RAS taxon details
Pleuromamma xiphias (Giesbrecht, 1889)
104643 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104643)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Giesbrecht, W. (1899). Die Asterocheriden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres- Abschnitte. The Asterocherids of the Gulf of Naples and the adjacent marine areas. <em>Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der Angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte, Herausgegeben von der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel.</em> 25:i-vi, 1-217, pls. 1-11. [details] 
(of ) Giesbrecht, W. (1899). Die Asterocheriden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres- Abschnitte. The Asterocherids of the Gulf of Naples and the adjacent marine areas. <em>Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der Angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte, Herausgegeben von der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel.</em> 25:i-vi, 1-217, pls. 1-11.
page(s): 25 [details]
(of ) Giesbrecht, W. (1899). Die Asterocheriden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres- Abschnitte. The Asterocherids of the Gulf of Naples and the adjacent marine areas. <em>Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der Angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte, Herausgegeben von der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel.</em> 25:i-vi, 1-217, pls. 1-11.
page(s): 25 [details]
Distribution Cosmopolitan except for Arctic
Distribution Cosmopolitan except for Arctic [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2024). World of Copepods Database. Pleuromamma xiphias (Giesbrecht, 1889). Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2024) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104643 on 2025-04-04
RAS (Eds.) (2025). Register of Antarctic Species. Pleuromamma xiphias (Giesbrecht, 1889). Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104643 on 2025-04-04
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original description
Giesbrecht, W. (1899). Die Asterocheriden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres- Abschnitte. The Asterocherids of the Gulf of Naples and the adjacent marine areas. <em>Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der Angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte, Herausgegeben von der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel.</em> 25:i-vi, 1-217, pls. 1-11. [details] 
original description (of ) Giesbrecht, W. (1899). Die Asterocheriden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres- Abschnitte. The Asterocherids of the Gulf of Naples and the adjacent marine areas. <em>Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der Angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte, Herausgegeben von der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel.</em> 25:i-vi, 1-217, pls. 1-11.
page(s): 25 [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) 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 [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 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 Arcos, D.F. (1975). Copépodes calanoídeos de la Bahía de Concepción, Chile. Conocimiento sistemático y variación estacional. [Calanoid Copepods of the Concepcion Bay, Chile, Systematic study and seasonal variation.]. <em>Gayana, Zoología.</em> 32:3-31, figs. 1-7, pls. 1-9 with figs. 1-78, map. [details] Available for editors
additional source Chiba, T. (1956). Studies on the development and the systematics of Copepoda. Journal of the Shimonoseki College of Fisheries 6(1):1-90. (xi-1956). (In Japanese, English summary.) [details] Available for editors
additional source Ferrari, F.D. (1985). Postnaupliar development of a looking-glass copepod, Pleuromamma xiphias (Giesbrecht, 1889), with analyses of distributions of sex and asymmetry. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 420:i-iii, 1-55, figs. 1-23. [details] Available for editors
additional source Ferrari, F.D. & A. Benforado. (1998). Relationships between arthrodial membrane formation and addition of setae to swimming legs 1-4 during development of Dioithona oculata, Ridgewayia klausruetzleri, Pleuromamma xiphias, and Temora longicornis (Copepoda). Crustaceana, Leiden 71(5):545-564. (vii.1998) [details] Available for editors
additional source Ferrari, F.D. & A. Benforado. (1998). Setation and setal groups on antenna 1 of Ridgewayia klausreutzleri, Pleuromamma xiphias, and Pseudocalanus elongatus (Crustacea: Copepoda: Calanoida) during the copepodid phase of their development. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 111(1):209-221. (6.iv.1998) [details] Available for editors
additional source Ferrari, F.D. & L.A.C. Hayek. (1990). Monthly differences in distributions of sex and asymmetry in a looking-glass copepod, Pleuromamma xiphias, off Hawaii. Journal of Crustacean Biology 10(1):114-127. [details] Available for editors
additional source Sewell, R.B.S. (1932). The Copepoda of Indian Seas. Calanoida. <em>Memoirs of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 10:223-407, figs. 82-131, pls. 1-6. (xii-1929, v-1932). [details] Available for editors
additional source Steuer, A. (1932). Copepoda (6). Pleuromamma Giesbr. 1898 der Deutschen Tiefsee Expedition. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition 'Valdivia' 24:1-119, fig. 1-196, maps 1-17. [details] Available for editors
additional source Tanaka, O. (1963). The pelagic copepods of the Izu region, Middle Japan. Systematic account IX. Families Centropagidae, Pseudodiaptomidae, Temoridae, Metridiidae and Lucicutiidae. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 11(1):7-55, figs. 152-174. (20-vii-1963) [details] Available for editors
additional source Vervoort, W. (1965). Pelagic Copepoda. Part II. Copepoda Calanoida of the families Phaennidae up to and including Acartiidae, containing the description of a new species of Aetideidae. Atlantide Report, Danish Expedition to Coasts of Tropical West Africa 1945-1946 8:9-216. [details] Available for editors
additional source Weatherby, T.M., K.K. Wong & P.H. Lenz. (1994). Fine structure of the distal sensory setae on the first antennae of Pleuromamma xiphias Giesbrecht (Copepoda). Journal of Crustacean Biology 14(4):670-685, figs 1-7, tab. 1. (01.xi.1994) [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 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
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
additional source Prusova, I.Y., S.L. Smith & E. Popova. 2012. Calanoid copepods of the Arabian Sea region. Sultan Qaboos University, Academic Publication Board, Muscat, Oman 240 pp., 240 figs. (2011). [details] Available for editors
additional source Lee, B.D. (1966). Distribution and abundance of pelagic copepods in the Drake Passage and off the coast of Argentina, with special reference to hydrology of these areas. Ph.D. Thesis, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 1-250, pls. 1-56. [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): 124 [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. [details] Available for editors
additional source Jeong, H.G., S.J. Lee & H.Y. Soh. (2022). First Record of Three Pleuromamma Species (Copepoda: Calanoida: Metridinidae) in Korea. <em>Animal Systematics Evolution and Diversity.</em> 38(1):1-13. Jan 2022. [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 ) Giesbrecht, W. (1899). Die Asterocheriden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres- Abschnitte. The Asterocherids of the Gulf of Naples and the adjacent marine areas. <em>Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der Angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte, Herausgegeben von der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel.</em> 25:i-vi, 1-217, pls. 1-11.
page(s): 25 [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) 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 [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 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 Arcos, D.F. (1975). Copépodes calanoídeos de la Bahía de Concepción, Chile. Conocimiento sistemático y variación estacional. [Calanoid Copepods of the Concepcion Bay, Chile, Systematic study and seasonal variation.]. <em>Gayana, Zoología.</em> 32:3-31, figs. 1-7, pls. 1-9 with figs. 1-78, map. [details] Available for editors

