Copepoda name details

Nitocra spinipes Boeck, 1865

428733 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:428733)

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  2. Animalia
  3. Arthropoda
  4. Crustacea
  5. Multicrustacea
  6. Copepoda
  7. Neocopepoda
  8. Podoplea
  9. Harpacticoida
  10. Ameiridae
  11. Nitocra
  12. Nitocra spinipes
alternative representation
Nitocra spinipes spinipes Boeck, 1865
Species
Nitocra Boeck, 1865
Canthocamptus palustris Brady, 1880 · unaccepted (synonym according to Lang (1948))
Nitocra parafragilis Roe, 1958 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nitocra spinipes armata Lang, 1965 · unaccepted (synonomized by Chang & Yoon, 2008)
Nitokra spinipes Boeck, 1865 · alternative representation (both spellings in use)

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Boeck, A. (1865). Oversigt over de ved Norges Kyster jagttagne Copepoder henhorende til Calanidernes, Cyclopidernes og Harpactidernes Familier. [Overview of the Copepods hunted on the coast of Norway belonging to the families Calanoidae, Cyclopoidae and Harpacticodidae.]. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1864: 226-282 [for 1864 however published in 1865]. [details] OpenAccess publication
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Nitocra spinipes Boeck, 1865. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=428733 on 2026-08-02
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original description Boeck, A. (1865). Oversigt over de ved Norges Kyster jagttagne Copepoder henhorende til Calanidernes, Cyclopidernes og Harpactidernes Familier. [Overview of the Copepods hunted on the coast of Norway belonging to the families Calanoidae, Cyclopoidae and Harpacticodidae.]. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1864: 226-282 [for 1864 however published in 1865]. [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Nivå Bay species list, Sjælland, Denmark (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Chang, C.Y. (2009). Illustrated encyclopedia of fauna & flora of Korea. Vol. 42. Inland-water Copepoda. <em>Jeonghaeng-sa, Ministry of Education, Seoul, South Korea.</em> 42:1-687. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Lundström, E., B. Björlenius, M. Brinkmann, H. Hollert, J.O. Persson & M. Breitholtz. (2010). Comparison of six sewage effluents treated with different treatment technologies - Population level responses in the harpacticoid copepod Nitocra spinipes. Aquatic Toxicology 96(4):298-307., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2009.11.011 [details] 

additional source Perez-Landa, V. & S.L. Simpson. (2011). A short life-cycle test with the epibenthic copepod Nitocra spinipes for sediment toxicity assessment. <em>Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.</em> 30(6):1430-1439., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.513 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Lang, K. (1936). Undersökningar över Öresund. Untersuchungen aus dem Öresund. XX. Harpacticiden aus dem Öresund.  [Surveys over the Öresund. Untersuchungen aus dem Öresund. XX. Harpacticide aus dem Öresund.]. <em>Kungliga Fysiografiska Sällskapets Handlingar, new series,.</em> 46(8):1-52, figs. 1-148. [Lunds Universitets Arsskrift, N.F. 2(31)8:1-52.]. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Edlund, A., K. Ek, M. Breitholtz & E. Gorokhova. (2012). Antibiotic-induced change of bacterial communities associated with the copepod Nitocra spinipes. <em>PLoS One.</em> 7(3):1-9. Article No.: e33107., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033107 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Apostolov, A. (2014). Contribution to the study of marine harpacticoid fauna (Crustacea, Copepoda) of Iceland. ZooNotes, 62:1-5. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Bejgarn, S., M. MacLeod, C. Bogdal & M. Breitholtz (2015). Toxicity of leachate from weathering plastics: An exploratory screening study with Nitocra spinipes. <i>Chemosphere</i>. 132:114-119., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.03.010 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Koch, J., T.T. Bui, E. Lundström Belleza, M. Brinkmann, H. Hollert & M. Breitholtz. (2017). Temperature and food quantity effects on the harpacticoid copepod Nitocra spinipes: Combining in vivo bioassays with population modeling. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 12(3):1-18. e0174384., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174384 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [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  PDF available [request]

