WoRMS taxon details
Acontiophorus scutatus (Brady & Robertson, 1873)
135696 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135696)
accepted
Species
Acontiophorus angulatus Thompson I.C., 1888 · unaccepted (probable synonym according to...)
probable synonym according to Giesbrecht, 1899
Solenostoma scutatum Brady & Robertson, 1873 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Solenostoma scutatum Brady & Robertson, 1873) Brady, G.S. & D. Robertson. (1873). Contributions to the study of the Entomostraca. No. VIII. On marine Copepoda taken in the west of Ireland. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4)12:126-142, pls. 8-9. (viii-1873)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/58932#/summary
page(s): 141 [details]
page(s): 141 [details]
Distribution British Isles; coast of English Channel; Faroes, west Norway; Mediterranean
Distribution British Isles; coast of English Channel; Faroes, west Norway; Mediterranean [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Acontiophorus scutatus (Brady & Robertson, 1873). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135696 on 2025-03-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Acontiophorus angulatus Thompson I.C., 1888) Thompson, I.C. (1888). Copepoda of Madeira and the Canary Islands, with descriptions of new genera and species. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology.</em> 20: 145-156, pls. 10-13. (look up in IMIS) [details] 
original description (of Solenostoma scutatum Brady & Robertson, 1873) Brady, G.S. & D. Robertson. (1873). Contributions to the study of the Entomostraca. No. VIII. On marine Copepoda taken in the west of Ireland. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4)12:126-142, pls. 8-9. (viii-1873)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/58932#/summary
page(s): 141 [details]
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]
original description (of Solenostoma scutatum Brady & Robertson, 1873) Brady, G.S. & D. Robertson. (1873). Contributions to the study of the Entomostraca. No. VIII. On marine Copepoda taken in the west of Ireland. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4)12:126-142, pls. 8-9. (viii-1873)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/58932#/summary
page(s): 141 [details]
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]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Brady, G.S. (1880). A monograph of the free and semi-parasitic Copepoda of the British Islands. <em>Ray Society, London.</em> 3:1-83, pls. 83-93. (look up in IMIS) [details] 
Other
additional source
Canu, E. (1892). Les Copépodes du Boulonnais. Morphologie, embryologie, taxonomie. [Copepods of Boulogne. Morphology, embryology, taxonomy.]. <em>Travaux du Laboratoire de Zoologie Maritime de Wimereux-Ambleteuse.</em> 6:1-292, figs. 1-20, pls. 1-30.
page(s): 271 [details]
additional source Claus, C. (1889). Ueber neue oder wenig bekannte halbparasitische Copepoden insbesondere der Lichomolgiden- und Ascomyzontiden-Gruppe. [On new or little known hemiparasitic copepods, especially of the lichomolgid and ascomyzontid groups.]. <em>Arbeiten des Zoologischen Institut der Universitat Wien.</em> 8(3):327-370, pls. [details]
additional source M'harzi, A. (1999). Phytoplankton community structuring in some areas of the North Sea. PhD Thesis. Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Brussel, Belgium. 221 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 271 [details]
additional source Claus, C. (1889). Ueber neue oder wenig bekannte halbparasitische Copepoden insbesondere der Lichomolgiden- und Ascomyzontiden-Gruppe. [On new or little known hemiparasitic copepods, especially of the lichomolgid and ascomyzontid groups.]. <em>Arbeiten des Zoologischen Institut der Universitat Wien.</em> 8(3):327-370, pls. [details]
additional source M'harzi, A. (1999). Phytoplankton community structuring in some areas of the North Sea. PhD Thesis. Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Brussel, Belgium. 221 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]





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Distribution British Isles; coast of English Channel; Faroes, west Norway; Mediterranean [details]