Copepoda taxon details
Aegisthus mucronatus Giesbrecht, 1891
115509 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:115509)
accepted
Species
Aegisthus atlanticus Wolfenden, 1902 · unaccepted (listed as synonym by Lang, 1948)
Aegisthus dubius Sars G.O., 1916 · unaccepted (listed as synonym by Lang, 1948)
Aegisthus longirostris Scott T., 1894 · unaccepted (listed as synonym by Boxshall, 1979)
Aegisthus mirabilis (Dahl F., 1895) · unaccepted (listed as synonym by Lang, 1948)
Hensenella mirabilis Dahl F., 1895 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Giesbrecht, W. (1891). Elenco dei Copepodi pelagici raccolti dal Tenente di vascello Gaetano Chierchia durante il viaggio della R. Corvetta 'Vettor Pisani' negli anni 1882-1885 e dal Tenente di vascello Francesco Orsini nel Mar Rosso, nel 1884. [List of pelagic copepods collected by Lieutenant Gaetano Chierchia during the voyage of the Royal Corvette 'Vettor Pisani' in the years 1882-1885 and by Lieutenant Francesco Orsini in the Red Sea, in 1884.]. <em>Atti della Reale Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali Rendiconti.</em> (4)7 sem. 1: 474-482., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44535672
page(s): 476 [details]
page(s): 476 [details]
Distribution as per Banyuls, from Newfoundland to sub-Antarctic; incl. Georges Bank, ie GOM
Distribution as per Banyuls, from Newfoundland to sub-Antarctic; incl. Georges Bank, ie GOM [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2024). World of Copepods Database. Aegisthus mucronatus Giesbrecht, 1891. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=115509 on 2025-04-21
original description
Giesbrecht, W. (1891). Elenco dei Copepodi pelagici raccolti dal Tenente di vascello Gaetano Chierchia durante il viaggio della R. Corvetta 'Vettor Pisani' negli anni 1882-1885 e dal Tenente di vascello Francesco Orsini nel Mar Rosso, nel 1884. [List of pelagic copepods collected by Lieutenant Gaetano Chierchia during the voyage of the Royal Corvette 'Vettor Pisani' in the years 1882-1885 and by Lieutenant Francesco Orsini in the Red Sea, in 1884.]. <em>Atti della Reale Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali Rendiconti.</em> (4)7 sem. 1: 474-482., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44535672
page(s): 476 [details]
original description (of Aegisthus atlanticus Wolfenden, 1902) Wolfenden, R.N. (1902). The plankton of the Faroe Channel and Shetlands. Preliminary notes and some Radiolaria and Copepoda. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom n. ser. 6:344-372, pls. 1-4, chart. (i-1902) [details]
original description (of Aegisthus dubius Sars G.O., 1916) Sars, G. O. (1916). Liste systématique des Cyclopoïdés, Harpacticoïdés et Monstrilloïdés recueillis pendant les campagnes de S.A.S. le Prince Albert de Monaco. [Systematic list of Cyclopoidae, Harpacticoididae and Monstrilloidae collected during the campaigns of H.S.H. Prince Albert of Monaco]. <em>avec descriptions et figures des espèces Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique.</em> 323(1-8): 40-51. [details]
original description (of Aegisthus longirostris Scott T., 1894) Scott, T. (1894). Report on Entomostraca from the Gulf of Guinea, collected by John Rattray, B.Sc. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 2, Zoology.</em> 6(1):1-161, pls. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8598493 [details]
original description (of Hensenella mirabilis Dahl F., 1895) Dahl, F. (1895). Neueres über die Morphologie und Ethologie der Copepoden. [Recent developments in the morphology and ethology of copepods.]. <em>Zoologisches Zentralblatt.</em> 2(22-23):673-678, figs. 1-2. (9-xii-1895). [details]
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) Deevey, G.B. & A.L. Brooks. (1977). Copepods of the Sargasso Sea off Bermuda: species composition, and vertical and seasonal distribution between the surface and 2000 m. Bulletin of Marine Science 27(2):256-291, figs. 1-14, tabs. 1-7. (iv-1977) [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. <em>In: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds.) 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.</em> 50:268-280. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [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. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32.
