WoRMS taxon details
Sclerochilus contortus (Norman, 1862)
127951 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127951)
accepted
Species
Cythere contorta Norman, 1862 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Jonesia contorta (Norman, 1862) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
Sclerochilus (Sclerochilus) contortus (Norman, 1862) Sars, 1866 · alternative representation
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cythere contorta Norman, 1862) Norman, A. M. (1862). Contributions to British Carcinology. II. On species of Ostracoda new to Great Britain. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Series 3 v. 9: 43-55. [details] 
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary; lower St. Lawrence estuary
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary; lower St. Lawrence estuary [details]
Brandão, S.N.; Antonietto, L.S; Nery, D.G.; Pereira, J.S.; Praxedes, R.A.; Santos, S.G.; Karanovic, I. (2025). World Ostracoda Database. Sclerochilus contortus (Norman, 1862). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127951 on 2025-04-19
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cythere contorta Norman, 1862) Norman, A. M. (1862). Contributions to British Carcinology. II. On species of Ostracoda new to Great Britain. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> Series 3 v. 9: 43-55. [details]
basis of record Horne, D.J.; Bruce, A.; Whittaker, J.E. (2001). Ostracoda, <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. 244-251 (look up in IMIS) [details]
new combination reference Sars, G.O. (1866). Oversigt af Norges marine ostracoder. [Overview of Norway's marine ostracods]. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1865(1):1-130., available online at https://dn790008.ca.archive.org/0/items/mobot31753002492947/mobot31753002492947.pdf, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44007425 [details]
basis of record Horne, D.J.; Bruce, A.; Whittaker, J.E. (2001). Ostracoda, <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. 244-251 (look up in IMIS) [details]
new combination reference Sars, G.O. (1866). Oversigt af Norges marine ostracoder. [Overview of Norway's marine ostracods]. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1865(1):1-130., available online at https://dn790008.ca.archive.org/0/items/mobot31753002492947/mobot31753002492947.pdf, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44007425 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
