Hong Kong Register of Marine Species - Tortanus Giesbrecht in Giesbrecht & Schmeil, 1898

HKRMS taxon details

Tortanus Giesbrecht in Giesbrecht & Schmeil, 1898

Tortanus

AphiaID

157683 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157683)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Tortanus forcipatus (Giesbrecht, 1889) represented as Tortanus (Tortanus) forcipatus (Giesbrecht, 1889) (type by original designation)

Parent

Tortanidae Sars G.O., 1902

Original name

Tortanus Giesbrecht in Giesbrecht & Schmeil, 1898

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Subgenus Tortanus (Eutortanus) Smirnov, 1935
1. Species Tortanus (Eutortanus) dextrilobatus Chen & Zhang, 1965
Subgenus Tortanus (Tortanus) Giesbrecht in Giesbrecht & Schmeil, 1898
1. Species Tortanus (Tortanus) forcipatus (Giesbrecht, 1889)
2. Species Tortanus (Tortanus) gracilis (Brady, 1883)
Species Tortanus dextrilobatus Chen & Zhang, 1965 represented as Tortanus (Eutortanus) dextrilobatus Chen & Zhang, 1965
Species Tortanus forcipatus (Giesbrecht, 1889) represented as Tortanus (Tortanus) forcipatus (Giesbrecht, 1889)
Species Tortanus gracilis (Brady, 1883) represented as Tortanus (Tortanus) gracilis (Brady, 1883)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Giesbrecht, W. & O. Schmeil. (1898). Copepoda I. Gymnoplea. Das Tierreich. Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen, Berlin. 6:i-xvi, 1-169, figs. 1-31. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Tortanus Giesbrecht in Giesbrecht & Schmeil, 1898. Accessed through: Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2025) Hong Kong Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157683 on 2026-01-17

Regional species database citation

Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2026). Hong Kong Register of Marine Species. Tortanus Giesbrecht in Giesbrecht & Schmeil, 1898. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157683 on 2026-01-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-24 07:32:08Z

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Cuvelier, Daphne

2008-08-06 13:32:15Z

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Walter, T. Chad

2013-03-03 14:10:11Z

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Walter, T. Chad

2015-09-12 10:50:25Z

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Walter, T. Chad

2015-11-13 11:33:55Z

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Walter, T. Chad

2024-03-25 20:46:29Z

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Walter, T. Chad

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original description Giesbrecht, W. & O. Schmeil. (1898). Copepoda I. Gymnoplea. Das Tierreich. Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen, Berlin. 6:i-xvi, 1-169, figs. 1-31. [details]

basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

additional source Steuer, A. (1926). Revision der Copepodengattung Tortanus Giesbr. [Revision of the copepod genus Tortanus Giesbr. Bollettino della Società Adriatica di Scienze Naturali, Trieste. 29:49-69. [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Tortanus

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