WoRMS name details
Gaidius Giesbrecht, 1895
104122 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104122)
unaccepted
Genus
Gaidius pungens Giesbrecht, 1895 accepted as Gaetanus pungens (Giesbrecht, 1895) (type by original designation)
- Species Gaidius affinis Sars G.O., 1905 accepted as Gaetanus affinis (Sars G.O., 1905) accepted as Gaetanus brevispinus (Sars G.O., 1900)
- Species Gaidius boreale Wolfenden, 1902 accepted as Gaidius tenuispinus (Sars G.O., 1900) accepted as Gaetanus tenuispinus (Sars G.O., 1900) (synonym)
- Species Gaidius brevicaudatus Sars G.O., 1907 accepted as Gaetanus brevicaudatus (Sars G.O., 1907) (generic transfer)
- Species Gaidius brevirostris Brodsky, 1950 accepted as Gaetanus brevirostris (Brodsky, 1950)
- Species Gaidius brevispinus (Sars G.O., 1900) accepted as Gaetanus brevispinus (Sars G.O., 1900)
- Species Gaidius columbiae Park, 1967 accepted as Gaetanus columbiae (Park, 1967) accepted as Gaetanus minutus (Sars G.O., 1907)
- Species Gaidius cryptospinus Sars G.O., 1905 accepted as Pseudochirella cryptospina (Sars G.O., 1905) (synonym)
- Species Gaidius divaricatus Sars G.O., 1905 accepted as Pseudochirella divaricata (Sars G.O., 1905) (synonym)
- Species Gaidius glacialis Brady, 1918 accepted as Gaetanus tenuispinus (Sars G.O., 1900)
- Species Gaidius inermis (Sars G.O., 1905) accepted as Gaetanus inermis Sars G.O., 1905
- Species Gaidius intermedius Wolfenden, 1905 accepted as Gaetanus brevispinus (Sars G.O., 1900) (listed as synonym in revision of Markhaseva, 1996)
- Species Gaidius major Wolfenden, 1904 accepted as Gaetanus brevispinus (Sars G.O., 1900) (listed as synonym in revision of Markhaseva, 1996)
- Species Gaidius maximus Wolfenden, 1906 accepted as Gaetanus maximus (Wolfenden, 1906) accepted as Gaetanus robustus Sars G.O., 1905
- Species Gaidius minutus Sars G.O., 1907 accepted as Gaetanus minutus (Sars G.O., 1907) (generic transfer)
- Species Gaidius moderatus Tanaka, 1957 accepted as Gaetanus variabilis (Brodsky, 1950) accepted as Gaetanus minutus (Sars G.O., 1907)
- Species Gaidius notacanthus Sars G.O., 1905 accepted as Pseudochirella notacantha (Sars G.O., 1905) (synonym)
- Species Gaidius parvispinus Farran, 1908 accepted as Pseudochirella cryptospina (Sars G.O., 1905) (synonym)
- Species Gaidius pungens Giesbrecht, 1895 accepted as Gaetanus pungens (Giesbrecht, 1895)
- Species Gaidius robustus of Vervoort, 1949 accepted as Gaetanus brevispinus (Sars G.O., 1900) (listed as synonym in revision of Markhaseva, 1996)
- Species Gaidius robustus (Sars G.O., 1905) accepted as Gaetanus robustus Sars G.O., 1905
- Species Gaidius similis (Scott T., 1893) accepted as Gaetanus similis (Scott T., 1893) accepted as Gaetanus tenuispinus (Sars G.O., 1900)
- Species Gaidius tenuispinus (Sars G.O., 1900) accepted as Gaetanus tenuispinus (Sars G.O., 1900)
- Species Gaidius validus Farran, 1908 accepted as Gaetanus robustus Sars G.O., 1905
- Species Gaidius variabilis Brodsky, 1950 accepted as Gaetanus variabilis (Brodsky, 1950) accepted as Gaetanus minutus (Sars G.O., 1907)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Giesbrecht, W. (1895). Die pelagischen Copepoden. [The pelagic copepods.]. <em>In: Report of the dredging operations off the west coast of central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried out by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer 'Albatross', during 1.</em> 25(12):243-263, pls. 1-4. [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Gaidius Giesbrecht, 1895. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104122 on 2025-06-26
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Nomenclature
original description
Giesbrecht, W. (1895). Die pelagischen Copepoden. [The pelagic copepods.]. <em>In: Report of the dredging operations off the west coast of central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried out by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer 'Albatross', during 1.</em> 25(12):243-263, pls. 1-4. [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]
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
Park, T. (1975). Calanoid copepods of the genera Gaetanus and Gaidius from the Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science 25(1):9-34, figs. 1-11. [details] Available for editors 
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additional source
Campaner, A.F. (1986). Are Gaetanus and Gaidius (Copepoda, Calanoia, Aetideidae) a single genus? Boletim de Zoologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo 10:95-98, fig. 1. (Portuguese summary.) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]
additional source Mauchline, J. (1988). Taxonomic value of pore pattern in the integument of calanoid copepods (Crustacea). Journal of Zoology, London 214(4):697-749. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Park, T. (1975). Calanoid copepods of the genera Gaetanus and Gaidius from the Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science 25(1):9-34, figs. 1-11. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]
additional source Mauchline, J. (1988). Taxonomic value of pore pattern in the integument of calanoid copepods (Crustacea). Journal of Zoology, London 214(4):697-749. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Park, T. (1975). Calanoid copepods of the genera Gaetanus and Gaidius from the Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science 25(1):9-34, figs. 1-11. [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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