additional source Cervantes Martínez, M.A. Gutiérrez Aguirre, V.H. Delgado Blas & J.D. Ruíz Ramírez. (2012). Especies de zooplancton dulceacuícola de Cozumel. [Freshwater species of zooplankton from Cozumel.]. <em>Universidad de Quintana Roo (UQROO), Unidades Académicas Cozumel y Chetumal, Cozumel, Mexico.</em> 62 pp. ISBN: 978-607-8056-17-0 [In Spanish.]. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Koch, J. & K.A.C. De Schamphelaere. (2019). Two dynamic energy budget models for the harpacticoid copepod Nitocra spinipes. <em>Journal of Sea Research.</em> 143:70-77., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2018.02.003 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Koch, J. & K.A.C. De Schamphelaere. (2020). Estimating inter-individual variability of dynamic energy budget model parameters for the copepod Nitocra spinipes from existing life-history data. <em>Ecological Modelling.</em> 431:1-9. 109091. Sep 2020., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2020.109091 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Koch, J. & K.A.C. De Schamphelaere. (2021). Making Sense of Life-History Effects of the Antidepressant Citalopram in the Copepod Nitocra spinipes Using a Bioenergetics Model. <em>Environmental Toxicology And Chemistry.</em> 40(7): . MAY 2021., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.5044 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Gewert, B., M. MacLeod & M. Breitholtz. (2021). Variability in Toxicity of Plastic Leachates as a Function of Weathering and Polymer Type: A Screening Study with the Copepod Nitocra spinipes. <em>Biological Bulletin.</em> 240:1-9. .Jun 2021., available online at https://doi.org/10.1086/714506 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Ward, D.J., V. Perez-Landa, D.A. Spadaro, S.L. Simpson & D.F. Jolley. (2011). An assessment of three Harpacticoid Copepod species for use in ecotoxicological testing. <em>Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology.</em> 61(3):414-425., available online at https://ro.uow.edu.au/scipapers/3219 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Quintana, X.D., D. Boix, A. Badosa, S. Brucet, J. Compte, S. Gascón, R. López-Flores, J. Sala & R. Moreno-Amich. (2006). Community structure in Mediterranean shallow lentic ecosystems: size-based vs. taxon-based approaches. <em>Limnetica.</em> 25(1-2):303-320., available online at https://doi.org/10.23818/limn.25.21 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Ward, D.J., S.L. Simpson & D.F. Jolley. (2013). Avoidance of contaminated sediments by an amphipod (Melita plumulosa), harpacticoid copepod (Nitocra spinipes), and a snail (Phallomedusa solida). <em>Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.</em> 32(3):644-652. Mar 2013., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.2086 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [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  PDF available [request]

additional source Apostolov, A. (1972). Catalogue des Copépodes Harpacticoïdes marins de la Mer Noire. [Catalog of marine Harpacticoid Copepods of the Black Sea.]. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 188(3-4):202-254, figs. 1-224. (iii/iv-1972). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Breitholtz, M., J. Karlsson, N. Ricklund, U. Dahl, B. Eklund, K. Grunder, G. Åkerman & H. Sundberg. (2006). A novel approach to rank potential toxicity of organic sediment extracts in juvenile harpacticoid copepods (Nitocra spinipes) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). SNV Rapport 5596:99-133. [details] 

additional source Breitholtz, M., L. Wollenberger & L. Dinan. (2003). Effects of four synthetic musks on the life cycle of the harpacticoid copepod Nitocra spinipes. <em>Aquatic Toxicology.</em> 63(2):103-118., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/S0166-445X(02)00159-5 [details] 

additional source Breitholtz, M. & B.E. Bengtsson. (2001). Oestrogens have no hormonal effect on the development and reproduction of the harpacticoid copepod Nitocra spinipes. Marine Pollution Bulletin 42 (10): 879-886., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0025-326x(01)00046-7 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Abraham, S. & U.K. Gopalan. (1975). Growth of an estuarine harpacticoid copepod Nitocra spinipes Boeck cultured in the laboratory. In: Third All-India Symposium on Estuarine Biology. Bulletin of the Department of Marine Science, University of Cochin 7(2):309-318, figs. 1-15a. (xii-1975) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Apostolov, A. & T.M. Marinov. (1988). Copepoda Harpacticoida (morski kharpaktikoidi). [Copepoda, Harpacticoida (marine harpacticoids).]. <em>Fauna Bulgarica, Fauna Bolgarii. Izd. B'lg. Akad. Nauk, in Aedibus Academiae Scientiarum Bulgaricae, Sofia. Scient. Bulgaricae, Sofia.</em> 18:1-384. (Bulgarian.). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Bengtsson, B.E. & B. Bergstrom. (1982). Toxicity tests with Nitocra spinipes (Crustacea) and some metals released from a smelter industry. In: Müller, K. (ed.). Coastal research in the Gulf of Bothnia. Monographiae Biologicae 45:439-444, fig. 1, tab. 1. [details] 

additional source Ek, H., E. Nilsson, G. Birgersson & G. Dave. (2007). TNT leakage through sediment to water and toxicity to Nitocra spinipes. <em>Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety.</em> 67(3):341-348., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2006.10.011 [details] 

