MSBIAS taxon details
Bradya Boeck, 1873
115331 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:115331)
accepted
Genus
Bradya typica Boeck, 1873 (type by original designation)
Bradya (Bradya) Boeck, 1873 · unaccepted > superseded rank (Seifried et al. (2007) gave the...)
Seifried et al. (2007) gave the subgenus Bradya full generic rank.
- Species Bradya armifera (Scott T. & Scott A., 1896)
- Species Bradya congenera Sars G.O., 1920
- Species Bradya furcata Sars G.O., 1920
- Species Bradya macrochaeta Sars G.O., 1920
- Species Bradya proxima Scott T., 1912
- Species Bradya scotti Sars G.O., 1920
- Species Bradya simulans Sars G.O., 1920
- Species Bradya typica Boeck, 1873
- Subgenus Bradya (Bradya) Boeck, 1873 accepted as Bradya Boeck, 1873 (unaccepted > superseded rank, Seifried et al. (2007) gave the subgenus Bradya full generic rank.)
- Species Bradya (Bradya) congenera Sars G.O., 1920 represented as Bradya congenera Sars G.O., 1920
- Species Bradya (Bradya) furcata Sars G.O., 1920 represented as Bradya furcata Sars G.O., 1920
- Species Bradya (Bradya) macrochaeta Sars G.O., 1920 represented as Bradya macrochaeta Sars G.O., 1920
- Species Bradya (Bradya) proxima Scott T., 1912 represented as Bradya proxima Scott T., 1912
- Species Bradya (Bradya) scotti Sars G.O., 1920 represented as Bradya scotti Sars G.O., 1920
- Species Bradya (Bradya) simulans Sars G.O., 1920 represented as Bradya simulans Sars G.O., 1920
- Species Bradya (Bradya) typica Boeck, 1873 represented as Bradya typica Boeck, 1873
- Subgenus Bradya (Parabradya) Lang, 1944 accepted as Parabradya Lang, 1944 (unaccepted > superseded rank, Seifried et al. (2007) gave the subgenus Parabradya full generic rank.)
- Species Bradya (Parabradya) dilatata Sars G.O., 1904 represented as Parabradya dilatata (Sars G.O., 1904)
- Species Bradya dilatata Sars G.O., 1904 accepted as Parabradya dilatata (Sars G.O., 1904)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Boeck, A. (1873). Nye Slaegter og Arter af Saltvands-Copepoder. [New Genera and Species of Saltwater Copepods. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1872:35-60. [meddelt i modet den: announced in the fashion for 1872].
page(s): 46 [details]
page(s): 46 [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Bradya Boeck, 1873. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=115331 on 2026-09-14
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Bradya Boeck, 1873. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=115331 on 2026-09-14
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original description
Boeck, A. (1873). Nye Slaegter og Arter af Saltvands-Copepoder. [New Genera and Species of Saltwater Copepods. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1872:35-60. [meddelt i modet den: announced in the fashion for 1872].
page(s): 46 [details]
original description (of Bradya (Bradya) Boeck, 1873) Lang, K. (1944). Monographie der Harpacticiden (Vorlaufige Mitteilung). [Monograph of the Harpacticidae (Preliminary communication).]. <em>Almqvist & Wiksells Boktryckeri Ab, Uppsala.</em> 39 pp. (19-ii-1944). [details] Available for editors
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
additional source Bodin, P. (1997). Catalogue of the new marine Harpacticoid Copepods. <em>Studiedocumenten van het K.B.I.N. = Documents de Travail de l'I.R.Sc.N.B., 89. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium.</em> 89: 1-304. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 46 [details] Available for editors
additional source Brady, G.S. (1880). A monograph of the free and semi-parasitic Copepoda of the British Islands. Volume II. <em>Ray Society, London.</em> 2:1-182, pls. 34-82. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Olofsson, O. (1917). Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Harpacticiden-Familien Ectinosomidae, Canthocamptidae (Gen. Maraenobiotus) und Tachidiidae nebst Beschreibungen einiger neuen und wenig bekannten, arktischen Brackwasser- und Süsswasser-Arten. [Contribution to the knowledge of the harpacticid families Ectinosomidae, Canthocamptidae (Gen. Maraenobiotus) and Tachidiidae together with descriptions of some new and little known arctic brackish water and fresh water species.]. <em>Zoologiska Bidrag, Uppsala.</em> 6:1-39, pls. 1-8. (24-ix-1917). [details]
additional source Scott, T. & A. Scott. (1896). A revision of the British Copepoda belonging to the genera Bradya Boeck, and Ectinosoma, Boeck. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology (2)6(5):419-446, pls. 35-38. (vi-1896), available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8598965 [details]
page(s): 46 [details]
original description (of Bradya (Bradya) Boeck, 1873) Lang, K. (1944). Monographie der Harpacticiden (Vorlaufige Mitteilung). [Monograph of the Harpacticidae (Preliminary communication).]. <em>Almqvist & Wiksells Boktryckeri Ab, Uppsala.</em> 39 pp. (19-ii-1944). [details] Available for editors
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
additional source Bodin, P. (1997). Catalogue of the new marine Harpacticoid Copepods. <em>Studiedocumenten van het K.B.I.N. = Documents de Travail de l'I.R.Sc.N.B., 89. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium.</em> 89: 1-304. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 46 [details] Available for editors
additional source Brady, G.S. (1880). A monograph of the free and semi-parasitic Copepoda of the British Islands. Volume II. <em>Ray Society, London.</em> 2:1-182, pls. 34-82. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Olofsson, O. (1917). Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Harpacticiden-Familien Ectinosomidae, Canthocamptidae (Gen. Maraenobiotus) und Tachidiidae nebst Beschreibungen einiger neuen und wenig bekannten, arktischen Brackwasser- und Süsswasser-Arten. [Contribution to the knowledge of the harpacticid families Ectinosomidae, Canthocamptidae (Gen. Maraenobiotus) and Tachidiidae together with descriptions of some new and little known arctic brackish water and fresh water species.]. <em>Zoologiska Bidrag, Uppsala.</em> 6:1-39, pls. 1-8. (24-ix-1917). [details]
additional source Scott, T. & A. Scott. (1896). A revision of the British Copepoda belonging to the genera Bradya Boeck, and Ectinosoma, Boeck. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology (2)6(5):419-446, pls. 35-38. (vi-1896), available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8598965 [details]
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