additional source Chiba, T. (1956). Studies on the development and the systematics of Copepoda. Journal of the Shimonoseki College of Fisheries 6(1):1-90. (xi-1956). (In Japanese, English summary.) [details] Available for editors

additional source Ferrari, F.D. (1985). Postnaupliar development of a looking-glass copepod, Pleuromamma xiphias (Giesbrecht, 1889), with analyses of distributions of sex and asymmetry. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 420:i-iii, 1-55, figs. 1-23. [details] Available for editors

additional source Ferrari, F.D. & A. Benforado. (1998). Relationships between arthrodial membrane formation and addition of setae to swimming legs 1-4 during development of Dioithona oculata, Ridgewayia klausruetzleri, Pleuromamma xiphias, and Temora longicornis (Copepoda). Crustaceana, Leiden 71(5):545-564. (vii.1998) [details] Available for editors

additional source Ferrari, F.D. & A. Benforado. (1998). Setation and setal groups on antenna 1 of Ridgewayia klausreutzleri, Pleuromamma xiphias, and Pseudocalanus elongatus (Crustacea: Copepoda: Calanoida) during the copepodid phase of their development. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 111(1):209-221. (6.iv.1998) [details] Available for editors

additional source Ferrari, F.D. & L.A.C. Hayek. (1990). Monthly differences in distributions of sex and asymmetry in a looking-glass copepod, Pleuromamma xiphias, off Hawaii. Journal of Crustacean Biology 10(1):114-127. [details] Available for editors

additional source Sewell, R.B.S. (1932). The Copepoda of Indian Seas. Calanoida. <em>Memoirs of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 10:223-407, figs. 82-131, pls. 1-6. (xii-1929, v-1932). [details] Available for editors

additional source Steuer, A. (1932). Copepoda (6). Pleuromamma Giesbr. 1898 der Deutschen Tiefsee Expedition. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition 'Valdivia' 24:1-119, fig. 1-196, maps 1-17. [details] Available for editors

additional source Tanaka, O. (1963). The pelagic copepods of the Izu region, Middle Japan. Systematic account IX. Families Centropagidae, Pseudodiaptomidae, Temoridae, Metridiidae and Lucicutiidae. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 11(1):7-55, figs. 152-174. (20-vii-1963) [details] Available for editors

additional source Vervoort, W. (1965). Pelagic Copepoda. Part II. Copepoda Calanoida of the families Phaennidae up to and including Acartiidae, containing the description of a new species of Aetideidae. Atlantide Report, Danish Expedition to Coasts of Tropical West Africa 1945-1946 8:9-216. [details] Available for editors

additional source Weatherby, T.M., K.K. Wong & P.H. Lenz. (1994). Fine structure of the distal sensory setae on the first antennae of Pleuromamma xiphias Giesbrecht (Copepoda). Journal of Crustacean Biology 14(4):670-685, figs 1-7, tab. 1. (01.xi.1994) [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 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

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

additional source Prusova, I.Y., S.L. Smith & E. Popova. 2012. Calanoid copepods of the Arabian Sea region. Sultan Qaboos University, Academic Publication Board, Muscat, Oman 240 pp., 240 figs. (2011). [details] Available for editors

additional source Lee, B.D. (1966). Distribution and abundance of pelagic copepods in the Drake Passage and off the coast of Argentina, with special reference to hydrology of these areas. Ph.D. Thesis, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 1-250, pls. 1-56. [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): 124 [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. [details] Available for editors

additional source Jeong, H.G., S.J. Lee & H.Y. Soh. (2022). First Record of Three Pleuromamma Species (Copepoda: Calanoida: Metridinidae) in Korea. <em>Animal Systematics Evolution and Diversity.</em> 38(1):1-13. Jan 2022. [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





From regional or thematic species database
Distribution Cosmopolitan except for Arctic [details]
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Barcode of Life (211 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pleuromamma xiphias)
To GenBank (378 nucleotides; 344 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (76 records)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (211 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pleuromamma xiphias)
To GenBank (378 nucleotides; 344 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (76 records)
To ITIS