WoRMS taxon details
Harpacticus chelifer (Müller O.F., 1776)
116164 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:116164)
accepted
Species
Arpacticus chelifer Baird, 1850 · unaccepted
Cyclops armatus Tilesius, 1815 · unaccepted
Cyclops chelifer Müller O.F., 1776 · unaccepted
Cyclops johnstoni Baird, 1834 · unaccepted
Harpacticus helgolandicus Poppe, 1884 · unaccepted (synonym according to Lang (1948))
Monoculus chelifer Gmelin, 1790 · unaccepted (synonym)
Nauplius armatus Philippi, 1843 · unaccepted (synonym)
Nauplius chelifer (Müller O.F., 1776) · unaccepted (synonym)
- Subspecies Harpacticus chelifer arcticus Poppe, 1884 accepted as Harpacticus arcticus (Poppe, 1884) (synonym according to Lang (1948))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cyclops chelifer Müller O.F., 1776) Müller, O.F. (1785). Entomostraca seu Insecta Testacea, quae in aquis Daniae et Norvegiae reperit, descripsit et iconibus illustravit Otho Fridericus Müller. [The Entomostraca or Insecta Testacea, which he finds in the waters of Denmark and Norway, were described and illustrated by icons by Otho Friedrich Müller.]. <em>F.W. Thiele, Lipsiae & Havniae.</em> 134 pp., index, pls. 1-21. [details] 
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and...
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: Eastern Bradelle Valley); Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway) [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Harpacticus chelifer (Müller O.F., 1776). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=116164 on 2025-04-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Arpacticus chelifer Baird, 1850) Baird, W. (1850). The Natural History of the British Entomostraca. <em>Ray Society, London.</em> 364 pp, pls. 1-36. [details]
original description (of Cyclops armatus Tilesius, 1815) Tilesius, G. (1815). De cancris Camtschaticis, oniscis, entomostracis et cancellis marinis microscopicis noctilucentibus, Cum tabulis IV. Aeneis et appendice adnexo de acaris et ricinis Camtschaticis. [On Camtschatic crabs, onyx, entomostracus, and microscopic nocturnal marine channels, with plates IV. I have attached a bronze and an appendix about mites and Camtschatic ticks]. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg.</em> 5(2): 331–405, pls. 5–8. [details]
original description (of Cyclops chelifer Müller O.F., 1776) Müller, O.F. (1785). Entomostraca seu Insecta Testacea, quae in aquis Daniae et Norvegiae reperit, descripsit et iconibus illustravit Otho Fridericus Müller. [The Entomostraca or Insecta Testacea, which he finds in the waters of Denmark and Norway, were described and illustrated by icons by Otho Friedrich Müller.]. <em>F.W. Thiele, Lipsiae & Havniae.</em> 134 pp., index, pls. 1-21. [details]
original description (of Cyclops johnstoni Baird, 1834) Baird, W. (1834). List of Entomostraca found in Berwickshire. <em>History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, Edinburgh.</em> 1:95-100, pls. 1-3. [this may have been published in 1836]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18200866 [details]
original description (of Harpacticus helgolandicus Poppe, 1884) Poppe, S.A. (1884). Ueber die von den Herren Dr. Arthur und Aurel Krause im nördlichen Stillen Ocean und Behringsmeer gesammelten freilebenden Copepoden. [Free-living copepods from the north Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea]. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 50(1): 281-304, pls. 20-24. [details]
original description (of Monoculus chelifer Gmelin, 1790) Gmelin, J.F. (1790). Insecta Lepidoptera - Aptera. <em>In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(5). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 2225-3020.</em> : 2225-3020. [details]
original description (of Nauplius armatus Philippi, 1843) Philippi, A. (1843). Fernere Beobachtungen uber die Copepoden des Mittelmeeres. [Further observations on the copepods of the Mediterranean.]. <em>Archiv fur Naturgeschichte.</em> 9(1):54-71, pls. 3-4. [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
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original description (of Cyclops armatus Tilesius, 1815) Tilesius, G. (1815). De cancris Camtschaticis, oniscis, entomostracis et cancellis marinis microscopicis noctilucentibus, Cum tabulis IV. Aeneis et appendice adnexo de acaris et ricinis Camtschaticis. [On Camtschatic crabs, onyx, entomostracus, and microscopic nocturnal marine channels, with plates IV. I have attached a bronze and an appendix about mites and Camtschatic ticks]. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg.</em> 5(2): 331–405, pls. 5–8. [details]
original description (of Cyclops chelifer Müller O.F., 1776) Müller, O.F. (1785). Entomostraca seu Insecta Testacea, quae in aquis Daniae et Norvegiae reperit, descripsit et iconibus illustravit Otho Fridericus Müller. [The Entomostraca or Insecta Testacea, which he finds in the waters of Denmark and Norway, were described and illustrated by icons by Otho Friedrich Müller.]. <em>F.W. Thiele, Lipsiae & Havniae.</em> 134 pp., index, pls. 1-21. [details]
original description (of Cyclops johnstoni Baird, 1834) Baird, W. (1834). List of Entomostraca found in Berwickshire. <em>History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, Edinburgh.</em> 1:95-100, pls. 1-3. [this may have been published in 1836]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18200866 [details]
