RAS taxon details
Metridia gerlachei Giesbrecht, 1902
344689 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:344689)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Giesbrecht, W. (1902). Zoologie Copepoden. <em>In: Résultats du voyage du S.Y. Belgica en 1897-1898-1899. Rapports scientifiques publiés aux frais du Government Belge.</em> :1-49, pls. 1-13. [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2021). World of Copepods database. Metridia gerlachei Giesbrecht, 1902. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2021) Register of Antarctic Species at: http://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=344689 on 2025-09-12
RAS (Eds.) (2025). Register of Antarctic Species. Metridia gerlachei Giesbrecht, 1902. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=344689 on 2025-09-12
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Giesbrecht, W. (1902). Zoologie Copepoden. <em>In: Résultats du voyage du S.Y. Belgica en 1897-1898-1899. Rapports scientifiques publiés aux frais du Government Belge.</em> :1-49, pls. 1-13. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Hogans, W.E. (1992). Redescription of Acanthochondria ateleopi Capart, 1959 (Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida) parasitic on the demersal fish, Atelopus loppei from the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Belgian Journal of Zoology 122(1):31-36. [details] Available for editors
additional source Bradford-Grieve, J.M. (1999). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Pelagic Calanoid Copepoda: Bathypontiidae, Arietellidae, Augaptilidae, Heterorhabdidae, Lucicutiidae, Metrodinidae, Phyllopodidae, Centropagidae, Pseudodiaptomidae, Temoridae, Candaciidae, Pontellidae, Sulcanidae, Acartiid National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) Biodiversity Memoir, Wellington 111:1-268. [details] Available for editors
additional source Calbet, A. & X. Irigoien. (1997). Egg and faecal pellet production rates of the marine copepod Metridia gerlachei northwest of the Antarctic Peninsula. Polar Biology 18(4):273-279. (x.1997) [details] Available for editors
additional source Chiba, S., T. Ishimaru, G.W. Hosie & M. Fukuchi. (2002). Spatio-temporal variability in life cycle strategy of four pelagic Antarctic copepods: Rhincalanus gigas, Calanoides acutus, Calanus propinquus and Metridia gerlachei. <em>Polar Bioscience.</em> 15: 27-44., available online at http://its-db.aad.gov.au/proms/pubn/pubshow.asp?pub_id=10080 [details] Available for editors
additional source Eyun, S.I., Y.H. Lee, H.L. Suh, S. Kim & H.Y. Soh. (2007). Genetic identification and molecular phylogeny of Pseudodiaptomus species (Calanoida, Pseudodiaptomidae) in Korean waters. Zoological Science 24(3):265-271. [details] Available for editors
additional source Ferrari, F.D. (1993). Ecology of Metridia gerlachi in the western Bransfield Strait, Antarctica. <em>Deep-Sea Research.</em> Part 1, 40(8):1711-1712. [details] Available for editors
additional source Kahle, J. & G.P. Zauke. (2002). Bioaccumulation of trace metals in the calanoid copepod Metridia gerlachei from the Weddell Sea (Antarctica). <em>Science of the Total Environment.</em> 295 (1-3): 1-16., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/S0048-9697(01)01147-0 [details]
additional source Kahle, J. & G.P. Zauke. (2003). Trace metals in antarctic copepods from the Weddell Sea (Antarctica). <em>Chemosphere.</em> 51(5):409-417., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/S0045-6535(02)00855-X [details]
additional source Huntley, M.E. & S. Kaupp. (1992). RACER: vertical migration and bioenergetics of Metridia gerlachei during spring 1991-1992. Antarctic Journal of the United States 27(5):172-173. [details]
additional source King, A. & E.L. LaCasella. (2003). Seasonal variations in abundance, diel vertical migration, and population structure of Metridia gerlachei at Port Foster, Deception Island, Antarctica. <em>Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, Ecosystem studies at Deception Island, Antarctica.</em> 50(10-11):1753-1763., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/S0967-0645(03)00091-2 [details] Available for editors
additional source Lopez, M.D.G. & M.E. Huntley. (1995). Feeding and diel vertical migration cycles of Metridia gerlachei (Giesbrecht) in coastal waters of the Antarctic Peninsula. Polar Biology 15(1):21-30. [details] Available for editors
additional source Mariottini, G.L., M. Feletti, P. Romano, A. Cadoni & A. Carli. (2000). An ultrastructural study of the Antarctic calanoid copepod Metridia gerlachei Giesbrecht, 1902. Adult female. <em>Journal of Biological Research Naples, Bollettino della Società Italiana di Biologia Sperimentale.</em> 76(11-12): 73-80., available online at https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2000.10799 [details] Available for editors
