RAS taxon details
Amphiascus Sars G.O., 1905
115305 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:115305)
accepted
Genus
- Species Amphiascus gracilis Lang, 1936 accepted as Amphiascopsis gracilis (Lang, 1936) accepted as Sarsamphiascus gracilis (Lang, 1936)
- Species Amphiascus minutus (Claus, 1863) accepted as Sarsamphiascus minutus (Claus, 1863)
- Species Amphiascus varians (Norman & Scott T., 1905) accepted as Mesamphiascus varians (Norman & Scott T., 1905) accepted as Sarsamphiascus varians (Norman & Scott T., 1905)
- Species Amphiascus glacialis Brady, 1910 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Amphiascus mucronatus Brady, 1910 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Sars, G.O. (1905). Pacifische Plankton-Crustaceen. (Ergebnisse einer Reise nach dem Pacific. Schauinsland 1896—1897). II. Brackwasser-Crustaceen von den Chatham-Inseln. [Pacific plankton crustaceans. (Results of a voyage to the Pacific. Schauinsland 1896—1897). II. Brackish water crustaceans from the Chatham Islands.]. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik.</em> 21(4):371-414., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/87995 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2021). World of Copepods Database. Amphiascus Sars G.O., 1905. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2021) Register of Antarctic Species at: http://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=115305 on 2025-04-03
RAS (Eds.) (2025). Register of Antarctic Species. Amphiascus Sars G.O., 1905. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=115305 on 2025-04-03
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Sars, G.O. (1905). Pacifische Plankton-Crustaceen. (Ergebnisse einer Reise nach dem Pacific. Schauinsland 1896—1897). II. Brackwasser-Crustaceen von den Chatham-Inseln. [Pacific plankton crustaceans. (Results of a voyage to the Pacific. Schauinsland 1896—1897). II. Brackish water crustaceans from the Chatham Islands.]. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik.</em> 21(4):371-414., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/87995 [details]
basis of record Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. <em>In: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds.) 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.</em> 50:268-280. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Lang, K. (1965). Copepoda Harpacticoida from the Californian Pacific coast. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vetensk-Akademiens Handlingar, Fjarde Serien. Almquist & Wiksell, Stockholm.</em> 10(2):1-560, figs. 1-303, pls. 1-6. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors
additional source Huys, R. (2009). Unresolved cases of type fixation, synonymy and homonymy in harpacticoid copepod nomenclature (Crustacea: Copepoda). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2183:1-99., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/2/zt02183p099.pdf [details] Available for editors
additional source Sars, G.O. (1905). Pacifische Plankton-Crustaceen. (Ergebnisse einer Reise nach dem Pacific. Schauinsland 1896—1897). II. Brackwasser-Crustaceen von den Chatham-Inseln. [Pacific plankton crustaceans. (Results of a voyage to the Pacific. Schauinsland 1896—1897). II. Brackish water crustaceans from the Chatham Islands.]. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik.</em> 21(4):371-414., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/87995
page(s): 380 [details]
additional source Bodin, P. (1997). Catalogue of the new marine Harpacticoid Copepods. <em>Studiedocumenten van het K.B.I.N. = Documents de Travail de l'I.R.Sc.N.B., 89. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium.</em> 89: 1-304. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 380 [details] Available for editors
additional source Griga, R.E. (1961). Harpacticoida raiona Sevastopolya. [Harpacticoids of the Sebastopol region.]. <em>Trudy Sevastopol'skoy Biologicheskoy Stantsii, Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Transactions of the Sevastopol Biological Station).</em> 14: 109-125. (Russian). [details] Available for editors
additional source Nicholls, A.G. (1939). Marine harpacticoids and cyclopoids from the shores of the St. Lawrence. <em>Le Naturaliste Canadien, Quebec.</em> 66(2):241-316, 28 figs. [details] Available for editors
additional source Noodt, W. (1955). Marmara denizi Harpacticoiden (Crust. Cop.). Marine Harpacticoiden (Crust. Cop.) aus dem Marmare Meer. [Marine Harpacticoida (Crust. Cop.) from the Marmare Sea.]. <em>Istanbul Universitesi Fen Fakultesi Mecmuasi.</em> (B)20(1-2):49-94, figs. 1-103. (i/iv-1955). [details] Available for editors
additional source Sars, G.O. (1906). Copepoda Harpacticoida. Parts XI & XII. Thalestridae (continued), Diosaccidae (part). <em>An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum.</em> 5:133-156, pls. 81-96. (look up in IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy Willen, E. (2002). Notes on the systematic position of the Stenheliinae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) within the Thalestridimorpha and description of two new species from Motupore Island, Papua New Guinea. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 43(1): 27-42. [details] Available for editors
basis of record Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. <em>In: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds.) 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.</em> 50:268-280. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Lang, K. (1965). Copepoda Harpacticoida from the Californian Pacific coast. <em>Kungliga Svenska Vetensk-Akademiens Handlingar, Fjarde Serien. Almquist & Wiksell, Stockholm.</em> 10(2):1-560, figs. 1-303, pls. 1-6. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors
additional source Huys, R. (2009). Unresolved cases of type fixation, synonymy and homonymy in harpacticoid copepod nomenclature (Crustacea: Copepoda). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2183:1-99., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/2/zt02183p099.pdf [details] Available for editors
additional source Sars, G.O. (1905). Pacifische Plankton-Crustaceen. (Ergebnisse einer Reise nach dem Pacific. Schauinsland 1896—1897). II. Brackwasser-Crustaceen von den Chatham-Inseln. [Pacific plankton crustaceans. (Results of a voyage to the Pacific. Schauinsland 1896—1897). II. Brackish water crustaceans from the Chatham Islands.]. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik.</em> 21(4):371-414., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/87995
page(s): 380 [details]
additional source Bodin, P. (1997). Catalogue of the new marine Harpacticoid Copepods. <em>Studiedocumenten van het K.B.I.N. = Documents de Travail de l'I.R.Sc.N.B., 89. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium.</em> 89: 1-304. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 380 [details] Available for editors
additional source Griga, R.E. (1961). Harpacticoida raiona Sevastopolya. [Harpacticoids of the Sebastopol region.]. <em>Trudy Sevastopol'skoy Biologicheskoy Stantsii, Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Transactions of the Sevastopol Biological Station).</em> 14: 109-125. (Russian). [details] Available for editors
additional source Nicholls, A.G. (1939). Marine harpacticoids and cyclopoids from the shores of the St. Lawrence. <em>Le Naturaliste Canadien, Quebec.</em> 66(2):241-316, 28 figs. [details] Available for editors
additional source Noodt, W. (1955). Marmara denizi Harpacticoiden (Crust. Cop.). Marine Harpacticoiden (Crust. Cop.) aus dem Marmare Meer. [Marine Harpacticoida (Crust. Cop.) from the Marmare Sea.]. <em>Istanbul Universitesi Fen Fakultesi Mecmuasi.</em> (B)20(1-2):49-94, figs. 1-103. (i/iv-1955). [details] Available for editors
additional source Sars, G.O. (1906). Copepoda Harpacticoida. Parts XI & XII. Thalestridae (continued), Diosaccidae (part). <em>An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum.</em> 5:133-156, pls. 81-96. (look up in IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy Willen, E. (2002). Notes on the systematic position of the Stenheliinae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) within the Thalestridimorpha and description of two new species from Motupore Island, Papua New Guinea. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 43(1): 27-42. [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
