WoRMS taxon details
Discoconchoecia elegans (Sars, 1866)
127782 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127782)
accepted
Species
Conchoecia elegans G.O. Sars, 1866 · unaccepted
Paraconchoecia elegans (Sars, 1866) · unaccepted
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Conchoecia elegans G.O. Sars, 1866) Müller, G.W. (1908). Ostracoda. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer „Valdivia" 1898-1899.</em> 8:27-154., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29943 [details] 
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), Saguenay Fjord, lower St. Lawrence estuary, Laurentian Channel (bathyal...
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), Saguenay Fjord, lower St. Lawrence estuary, Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Honguedo Strait), Lower Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone as far as Cabot Strait: Cape North, N.S., St. Paul Island to Cape Ray NL.); western slope of Newfoundland, including the southern part of the Strait of Belle Isle but excluding the upper 50m in the area southwest of Newfoundland [details]
Brandão, S. N.; Antonietto, L. S.; Pereira, J. S.; Pereira, S. G. G.; Sá, H. A. B.; Praxedes, R. A.; Sabater, L. M., Santos, S.G.; Karanovic, I. (2025). World Ostracoda Database. Discoconchoecia elegans (Sars, 1866). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127782 on 2025-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Conchoecia elegans G.O. Sars, 1866) Müller, G.W. (1908). Ostracoda. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer „Valdivia" 1898-1899.</em> 8:27-154., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29943 [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]
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]
Other
additional source
Blachowiak-Samolyk, K. & M. Angel. An atlas of Southern Ocean planctonic ostracods. <em>http://ocean.iopan.gda.pl/ostracoda/index.php.</em> , available online at http://ocean.iopan.gda.pl/ostracoda/index.php [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), Saguenay Fjord, lower St. Lawrence estuary, Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Honguedo Strait), Lower Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone as far as Cabot Strait: Cape North, N.S., St. Paul Island to Cape Ray NL.); western slope of Newfoundland, including the southern part of the Strait of Belle Isle but excluding the upper 50m in the area southwest of Newfoundland [details]Habitat Epipelagic [details]
Habitat epipelagic , glacial and the upper mesopelagic of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Habitat Mesopelagic [details]
Southern Ocean planktonic ostracods
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications) (from synonym Conchoecia elegans G.O. Sars, 1866)
To Dyntaxa (from synonym Conchoecia elegans G.O. Sars, 1866)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Discoconchoecia elegans)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Conchoecia elegans G.O. Sars, 1866)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Conchoecia elegans G.O. Sars, 1866)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications) (from synonym Conchoecia elegans G.O. Sars, 1866)
To Dyntaxa (from synonym Conchoecia elegans G.O. Sars, 1866)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Discoconchoecia elegans)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Conchoecia elegans G.O. Sars, 1866)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Conchoecia elegans G.O. Sars, 1866)
To ITIS
