Copepoda taxon details
Ditrichocorycaeus affinis (McMurrich, 1916)
764943 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:764943)
accepted
Species
Corycaeus (Ditrichocorycaeus) affinis McMurrich, 1916 · alternative representation
Corycaeus affinis McMurrich, 1916 · unaccepted (generic reassignment)
Corycaeus japonicus Mori, 1937 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Corycaeus affinis McMurrich, 1916) McMurrich, J.P. (1916). Notes on the plankton of the British Columbia coast. Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada (3)10 sect. IV:75-89, figs. 1-14. (vi-1916) [details] 
(of Corycaeus (Ditrichocorycaeus) affinis McMurrich, 1916) McMurrich, J.P. (1916). Notes on the plankton of the British Columbia coast. Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada (3)10 sect. IV:75-89, figs. 1-14. (vi-1916) [details]
(of Corycaeus (Ditrichocorycaeus) affinis McMurrich, 1916) McMurrich, J.P. (1916). Notes on the plankton of the British Columbia coast. Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada (3)10 sect. IV:75-89, figs. 1-14. (vi-1916) [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Ditrichocorycaeus affinis (McMurrich, 1916). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=764943 on 2026-06-22
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original description
(of Corycaeus affinis McMurrich, 1916) McMurrich, J.P. (1916). Notes on the plankton of the British Columbia coast. Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada (3)10 sect. IV:75-89, figs. 1-14. (vi-1916) [details]
original description (of Corycaeus japonicus Mori, 1937) Mori, T. (1937). The Pelagic Copepoda from the Neighbouring Waters of Japan. <em>Yokendo Co., Tokyo.</em> 150pp., pls. 1-80. (Reprinted 1964.). [details]
original description (of Corycaeus (Ditrichocorycaeus) affinis McMurrich, 1916) McMurrich, J.P. (1916). Notes on the plankton of the British Columbia coast. Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada (3)10 sect. IV:75-89, figs. 1-14. (vi-1916) [details]
basis of record Boxshall, G.A. & S.H. Halsey. (2004). An introduction to copepod diversity. <em>Ray Society, London.</em> 166(Part I):1-421. (2 volume set). [details] Available for editors
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additional source Radhika, S.R. & S.B. Nandan [S. Bijoy Nandan]. (2020). Morpho-taxonomy of Corycaeid Cyclopoids from Lakshadweep Sea, South Eastern Arabian Sea—A Part of the Indian Ocean. <em>In: Pandey D., M. Ravichandran & N.Nair (eds) Dynamics of the Earth System: Evolution, Processes and Interactions. Society of Earth Scientists Series. Springer, Cham.</em> : 141-191. Apr 2020., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40659-2_7 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bhaumik, A., V. Fernandes & H. Biswas. (2022). Report of Epibiont Diatom P. pacificum on the Cyclopoid Copepod D. affinis from the Southwestern Shelf Waters of India (Eastern Arabian Sea). <em>Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences.</em> 38(1):337-343. Apr 2022., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-021-00376-3 [details] Available for editors [request]
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 [request]
original description (of Corycaeus japonicus Mori, 1937) Mori, T. (1937). The Pelagic Copepoda from the Neighbouring Waters of Japan. <em>Yokendo Co., Tokyo.</em> 150pp., pls. 1-80. (Reprinted 1964.). [details]
original description (of Corycaeus (Ditrichocorycaeus) affinis McMurrich, 1916) McMurrich, J.P. (1916). Notes on the plankton of the British Columbia coast. Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada (3)10 sect. IV:75-89, figs. 1-14. (vi-1916) [details]
basis of record Boxshall, G.A. & S.H. Halsey. (2004). An introduction to copepod diversity. <em>Ray Society, London.</em> 166(Part I):1-421. (2 volume set). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Radhika, S.R. & S.B. Nandan [S. Bijoy Nandan]. (2020). Morpho-taxonomy of Corycaeid Cyclopoids from Lakshadweep Sea, South Eastern Arabian Sea—A Part of the Indian Ocean. <em>In: Pandey D., M. Ravichandran & N.Nair (eds) Dynamics of the Earth System: Evolution, Processes and Interactions. Society of Earth Scientists Series. Springer, Cham.</em> : 141-191. Apr 2020., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40659-2_7 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bhaumik, A., V. Fernandes & H. Biswas. (2022). Report of Epibiont Diatom P. pacificum on the Cyclopoid Copepod D. affinis from the Southwestern Shelf Waters of India (Eastern Arabian Sea). <em>Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences.</em> 38(1):337-343. Apr 2022., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-021-00376-3 [details] Available for editors
[request]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
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list (from synonym Corycaeus affinis McMurrich, 1916)
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) (from synonym Corycaeus affinis McMurrich, 1916)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Corycaeus affinis McMurrich, 1916)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Corycaeus affinis) (from synonym Corycaeus affinis McMurrich, 1916)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ditrichocorycaeus affinis)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Corycaeus affinis McMurrich, 1916)
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) (from synonym Corycaeus affinis McMurrich, 1916)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Corycaeus affinis McMurrich, 1916)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Corycaeus affinis) (from synonym Corycaeus affinis McMurrich, 1916)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ditrichocorycaeus affinis)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Corycaeus affinis McMurrich, 1916)