Deep-Sea taxon details
Aetideopsis rostrata Sars G.O., 1903
104272 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104272)
accepted
Species
Aetideopsis inflata Park, 1978 · unaccepted (listed as synonym by Markhaseva, 1996)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Sars, G.O. (1903). Copepoda Calanoida, IV. An account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. <em>Bergen Museum.</em> 1-171, Plates I-CII & suppl. I-VI pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 
Depth range Meso- to abyssopelagic
Depth range Meso- to abyssopelagic [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Aetideopsis rostrata Sars G.O., 1903. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104272 on 2026-04-21
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Aetideopsis rostrata Sars G.O., 1903. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104272 on 2026-04-21
original description
Sars, G.O. (1903). Copepoda Calanoida, IV. An account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. <em>Bergen Museum.</em> 1-171, Plates I-CII & suppl. I-VI pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Aetideopsis inflata Park, 1978) Park, T. (1978). Biology of the Antarctic seas. VII. Paper 4. Calanoid copepods belonging to the families Aetideidae and Euchaetidae from Antarctic and subantarctic waters. Biology of the Antarctic Seas, VII. Antarctic Research Series, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC 27:91-290, figs. 1-222., available online at https://doi.org/10.1029/ar027p0091 [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Grice, G.D. & K. Hulsemann. (1967). Bathypelagic calanoid copepods of the western Indian Ocean. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 122(3583):1-67, figs. 1-319., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.122-3583.1 [details] Available for editors
additional source Shih, C.T. & N. Stallard. (1982). Notes on two deep-water calanoids (Aetideopsis rostrata and Neoscolecithrix farrani) from Lancaster Sound. Arctic 35(1):56-60, figs. 1-3. (iii-1982, French summary.), available online at https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic2307 [details] Available for editors
additional source Markhaseva, E.L. (1996). Calanoid copepods of the family Aetideidae of the world ocean. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg 268:1-331. [details] Available for editors
additional source ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]
additional source Scott, A. (1909). The Copepoda of the Siboga Expedition. Part I. Free-swimming, littoral and semi-parasitic Copepoda. <em>Siboga Expeditie, Monograph, Leiden.</em> 29:1-323, pls. 1-69., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2191407#page/11/mode/1up
page(s): 40 [details]
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
additional source Koguchi, Y., K. Tokuhiro, C.J. Ashjian, R.G. Campbell & A.Yamaguchi. (2022). Inter-species comparison of the copepodite stage morphology, vertical distribution, and seasonal population structure of five sympatric mesopelagic aetideid copepods in the western Arctic Ocean. <em>Frontiers In Marine Science.</em> 9:1-15. Aug 2022., available online at https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.943100 [details] Available for editors
additional source Koguchi, Y., K. Tokuhiro, C.J. Ashjian, R.G. Campbell & A.Yamaguchi. (2023). Body length, dry and ash-free dry weights, and developmental changes at each copepodid stage in five sympatric mesopelagic aetideid copepods in the western Arctic Ocean. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 96 (2): 113-129., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-bja10272 [details] Available for editors
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
original description (of Aetideopsis inflata Park, 1978) Park, T. (1978). Biology of the Antarctic seas. VII. Paper 4. Calanoid copepods belonging to the families Aetideidae and Euchaetidae from Antarctic and subantarctic waters. Biology of the Antarctic Seas, VII. Antarctic Research Series, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC 27:91-290, figs. 1-222., available online at https://doi.org/10.1029/ar027p0091 [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Grice, G.D. & K. Hulsemann. (1967). Bathypelagic calanoid copepods of the western Indian Ocean. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 122(3583):1-67, figs. 1-319., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.122-3583.1 [details] Available for editors
additional source Shih, C.T. & N. Stallard. (1982). Notes on two deep-water calanoids (Aetideopsis rostrata and Neoscolecithrix farrani) from Lancaster Sound. Arctic 35(1):56-60, figs. 1-3. (iii-1982, French summary.), available online at https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic2307 [details] Available for editors
additional source Markhaseva, E.L. (1996). Calanoid copepods of the family Aetideidae of the world ocean. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg 268:1-331. [details] Available for editors
additional source ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]
additional source Scott, A. (1909). The Copepoda of the Siboga Expedition. Part I. Free-swimming, littoral and semi-parasitic Copepoda. <em>Siboga Expeditie, Monograph, Leiden.</em> 29:1-323, pls. 1-69., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2191407#page/11/mode/1up
page(s): 40 [details]
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
additional source Koguchi, Y., K. Tokuhiro, C.J. Ashjian, R.G. Campbell & A.Yamaguchi. (2022). Inter-species comparison of the copepodite stage morphology, vertical distribution, and seasonal population structure of five sympatric mesopelagic aetideid copepods in the western Arctic Ocean. <em>Frontiers In Marine Science.</em> 9:1-15. Aug 2022., available online at https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.943100 [details] Available for editors
additional source Koguchi, Y., K. Tokuhiro, C.J. Ashjian, R.G. Campbell & A.Yamaguchi. (2023). Body length, dry and ash-free dry weights, and developmental changes at each copepodid stage in five sympatric mesopelagic aetideid copepods in the western Arctic Ocean. <em>Crustaceana.</em> 96 (2): 113-129., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-bja10272 [details] Available for editors
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
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Depth range Meso- to abyssopelagic [details]
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aetideopsis rostrata)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 141280) (from synonym Aetideopsis inflata Park, 1978)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aetideopsis rostrata)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (Holotype USNM 141280) (from synonym Aetideopsis inflata Park, 1978)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
