Deep-Sea taxon details
Pseudochirella obesa Sars G.O., 1920
104334 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104334)
accepted
Species
Pseudochirella tuberculata Tanaka, 1957 · unaccepted (listed as synonym by Markhaseva, 1996)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Sars, G.O. (1920). Calanoidés recueillis pendant les campagnes de S.A.S. le Prince Albert de Monaco. [Calanoides collected during the campaigns of H.S.H. Prince Albert of Monaco. ]. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco, (New supplement).</em> 377:1-20. (6-ix-1920). [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Pseudochirella obesa Sars G.O., 1920. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104334 on 2026-08-16
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Pseudochirella obesa Sars G.O., 1920. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104334 on 2026-08-16
original description
Sars, G.O. (1920). Calanoidés recueillis pendant les campagnes de S.A.S. le Prince Albert de Monaco. [Calanoides collected during the campaigns of H.S.H. Prince Albert of Monaco. ]. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco, (New supplement).</em> 377:1-20. (6-ix-1920). [details]
original description (of Pseudochirella tuberculata Tanaka, 1957) Tanaka, O. (1957). The pelagic copepods of the Izu region, Middle Japan. Systematic account IV. Family Aetideidae (Part 2). Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 6(2):169-207, figs. 41-61. (25-xii-1957), available online at https://doi.org/10.5134/174580 [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]
context source (Bermuda) Wilson, C. B. (1936). Plankton of the Bermuda Oceanographic Expeditions IV. Notes on Copepoda . Zoologica Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society , New York, 21(7): 89-93, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.203698 [details] Available for editors
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 Koomen, P. & J.C. von Vaupel Klein. (1997). The integumental perforation pattern of the Pseudochirella obesa female (Copepoda: Calanoida). Crustaceana, Leiden 70(5):527-542., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854097x00654 [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 Vaupel Klein, J.C. von. (1996). Designation of a type-species for the genus Pseudochirella G. O. Sars, 1920 (Copepoda, Calanoida). Crustaceana, Leiden 69(4):446-454., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854096x01032 [details] Available for editors
additional source Vaupel Klein, J.C. von & C.D.M. Rijerkerk. (1997). A detailed redescription of the Pseudochirella obesa female (Copepoda, Calanoida). II. Antennae and mouthparts. <em>Crustaceana (Leiden).</em> 70(4):394-417., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854097x00023 [details] Available for editors
additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
redescription Vaupel Klein, J.C. von & C.D.M. Rijerkerk. (1996). A detailed redescription of the Pseudochirella obesa female (Copepoda, Calanoida). I. General part; trunk and antennules. Crustaceana, Leiden 69(5):567-593., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854096x00592 [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 Pseudochirella tuberculata Tanaka, 1957) Tanaka, O. (1957). The pelagic copepods of the Izu region, Middle Japan. Systematic account IV. Family Aetideidae (Part 2). Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 6(2):169-207, figs. 41-61. (25-xii-1957), available online at https://doi.org/10.5134/174580 [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]
context source (Bermuda) Wilson, C. B. (1936). Plankton of the Bermuda Oceanographic Expeditions IV. Notes on Copepoda . Zoologica Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society , New York, 21(7): 89-93, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.203698 [details] Available for editors
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 Koomen, P. & J.C. von Vaupel Klein. (1997). The integumental perforation pattern of the Pseudochirella obesa female (Copepoda: Calanoida). Crustaceana, Leiden 70(5):527-542., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854097x00654 [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 Vaupel Klein, J.C. von. (1996). Designation of a type-species for the genus Pseudochirella G. O. Sars, 1920 (Copepoda, Calanoida). Crustaceana, Leiden 69(4):446-454., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854096x01032 [details] Available for editors
additional source Vaupel Klein, J.C. von & C.D.M. Rijerkerk. (1997). A detailed redescription of the Pseudochirella obesa female (Copepoda, Calanoida). II. Antennae and mouthparts. <em>Crustaceana (Leiden).</em> 70(4):394-417., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854097x00023 [details] Available for editors
additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
redescription Vaupel Klein, J.C. von & C.D.M. Rijerkerk. (1996). A detailed redescription of the Pseudochirella obesa female (Copepoda, Calanoida). I. General part; trunk and antennules. Crustaceana, Leiden 69(5):567-593., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854096x00592 [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
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pseudochirella tuberculata Tanaka, 1957)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records) (from synonym Pseudochirella tuberculata Tanaka, 1957)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (5 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pseudochirella tuberculata Tanaka, 1957)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records) (from synonym Pseudochirella tuberculata Tanaka, 1957)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (5 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
