WoRMS taxon details
Bestiolina similis (Sewell, 1914)
346152 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:346152)
accepted
Species
Acrocalanus similis Sewell, 1914 · unaccepted
Bestiola similis (Sewell, 1914) · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Acrocalanus similis Sewell, 1914) Sewell, R.B.S. (1914). Notes on the surface Copepoda of the Gulf of Mannar. <em>Spolia Zeylanica.</em> 9(35):191-262, pls. 17-21, tab. 1, map 1.) iii-1914., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10793781#page/257/mode/1up [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Bestiolina similis (Sewell, 1914). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=346152 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Acrocalanus similis Sewell, 1914) Sewell, R.B.S. (1914). Notes on the surface Copepoda of the Gulf of Mannar. <em>Spolia Zeylanica.</em> 9(35):191-262, pls. 17-21, tab. 1, map 1.) iii-1914., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10793781#page/257/mode/1up [details]
Ecology
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 
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additional source
Ueda, H. & S.O. Sakaguchi. (2021). A new species of Bestiolina (Copepoda, Calanoida, Paracalanidae) and complementary description of B. similis (Sewell, 1914) from the Nansei Islands, Japan. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4990(3):454-468., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.3.2 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Barcode of Life (32 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bestiolina similis)
To GenBank (39 nucleotides; 36 proteins) (from synonym Acrocalanus similis Sewell, 1914)
To GenBank (39 nucleotides; 36 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To Barcode of Life (32 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bestiolina similis)
To GenBank (39 nucleotides; 36 proteins) (from synonym Acrocalanus similis Sewell, 1914)
To GenBank (39 nucleotides; 36 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
