WoRMS taxon details
Bryocamptus (Rheocamptus) pygmaeus pygmaeus (Sars, G.O., 1863)
861572 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:861572)
accepted
Subspecies
Attheyella pygmaea (Sars G.O., 1863) · unaccepted
Bryocamptus (Bryocamptus) pygmaeus (Sars G.O., 1863) · unaccepted
Bryocamptus (Rheocamptus) marinus Gurney, 1927 · unaccepted
Bryocamptus (Rheocamptus) pygmaeus (Sars G.O., 1863) · alternative representation
Bryocamptus pygmaeus (Sars G.O., 1863) · unaccepted
Canthocamptus borcherdingii Poppe, 1889 · unaccepted (Synonym after Lang (1948) and...)
Synonym after Lang (1948) and Defaye & Dussart (2011)
Canthocamptus pygmaeus Sars G.O., 1863 · unaccepted
Rheocamptus pygmaeus (Sars G.O., 1863) · unaccepted
Sars, G.O. (1863). Oversigt af de indenlandske Ferskvandcopepoder. [Overview of the domestic Freshwater Copepods.]. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiana.</em> 1862:212-262., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44339019
page(s): 230. [details]
(of Canthocamptus pygmaeus Sars G.O., 1863) Sars, G.O. (1863). Oversigt af de indenlandske Ferskvandcopepoder. [Overview of the domestic Freshwater Copepods.]. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiana.</em> 1862:212-262., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44339019 [details]
page(s): 230. [details]
(of Canthocamptus pygmaeus Sars G.O., 1863) Sars, G.O. (1863). Oversigt af de indenlandske Ferskvandcopepoder. [Overview of the domestic Freshwater Copepods.]. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiana.</em> 1862:212-262., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44339019 [details]
Distribution almost throughout Europe. Apparently absent from the tundra in the far north of Europe. Northamerica. In Russia: apparently...
Distribution Additional distribution notes: In Northamerica: New York. In Asia: Turkey including Lake Van. In Russia: Caucasus.
Distribution almost throughout Europe. Apparently absent from the tundra in the far north of Europe. Northamerica. In Russia: apparently absent from Siberia. [details]
Distribution Additional distribution notes: In Northamerica: New York. In Asia: Turkey including Lake Van. In Russia: Caucasus.
Distribution Additional distribution notes: In Northamerica: New York. In Asia: Turkey including Lake Van. In Russia: Caucasus. [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Bryocamptus (Rheocamptus) pygmaeus pygmaeus (Sars, G.O., 1863). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=861572 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Sars, G.O. (1863). Oversigt af de indenlandske Ferskvandcopepoder. [Overview of the domestic Freshwater Copepods.]. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiana.</em> 1862:212-262., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44339019
page(s): 230. [details]
original description (of Bryocamptus (Rheocamptus) marinus Gurney, 1927) Gurney, R. (1927). Zoological Results of the Cambridge Expedition to the Suez Canal, XXXIII: Report on the Crustacea - Copepoda (Littoral and Semi-Parasitic). <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 22(4):451-577, figs. 108-168, tab. 35. (xii-1927).
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original description (of Canthocamptus borcherdingii Poppe, 1889) Poppe, S.A. (1889). Notizen zur Fauna der Süsswasser-Becken des nord-westlichen Deutschland mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Crustaceen. [Notes on the fauna of the freshwater basins of north-western Germany with special reference to the Crustacea.]. <em>Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins zu Bremen.</em> 10:517-551, pl. 8. [details]
original description (of Canthocamptus pygmaeus Sars G.O., 1863) Sars, G.O. (1863). Oversigt af de indenlandske Ferskvandcopepoder. [Overview of the domestic Freshwater Copepods.]. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiana.</em> 1862:212-262., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44339019 [details]
basis of record Defaye, D. & B.H. Dussart. (2011). World Directory of Crustacea Copepoda III - Harpacticoida IV - Gelyelloida. <em>Backhuys Publishers, Margraf Publishers GmbH.</em> 450 pp.
page(s): 160 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 230. [details]
original description (of Bryocamptus (Rheocamptus) marinus Gurney, 1927) Gurney, R. (1927). Zoological Results of the Cambridge Expedition to the Suez Canal, XXXIII: Report on the Crustacea - Copepoda (Littoral and Semi-Parasitic). <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 22(4):451-577, figs. 108-168, tab. 35. (xii-1927).
page(s): 537 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Canthocamptus borcherdingii Poppe, 1889) Poppe, S.A. (1889). Notizen zur Fauna der Süsswasser-Becken des nord-westlichen Deutschland mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Crustaceen. [Notes on the fauna of the freshwater basins of north-western Germany with special reference to the Crustacea.]. <em>Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins zu Bremen.</em> 10:517-551, pl. 8. [details]
original description (of Canthocamptus pygmaeus Sars G.O., 1863) Sars, G.O. (1863). Oversigt af de indenlandske Ferskvandcopepoder. [Overview of the domestic Freshwater Copepods.]. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiana.</em> 1862:212-262., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44339019 [details]
basis of record Defaye, D. & B.H. Dussart. (2011). World Directory of Crustacea Copepoda III - Harpacticoida IV - Gelyelloida. <em>Backhuys Publishers, Margraf Publishers GmbH.</em> 450 pp.
page(s): 160 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Borutzky, E.V. (1964). Freshwater Harpacticoida. Fauna of USSR, Crustacea. <em>Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R.</em> Translated from russian by the Israel Programm of Scientific Translations, Jerusalem. 3(4):1-396, figs. 1-116.
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Distribution almost throughout Europe. Apparently absent from the tundra in the far north of Europe. Northamerica. In Russia: apparently absent from Siberia. [details]Distribution Additional distribution notes: In Northamerica: New York. In Asia: Turkey including Lake Van. In Russia: Caucasus. [details]
Ecology Very abundant in spring fens of the Czech and Slovakian mountains [details]
Habitat caves [details]
Habitat meanly on mosses, leave litter and leave axils, live also in insterstitial environments (sometimes in city pipes), lakes and ponds. [details]
Morphology morphological variability on lenght of swimming legs and morphology of caudal rami, depending on environment (mosses or free water body). [details]
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) (from synonym Bryocamptus pygmaeus (Sars G.O., 1863))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Canthocamptus pygmaeus Sars G.O., 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Bryocamptus pygmaeus (Sars G.O., 1863))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bryocamptus pygmaeus) (from synonym Bryocamptus pygmaeus (Sars G.O., 1863))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Bryocamptus pygmaeus (Sars G.O., 1863))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Canthocamptus pygmaeus Sars G.O., 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Canthocamptus pygmaeus Sars G.O., 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Bryocamptus pygmaeus (Sars G.O., 1863))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bryocamptus pygmaeus) (from synonym Bryocamptus pygmaeus (Sars G.O., 1863))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Bryocamptus pygmaeus (Sars G.O., 1863))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Canthocamptus pygmaeus Sars G.O., 1863)
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