additional source Meyer-Rochow, V.B. (1986). Luminescent copepods of the genus Metridia with special reference to the Antarctic Metridia gerlachei. New Zealand Antarctic Record 7(1):1-8. [details]
additional source Niehoff, B., S.B. Schnack-Schiel, A. Cornils & M. Brichta. (2002). Reproductive activity of two dominant Antarctic copepod species, Metridia gerlachei and Ctenocalanus citer, in late autumn in the eastern Bellingshausen Sea. Polar Biology 25 (8): 583-590. [details] Available for editors
additional source Pinero de Verdinelli, M. (1981). Systematics and ecology of species of Metridia (Copepoda, Calanoida) of the Weddell Sea, with considerations about hydrography abd phytoplankton. Sistemática e Ecologia das Espécies de Metridia (Copepoda, Calanoida) do Mar de Weddell, com Consideraçaoes sobre a Hidrográfica e o Fitoplâncton. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, Instituto Oceanográfico da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.</em> 196 pp. [details] Available for editors
additional source Romano, P., M. Feletti, G.L. Mariottini & A. Carli. (1999). Ecological and nutritional implications of the mandibular structure in the Antarctic calanoid copepod Metridia gerlachei Giesbrecht, 1902: An ultrastructural study. Polar Biology 22(1):7-12. (vii.1999) [details] Available for editors
additional source Schnack-Schiel, S.B. & W. Hagen. (1995). Life-cycle strategies of Calanoides acutus, Calanus propinquus, and Metridia gerlachei (Copepoda: Calanoida) in the eastern Weddell Sea, Antarctica. ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) Journal of Marine Science 52(3-4):541-548. (v-viii.1995) Also issued as ICES Marine Science Symposia Vol. 200. [details] Available for editors
additional source Zmijewska, M.I., J. Yen & L. Bielecka. (2000). Size variability in two common Antarctic copepods: Calanoides acutus (Giesbrecht) and Metridia gerlachei (Giesbrecht). Polish Polar Research 20(4)1999:325-333. [details] Available for editors
additional source Lee, B.D. (1966). Distribution and abundance of pelagic copepods in the Drake Passage and off the coast of Argentina, with special reference to hydrology of these areas. Ph.D. Thesis, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 1-250, pls. 1-56. [details] Available for editors
additional source Michels, J. & S.N. Gorb. (2015). Mandibular gnathobases of marine planktonic copepods - feeding tools with complex micro- and nanoscale composite architectures. <em>Beilstein Journal Of Nanotechnology.</em> 6 :74-685., available online at https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.6.68 [details] Available for editors
ecology source Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. <em>Earth System Science Data.</em> 9(1):99-113., available online at https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-99-2017 [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Hogans, W.E. (1992). Redescription of Acanthochondria ateleopi Capart, 1959 (Copepoda: Poecilostomatoida) parasitic on the demersal fish, Atelopus loppei from the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Belgian Journal of Zoology 122(1):31-36. [details] Available for editors
additional source Bradford-Grieve, J.M. (1999). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Pelagic Calanoid Copepoda: Bathypontiidae, Arietellidae, Augaptilidae, Heterorhabdidae, Lucicutiidae, Metrodinidae, Phyllopodidae, Centropagidae, Pseudodiaptomidae, Temoridae, Candaciidae, Pontellidae, Sulcanidae, Acartiid National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) Biodiversity Memoir, Wellington 111:1-268. [details] Available for editors
additional source Calbet, A. & X. Irigoien. (1997). Egg and faecal pellet production rates of the marine copepod Metridia gerlachei northwest of the Antarctic Peninsula. Polar Biology 18(4):273-279. (x.1997) [details] Available for editors
additional source Chiba, S., T. Ishimaru, G.W. Hosie & M. Fukuchi. (2002). Spatio-temporal variability in life cycle strategy of four pelagic Antarctic copepods: Rhincalanus gigas, Calanoides acutus, Calanus propinquus and Metridia gerlachei. <em>Polar Bioscience.</em> 15: 27-44., available online at http://its-db.aad.gov.au/proms/pubn/pubshow.asp?pub_id=10080 [details] Available for editors
additional source Eyun, S.I., Y.H. Lee, H.L. Suh, S. Kim & H.Y. Soh. (2007). Genetic identification and molecular phylogeny of Pseudodiaptomus species (Calanoida, Pseudodiaptomidae) in Korean waters. Zoological Science 24(3):265-271. [details] Available for editors
additional source Ferrari, F.D. (1993). Ecology of Metridia gerlachi in the western Bransfield Strait, Antarctica. <em>Deep-Sea Research.</em> Part 1, 40(8):1711-1712. [details] Available for editors
additional source Kahle, J. & G.P. Zauke. (2002). Bioaccumulation of trace metals in the calanoid copepod Metridia gerlachei from the Weddell Sea (Antarctica). <em>Science of the Total Environment.</em> 295 (1-3): 1-16., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/S0048-9697(01)01147-0 [details]
