden in het Delta-gebied en de Eems-Dollard (Nederland). [Distribution, ecology and community structure of benthic copepods in the Delta area and the Ems-Dollard (Netherlands)]. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, Universiteit Gent, Ghent, Belgium.</em> 2 vols:198 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=dataset&dasid=5080) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Karpowicz, M. (2016). New data to the knowledge on the Harpacticoida (Crustacea, Copepoda) fauna in Poland. <em>Fragmenta Faunistica (Warsaw).</em> 59(2):87-98., available online at https://doi.org/10.3161/00159301FF2016.59.2.087 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Caramujo, M.J. & M.J. Boavida. (2009). The practical identification of harpacticoids (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) in inland waters of central portugal for applied studies. <em>Crustaceana (Leiden).</em> 82(4):385-409. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bassamakov, I. (1976). Harpacticoida (Crustacea, Copepoda) from the Rhodopes in Bulgaria. <em>Bulletin of the National Science Museum Plovdiv.</em> 11:65-74. [1975]. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Canthocamptus gracilis Sars G.O., 1863) Sars, G.O. (1863). Oversigt af de indenlandske Ferskvandcopepoder. [Overview of the domestic Freshwater Copepods.]. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiana.</em> 1862:212-262., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44339019 [details]
additional source Apostolov, A. (1985). Étude sur quelques copépodes harpacticoïdes du genre Elaphoidella Chappuis, 1929 de Bulgarie avec une rèvision du genre. [Study on some harpacticoid copepods of the genus Elaphoidella Chappuis, 1929 from Bulgaria with a revision of the genus.]. <em>Acta Musei Macedonici Scientiarum Naturalium, Skopje.</em> 17(7/145):133-163, figs. 1-6. (20-viii-1985, English and Serbo-Croatian summaries).
note: drawings of appendages and abdomen part of a female. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Damian-Georgescu, A. (1970). Copepoda Harpacticoida (forme de apa dulce). Fauna Republicii Socialiste Romania, Crustacea 4(11): 1-252, figs. 1-114. (14-vii-1970). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Pelosse, J. (1939). Sur quelques espèces d'Harpacticides (Crustacés Copépodes) rares du sud-est de la France. [On some rare species of Harpacticides (Crustaceans Copepods) from the south-east of France.]. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 64:293-301, figs. 1-4. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Dussart, B.H. (1967). Les Copépodes des eaux continentales d'Europe occidentale. Tome I: Calanoïdes et Harpacticoïdes. [Copepods of the continental waters of Western Europe. Volume I: Calanoids and Harpacticoids.]. <em>N. Boubée et Cie, Paris.</em> 500 pp.
page(s): 372 [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): 3684 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Gagern, E. (1941). Zur Variabilität des Harpacticoiden Elaphoidella gracilis Sars. [On the variability of the harpacticoid Elaphoidella gracilis Sars.]. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 136(7-8):141-142, fig. 1. (1-xii-1941). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Green, J. (1959). Haemoglobin and the habitat of the harpacticoid copepod Elaphoidella gracilis (Sars). Nature, London 183(4678):1834. (27-vi-1959) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lang, K. (1931). Schwedische Süsswasser- und Moosharpacticiden. [Swedish freshwater and moss harpacticoids.]. <em>Arkiv för Zoologi.</em> (A)22(17):1-84, figs. 1-105. (19-iii-1931). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Monchenko, V.I. (1967). Predstaviteli roda Elaphoidella (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) v Sovetskom Soyuze. [Representatives of the genus Elaphoidella (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) in the Soviet Union.]. <em>Vestnik Zoologii.</em> 1:53-60, figs.1-5. (Russian with English abstract). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Pesta, O. (1932). Krebstiere oder Crustacea. I: Ruderfüsser oder Copepoda. 3. Unterordnung: Harpacticoida (1. und 2. Hälfte). [Crustaceans or Crustacea. I: Copepods. 3. Suborder: Harpacticoida (1st and 2nd half)]. <em>In: Dahl, F. (ed.). Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der Angrenzenden Meeresteile nach Ihren Merkmalen und nach Ihrer Lebensweise. Jena.</em> 24:1-164, figs. 1-72, 1-92. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Por, F.D. (1983). The freshwater Canthocamptidae (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) of Israel and Sinai. Israel Journal of Zoology 32(2-3):113-134, figs.1-64. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Willems, K.A. (1989). Verspreiding, ecologie en gemeenschapsstructuur van benthische copepoden in het Delta-gebied en de Eems-Dollard (Nederland). [Distribution, ecology and community structure of benthic copepods in the Delta area and the Ems-Dollard (Netherlands)]. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, Universiteit Gent, Ghent, Belgium.</em> 2 vols:198 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/en/imis?module=dataset&dasid=5080) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Karpowicz, M. (2016). New data to the knowledge on the Harpacticoida (Crustacea, Copepoda) fauna in Poland. <em>Fragmenta Faunistica (Warsaw).</em> 59(2):87-98., available online at https://doi.org/10.3161/00159301FF2016.59.2.087 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Caramujo, M.J. & M.J. Boavida. (2009). The practical identification of harpacticoids (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) in inland waters of central portugal for applied studies. <em>Crustaceana (Leiden).</em> 82(4):385-409. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bassamakov, I. (1976). Harpacticoida (Crustacea, Copepoda) from the Rhodopes in Bulgaria. <em>Bulletin of the National Science Museum Plovdiv.</em> 11:65-74. [1975]. [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Habitat reed belt of a shallow lake [details]Habitat although inhabitant of benthos of surface waterbodies, found in hyporheic environments too [details]
Taxonomy belongs to the group II of Lang (1948) [details]
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Canthocamptus gracilis Sars G.O., 1863)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Elaphoidella gracilis)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Canthocamptus gracilis Sars G.O., 1863)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Attheyella gracilis (Sars G.O., 1863))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Canthocamptus gracilis Sars G.O., 1863)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Elaphoidella gracilis)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Canthocamptus gracilis Sars G.O., 1863)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Attheyella gracilis (Sars G.O., 1863))
From editor or global species database
Image from synonym