WoRMS taxon details
Tortanus (Atortus) Ohtsuka, 1992
1516837 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1516837)
accepted
Subgenus
Tortanus (Atortus) Sewell, 1932 · unaccepted (not validly published)
- Species Tortanus (Atortus) ampliramus Ohtsuka, El-Sherbiny & Ueda, 2000
- Species Tortanus (Atortus) andamanensis Nishida, Anandavelu & Padmavati, 2015
- Species Tortanus (Atortus) bilobus Mulyadi, Nishida & Ohtsuka, 2017
- Species Tortanus (Atortus) bonjoi Othman, 1987
- Species Tortanus (Atortus) bowmani Othman, 1987
- Species Tortanus (Atortus) brevipes Scott A., 1909
- Species Tortanus (Atortus) capensis Grindley, 1978
- Species Tortanus (Atortus) dhritiae Francis & Jasmine, 2022 in Francis, Jasmine & Bijoy Nandan, 2022
- Species Tortanus (Atortus) digitalis Ohtsuka & Kimoto, 1989
- Species Tortanus (Atortus) erabuensis Ohtsuka, Fukuura & Go, 1987
- Species Tortanus (Atortus) giesbrechti Jones E.C. & Park, 1968
- Species Tortanus (Atortus) indonesiensis Mulyadi, Nishida & Ohtsuka, 2017
- Species Tortanus (Atortus) insularis Ohtsuka & Conway, 2003
- Species Tortanus (Atortus) longipes Brodsky, 1948
- Species Tortanus (Atortus) lophus Bowman, 1971
- Species Tortanus (Atortus) lukmani Mulyadi, Nishida & Ohtsuka, 2017
- Species Tortanus (Atortus) magnonyx Ohtsuka & Conway, 2005
- Species Tortanus (Atortus) manadoensis Mulyadi, Nishida & Ohtsuka, 2017
- Species Tortanus (Atortus) minicoyensis Francis & Bijoy Nandan, 2019
- Species Tortanus (Atortus) murrayi Scott A., 1909
- Species Tortanus (Atortus) nishidai Ohtsuka, El-Sherbiny & Ueda, 2000
- Species Tortanus (Atortus) omorii Mulyadi, Nishida & Ohtsuka, 2017
- Species Tortanus (Atortus) processus Mulyadi, Nishida & Ohtsuka, 2017
- Species Tortanus (Atortus) recticaudus (Giesbrecht, 1889)
- Species Tortanus (Atortus) rubidus Tanaka, 1965
- Species Tortanus (Atortus) ryukyuensis Ohtsuka & Kimoto, 1989
- Species Tortanus (Atortus) scaphus Bowman, 1971
- Species Tortanus (Atortus) sigmoides Nishida, Anandavelu & Padmavati, 2015
- Species Tortanus (Atortus) sinicus Chen, 1983
- Species Tortanus (Atortus) sulawesiensis Mulyadi, Nishida & Ohtsuka, 2017
- Species Tortanus (Atortus) taiwanicus Chen & Hwang, 1999
- Species Tortanus (Atortus) tropicus Sewell, 1932
- Species Tortanus (Atortus) tumidus Chen, Hwang & Yin, 2004
- Species Tortanus (Atortus) vietnamicus Nishida & Cho, 2005
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Ohtsuka, S. (1992). Tortanus (Acutanus) angularis, new subgenus and new species (Copepoda: Calanoida), from the Caribbean Sea, with remarks on the subgenera in the genus Tortanus. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 105(2):255-267. [details] Available for editors
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Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Tortanus (Atortus) Ohtsuka, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1516837 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Ohtsuka, S. (1992). Tortanus (Acutanus) angularis, new subgenus and new species (Copepoda: Calanoida), from the Caribbean Sea, with remarks on the subgenera in the genus Tortanus. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 105(2):255-267. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Tortanus (Atortus) Sewell, 1932) 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
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original description (of Tortanus (Atortus) Sewell, 1932) 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