additional source Kahle, J. & G.P. Zauke. (2003). Trace metals in antarctic copepods from the Weddell Sea (Antarctica). <em>Chemosphere.</em> 51(5):409-417., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/S0045-6535(02)00855-X [details]
additional source Huntley, M.E. & S. Kaupp. (1992). RACER: vertical migration and bioenergetics of Metridia gerlachei during spring 1991-1992. Antarctic Journal of the United States 27(5):172-173. [details]
additional source King, A. & E.L. LaCasella. (2003). Seasonal variations in abundance, diel vertical migration, and population structure of Metridia gerlachei at Port Foster, Deception Island, Antarctica. <em>Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, Ecosystem studies at Deception Island, Antarctica.</em> 50(10-11):1753-1763., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/S0967-0645(03)00091-2 [details] Available for editors
additional source Lopez, M.D.G. & M.E. Huntley. (1995). Feeding and diel vertical migration cycles of Metridia gerlachei (Giesbrecht) in coastal waters of the Antarctic Peninsula. Polar Biology 15(1):21-30. [details] Available for editors
additional source Mariottini, G.L., M. Feletti, P. Romano, A. Cadoni & A. Carli. (2000). An ultrastructural study of the Antarctic calanoid copepod Metridia gerlachei Giesbrecht, 1902. Adult female. <em>Journal of Biological Research Naples, Bollettino della Società Italiana di Biologia Sperimentale.</em> 76(11-12): 73-80., available online at https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2000.10799 [details] Available for editors
additional source Meyer-Rochow, V.B. (1986). Luminescent copepods of the genus Metridia with special reference to the Antarctic Metridia gerlachei. New Zealand Antarctic Record 7(1):1-8. [details]
additional source Niehoff, B., S.B. Schnack-Schiel, A. Cornils & M. Brichta. (2002). Reproductive activity of two dominant Antarctic copepod species, Metridia gerlachei and Ctenocalanus citer, in late autumn in the eastern Bellingshausen Sea. Polar Biology 25 (8): 583-590. [details] Available for editors
additional source Pinero de Verdinelli, M. (1981). Systematics and ecology of species of Metridia (Copepoda, Calanoida) of the Weddell Sea, with considerations about hydrography abd phytoplankton. Sistemática e Ecologia das Espécies de Metridia (Copepoda, Calanoida) do Mar de Weddell, com Consideraçaoes sobre a Hidrográfica e o Fitoplâncton. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, Instituto Oceanográfico da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.</em> 196 pp. [details] Available for editors
additional source Romano, P., M. Feletti, G.L. Mariottini & A. Carli. (1999). Ecological and nutritional implications of the mandibular structure in the Antarctic calanoid copepod Metridia gerlachei Giesbrecht, 1902: An ultrastructural study. Polar Biology 22(1):7-12. (vii.1999) [details] Available for editors
additional source Schnack-Schiel, S.B. & W. Hagen. (1995). Life-cycle strategies of Calanoides acutus, Calanus propinquus, and Metridia gerlachei (Copepoda: Calanoida) in the eastern Weddell Sea, Antarctica. ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) Journal of Marine Science 52(3-4):541-548. (v-viii.1995) Also issued as ICES Marine Science Symposia Vol. 200. [details] Available for editors
additional source Zmijewska, M.I., J. Yen & L. Bielecka. (2000). Size variability in two common Antarctic copepods: Calanoides acutus (Giesbrecht) and Metridia gerlachei (Giesbrecht). Polish Polar Research 20(4)1999:325-333. [details] Available for editors
additional source Lee, B.D. (1966). Distribution and abundance of pelagic copepods in the Drake Passage and off the coast of Argentina, with special reference to hydrology of these areas. Ph.D. Thesis, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 1-250, pls. 1-56. [details] Available for editors
additional source Michels, J. & S.N. Gorb. (2015). Mandibular gnathobases of marine planktonic copepods - feeding tools with complex micro- and nanoscale composite architectures. <em>Beilstein Journal Of Nanotechnology.</em> 6 :74-685., available online at https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.6.68 [details] Available for editors
ecology source Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. <em>Earth System Science Data.</em> 9(1):99-113., available online at https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-99-2017 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Metridia gerlachei)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (34 records)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Metridia gerlachei)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (34 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