original description (of Harpacticus helgolandicus Poppe, 1884) Poppe, S.A. (1884). Ueber die von den Herren Dr. Arthur und Aurel Krause im nördlichen Stillen Ocean und Behringsmeer gesammelten freilebenden Copepoden. [Free-living copepods from the north Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea]. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 50(1): 281-304, pls. 20-24. [details]
original description (of Monoculus chelifer Gmelin, 1790) Gmelin, J.F. (1790). Insecta Lepidoptera - Aptera. <em>In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(5). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 2225-3020.</em> : 2225-3020. [details]
original description (of Nauplius armatus Philippi, 1843) Philippi, A. (1843). Fernere Beobachtungen uber die Copepoden des Mittelmeeres. [Further observations on the copepods of the Mediterranean.]. <em>Archiv fur Naturgeschichte.</em> 9(1):54-71, pls. 3-4. [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
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additional source
Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Brady, G.S. (1880). A monograph of the free and semi-parasitic Copepoda of the British Islands. <em>Ray Society, London.</em> 2:1-182, pls. 34-82. (look up in IMIS) [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 Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Scott, T. (1899). Report on the marine and freshwater Crustacea from Franz-Josef Land, collected by Mr. William S. Bruce, of the Jackson-Harmsworth Expedition. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology.</em> 27:60-126, pls. 3-9. (1-vii-1899). [details]
additional source Brady, G.S. (1904). Notes on Entomostraca found at the roots of Laminariae. <em>Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, New Series.</em> 1:3-9, pls. 1-2. [details]
additional source Dussart, B.H. (1967). Les Copépodes des eaux continentales d'Europe occidentale. Tome I: Calanoïdes et Harpacticoïdes. [Copepods of the continental waters of Western Europe. Volume I: Calanoids and Harpacticoids.]. <em>N. Boubée et Cie, Paris.</em> 500 pp.
page(s): 186 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Norman, A.M. & T. Scott. (1906). The Crustacea of Devon and Cornwall. <em>London: William Wesley and Son.</em> 232 pp., pls. 1-24., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.1939 [details]
additional source Pesta, O. (1932). Krebstiere oder Crustacea. I: Ruderfüsser oder Copepoda. 3. Unterordnung: Harpacticoida (1. und 2. Hälfte). [Crustaceans or Crustacea. I: Copepods. 3. Suborder: Harpacticoida (1st and 2nd half)]. <em>In: Dahl, F. (ed.). Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der Angrenzenden Meeresteile nach Ihren Merkmalen und nach Ihrer Lebensweise. Jena.</em> 24:1-164, figs. 1-72, 1-92. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Scott, T. (1894). Report on Entomostraca from the Gulf of Guinea, collected by John Rattray, B.Sc. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 2, Zoology.</em> 6(1):1-161, pls. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8598493 [details]
[request]additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Brady, G.S. (1880). A monograph of the free and semi-parasitic Copepoda of the British Islands. <em>Ray Society, London.</em> 2:1-182, pls. 34-82. (look up in IMIS) [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 Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Scott, T. (1899). Report on the marine and freshwater Crustacea from Franz-Josef Land, collected by Mr. William S. Bruce, of the Jackson-Harmsworth Expedition. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology.</em> 27:60-126, pls. 3-9. (1-vii-1899). [details]
additional source Brady, G.S. (1904). Notes on Entomostraca found at the roots of Laminariae. <em>Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, New Series.</em> 1:3-9, pls. 1-2. [details]
additional source Dussart, B.H. (1967). Les Copépodes des eaux continentales d'Europe occidentale. Tome I: Calanoïdes et Harpacticoïdes. [Copepods of the continental waters of Western Europe. Volume I: Calanoids and Harpacticoids.]. <em>N. Boubée et Cie, Paris.</em> 500 pp.
page(s): 186 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Norman, A.M. & T. Scott. (1906). The Crustacea of Devon and Cornwall. <em>London: William Wesley and Son.</em> 232 pp., pls. 1-24., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.1939 [details]
additional source Pesta, O. (1932). Krebstiere oder Crustacea. I: Ruderfüsser oder Copepoda. 3. Unterordnung: Harpacticoida (1. und 2. Hälfte). [Crustaceans or Crustacea. I: Copepods. 3. Suborder: Harpacticoida (1st and 2nd half)]. <em>In: Dahl, F. (ed.). Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der Angrenzenden Meeresteile nach Ihren Merkmalen und nach Ihrer Lebensweise. Jena.</em> 24:1-164, figs. 1-72, 1-92. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Scott, T. (1894). Report on Entomostraca from the Gulf of Guinea, collected by John Rattray, B.Sc. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 2, Zoology.</em> 6(1):1-161, pls. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8598493 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: Eastern Bradelle Valley); Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway) [details]Unreviewed
Habitat infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
