RAS taxon details
Nitocra Boeck, 1865
157705 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157705)
accepted
Genus
Nitokra Boeck, 1865 · alternative representation (both spellings in use)
- Species Nitocra gracilimana Giesbrecht, 1902 accepted as Ameira gracilimana (Giesbrecht, 1902) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Boeck, A. (1865). Oversigt over de ved Norges Kyster jagttagne Copepoder henhorende til Calanidernes, Cyclopidernes og Harpactidernes Familier. [Overview of the Copepods hunted on the coast of Norway belonging to the families Calanoidae, Cyclopoidae and Harpacticodidae.]. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1864: 226-282 [for 1864 however published in 1865]. [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Nitocra Boeck, 1865. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157705 on 2026-09-09
RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Nitocra Boeck, 1865. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157705 on 2026-09-09
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Boeck, A. (1865). Oversigt over de ved Norges Kyster jagttagne Copepoder henhorende til Calanidernes, Cyclopidernes og Harpactidernes Familier. [Overview of the Copepods hunted on the coast of Norway belonging to the families Calanoidae, Cyclopoidae and Harpacticodidae.]. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1864: 226-282 [for 1864 however published in 1865]. [details]
original description (of Nitokra Boeck, 1865) Boeck, A. (1865). Oversigt over de ved Norges Kyster jagttagne Copepoder henhorende til Calanidernes, Cyclopidernes og Harpactidernes Familier. [Overview of the Copepods hunted on the coast of Norway belonging to the families Calanoidae, Cyclopoidae and Harpacticodidae.]. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1864: 226-282 [for 1864 however published in 1865]. [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Gómez, S., N.K. Carrasco & F.N. Morales-Serna. (2012). A new species of Nitocra Boeck, 1865 (Harpacticoida, Ameiridae, Ameirinae) from South Africa, with notes on its ecology and remarks on the status of Nitocra sewelli husmanni Kunz, 1976. <em>Zookeys.</em> 244:33-58., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.244.2633 [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 Lewis, M.H. (1980). Systematic studies on the New Zealand freshwater Harpacticoida (Crustacea: Copepoda). <em>Ph.D. Thesis, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.</em> 314 pp., available online at https://hdl.handle.net/2292/1599
note: The author described a form of Nitocra, Nitocra spp. [details]
identification resource Tran, N.S., T.P. Pham, K.C. Phung & S. Gómez. (2025). A new species of Nitocra Boeck, 1865 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from Vietnam. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1258: 277-304., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/167766/
page(s): 295-298 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Nitokra Boeck, 1865) Boeck, A. (1865). Oversigt over de ved Norges Kyster jagttagne Copepoder henhorende til Calanidernes, Cyclopidernes og Harpactidernes Familier. [Overview of the Copepods hunted on the coast of Norway belonging to the families Calanoidae, Cyclopoidae and Harpacticodidae.]. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1864: 226-282 [for 1864 however published in 1865]. [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Gómez, S., N.K. Carrasco & F.N. Morales-Serna. (2012). A new species of Nitocra Boeck, 1865 (Harpacticoida, Ameiridae, Ameirinae) from South Africa, with notes on its ecology and remarks on the status of Nitocra sewelli husmanni Kunz, 1976. <em>Zookeys.</em> 244:33-58., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.244.2633 [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 Lewis, M.H. (1980). Systematic studies on the New Zealand freshwater Harpacticoida (Crustacea: Copepoda). <em>Ph.D. Thesis, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.</em> 314 pp., available online at https://hdl.handle.net/2292/1599
note: The author described a form of Nitocra, Nitocra spp. [details]
identification resource Tran, N.S., T.P. Pham, K.C. Phung & S. Gómez. (2025). A new species of Nitocra Boeck, 1865 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from Vietnam. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1258: 277-304., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/167766/
page(s): 295-298 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
2 spellings in use: Nitocra vs Nitokra 
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Nitocra
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Nitokra (from synonym Nitokra Boeck, 1865)
3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Nitokra (from synonym Nitokra Boeck, 1865)
Speling: Nitokra vs Nitocra (from synonym Nitokra Boeck, 1865)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nitokra) (from synonym Nitokra Boeck, 1865)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Nitokra Boeck, 1865)
To ITIS
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Nitocra
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Nitokra
(from synonym Nitokra Boeck, 1865)3x5 J.S. Ho Taxonomic Card - Nitokra
(from synonym Nitokra Boeck, 1865)Speling: Nitokra vs Nitocra
(from synonym Nitokra Boeck, 1865)To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nitokra) (from synonym Nitokra Boeck, 1865)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Nitokra Boeck, 1865)
To ITIS