additional source Dahms, H.U. (1988). Postembryonic development of Harpacticoida (Crustacea, Copepoda) and its significance for the reconstruction of phylogenetic relationships. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, Universität Oldenburg.</em> 280 pp. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Dahms, H.U. (1990). Naupliar development of Harpacticoida (Crustacea, Copepoda) and its significance for phylogenetic systematics. <em>Microfauna Marina.</em> 6:169-272, figs. 1-23. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Dahms, H.U. (1993). Pictorial keys for the identification of crustacean nauplii from the marine meiobenthos. Journal of Crustacean Biology 13(3):609-616., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1548802 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [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  PDF available [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): 212 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Gopalan, U.K. (1977). Experimental mass culture of a harpacticoid copepod Nitocra spinipes Boeck. In: Qasim, S.Z. (ed.). Proceedings of the Symposium on Warm Water Zooplankton, UNESCO/NIO, Goa. Special Publication of the National Institute of Oceanography, Goa :558-562, figs. 1-2. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Griga, R.E. (1960). Razvitie nekotorykh Harpacticoida Chernogo morya. [Development of some Black Sea harpacticoids.]. <em>Trudy Sevastopol'skoy Biologicheskoy Stantsii, Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Transactions of the Sevastopol Biological Station).</em> 13:68-77, figs. 1-4. (Russian with English summary.). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Kahan, D. & M. Azoury. (1981). Laboratory cultivation of Nitocra spinipes Boeck from the solar pond (Gulf of Aqaba - Red Sea). European Mariculture Society, Special Publication 6: 117-131. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Kiefer, F. (1960). Psammobionte Ruderfusskrebse (Crust. Cop.) aus dem Gebiet der Unterweser und von der Insel Helgoland. [Psammobiont copepods (Crust. Cop.) from the Lower Weser region and from the island of Heligoland. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 165(1-2):30-36, figs. 1-39. (vii-1960). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Mordukhai-Boltovskoy, F.D. (Ed.). (1969). Opredetel' fauny Chernogo i Azovskogo more, 2. Svobodnozhivushchie bespozvonochnye, Rakoobraznye. (Crustacea). [A key to the fauna of the Black and Azov Seas, Volune II. Free-living invertebrates. Crustacea.]. <em>Institut Biologii Yuzh'nykh Morei, Akademiya Nauk USSR, Naukova Dumka, Kiev.</em> 536 pp. (In Russian.). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Letova, V.N. (1982). Harpacticoida (Crustacea, Copepoda) ilisto peschano litorali vostochnogo Murmana. [Harpacticoida (Crustacea, Copepoda) from the mud-sandy littoral of the east Murman. ]. <em>In: Skarlato, O.A. (ed.). Bespozvonochnye pribrezhnykh biotsenozov severnogo ledovitego. Marine invertebrates of coastal biocenoses of the Arctic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. Issledovaniya Fauny Morei.</em> 29(37):46-75, figs. 1-22. (27-xii-1982, Russian with English summary). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [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  PDF available [request]

additional source Pettersson, P. (1999). Nitocra spinipes – a candidate for detection of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals? Master of Science in Biology at Uppsala University, Swedish University of Agricultural Science (SLU) ISSN 1402-3180. 42 pp. [details] 

additional source Sazhina, L.I. (1985). Naupliusy massovykh vidov pelagickeskikh kopepod Mirovogo okeana. [Nauplii of mass species pelagic copeopds of the world ocean.]. <em>Naukova Dumka, Kiev.</em> 238 pp. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Weiss, G.M., G.B. McManus & H.R. Harvey. (1996). Development and lipid composition of the harpacticoid copepod Nitocra spinipes reared on different diets. Marine Ecology Progress Series 132:57-61., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps132057 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). (2007). Validation Report of the Full Life-Cycle Test with the Harpacticoid Copepods Nitocra spinipes and Amphiascus tenuiremis and the Calanoid Copepod Acartia tonsa ? Phase 1. <em>OECD, ENV/JM /MONO(2007)26. Series on Testing and Assessment.</em> No. 79:1-102. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Breitholtz, M., K. Ek & B.E. Bengtsson. (2003). Bedömning av toxicitet av avloppsvatten från SCA Packaging Munksund AB på reproduktion och utveckling hos hoppkräftan Nitocra spinipes. [Evaluation of the toxicity of sewage from SCA Packaging Munksund AB on the reproduction and development of the copepod Nitocra spinipes.] Institute of Applied Environmental Research (ITM), Stockholm University. [In Swedish.] [details] 

additional source Breitholtz, M., J.R. Nyholm, J. Karlsson & P.L. Andersson. (2008). Are individual NOEC levels safe for mixtures? A study on mixture toxicity of brominated flame-retardants in the copepod Nitocra spinipes. <em>Chemosphere.</em> 72(9):1242-1249., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.05.004 [details] 
 
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LanguageName 
Polish nitokra żółtawa  [details]
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Nitokra spinipes Boeck, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Nitokra spinipes Boeck, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Canthocamptus palustris Brady, 1880)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nitokra spinipes) (from synonym Nitokra spinipes Boeck, 1865)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Nitokra spinipes Boeck, 1865)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) 
To PESI (from synonym Nitokra spinipes Boeck, 1865)
To PESI 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (6 records) (from synonym Nitokra spinipes Boeck, 1865)
To ITIS