page(s): 476 [details]
additional source Sewell, R.B.S. (1940). Copepoda, Harpacticoida. <em>Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition.</em> 7(2):119-382, figs. 1-88, l chart. (9-iii-1940). [details] Available for editors [request]
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): 234 [details]
additional source Boxshall, G.A. (1979). The planktonic copepods of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean : Harpacticoida, Siphonostomatoida and Mormonilloida. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology.</em> 35(3):201-264. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bradford, J.M. (1970). Records of pelagic copepods off Kaikoura, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 4(4):351-363, figs. 1-81. (xii-1970) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Gamo, S. (1983). Occurrence of a bathypelagic harpacticoid copepod, Aegisthus mucronatus Giesbrecht (Crustacea) in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 38(1-12):45-50. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Johnson, M.W. (1937). Notes on the final metamorphosis of the male Aegisthus mucronatus Giesbrecht, and its bearing on the status of some uncertain species. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 56:505-509, pl. 1. (x-1937) [details] Available for editors [request]
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 [request]
additional source Suárez-Morales, E., J.W. Fleeger & P.A. Montagna. (2009). Free-living Copepoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D. L. & D.K. Camp [Eds]. Gulf of Mexico: origin, waters, and biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 1393 pp.</em> Chapter pagination: 841-869. [details] Available for editors [request]
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 [request]
redescription Huys, R. (1988). Sexual dimorphism in aegisthid cephalosomic appendages (Copepoda, Harpacticoida): a reappraisal. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 58(1):114-136, figs. 1-10. (look up in IMIS) [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]
page(s): 476 [details]
original description (of Aegisthus atlanticus Wolfenden, 1902) Wolfenden, R.N. (1902). The plankton of the Faroe Channel and Shetlands. Preliminary notes and some Radiolaria and Copepoda. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom n. ser. 6:344-372, pls. 1-4, chart. (i-1902) [details]
original description (of Aegisthus dubius Sars G.O., 1916) Sars, G. O. (1916). Liste systématique des Cyclopoïdés, Harpacticoïdés et Monstrilloïdés recueillis pendant les campagnes de S.A.S. le Prince Albert de Monaco. [Systematic list of Cyclopoidae, Harpacticoididae and Monstrilloidae collected during the campaigns of H.S.H. Prince Albert of Monaco]. <em>avec descriptions et figures des espèces Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique.</em> 323(1-8): 40-51. [details]
original description (of Aegisthus longirostris Scott T., 1894) Scott, T. (1894). Report on Entomostraca from the Gulf of Guinea, collected by John Rattray, B.Sc. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 2, Zoology.</em> 6(1):1-161, pls. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8598493 [details]
original description (of Hensenella mirabilis Dahl F., 1895) Dahl, F. (1895). Neueres über die Morphologie und Ethologie der Copepoden. [Recent developments in the morphology and ethology of copepods.]. <em>Zoologisches Zentralblatt.</em> 2(22-23):673-678, figs. 1-2. (9-xii-1895). [details]
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) Deevey, G.B. & A.L. Brooks. (1977). Copepods of the Sargasso Sea off Bermuda: species composition, and vertical and seasonal distribution between the surface and 2000 m. Bulletin of Marine Science 27(2):256-291, figs. 1-14, tabs. 1-7. (iv-1977) [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. <em>In: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds.) 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.</em> 50:268-280. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[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. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32.
page(s): 476 [details]
additional source Sewell, R.B.S. (1940). Copepoda, Harpacticoida. <em>Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition.</em> 7(2):119-382, figs. 1-88, l chart. (9-iii-1940). [details] Available for editors
[request]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): 234 [details]
additional source Boxshall, G.A. (1979). The planktonic copepods of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean : Harpacticoida, Siphonostomatoida and Mormonilloida. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology.</em> 35(3):201-264. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bradford, J.M. (1970). Records of pelagic copepods off Kaikoura, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 4(4):351-363, figs. 1-81. (xii-1970) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Gamo, S. (1983). Occurrence of a bathypelagic harpacticoid copepod, Aegisthus mucronatus Giesbrecht (Crustacea) in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 38(1-12):45-50. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Johnson, M.W. (1937). Notes on the final metamorphosis of the male Aegisthus mucronatus Giesbrecht, and its bearing on the status of some uncertain species. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 56:505-509, pl. 1. (x-1937) [details] Available for editors
[request]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
[request]additional source Suárez-Morales, E., J.W. Fleeger & P.A. Montagna. (2009). Free-living Copepoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D. L. & D.K. Camp [Eds]. Gulf of Mexico: origin, waters, and biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 1393 pp.</em> Chapter pagination: 841-869. [details] Available for editors
[request]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
[request]redescription Huys, R. (1988). Sexual dimorphism in aegisthid cephalosomic appendages (Copepoda, Harpacticoida): a reappraisal. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 58(1):114-136, figs. 1-10. (look up in IMIS) [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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution as per Banyuls, from Newfoundland to sub-Antarctic; incl. Georges Bank, ie GOM [details]Habitat planktonic [details]
Habitat meso-bathypelagic (500-7560 m recorded) [details]
https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=linkget&id=2706255 
https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=linkget&id=2706256
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Aegisthus atlanticus Wolfenden, 1902)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (9 records)
To ITIS
https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=linkget&id=2706256
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Aegisthus atlanticus Wolfenden, 1902)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (9 records)
To ITIS
