WoRMS taxon details
Ectinosoma Boeck, 1865
115333 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:115333)
accepted
Genus
Ectinosoma melaniceps Boeck, 1865 (type by original designation)
Halectinsoma Krichagin, 1877 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Ectinosoma acutorostratum Vervoort, 1962
- Species Ectinosoma andamanica Rao G.C., 1993
- Species Ectinosoma antarcticum Giesbrecht, 1902
- Species Ectinosoma australe Brady, 1899
- Species Ectinosoma barbararum Seifried, 1997
- Species Ectinosoma barbicauda Bozic, 1978
- Species Ectinosoma breviarticulatum Lang, 1965
- Species Ectinosoma californicum Lang, 1965
- Species Ectinosoma carnivora Seifried & Dürbaum, 2000
- Species Ectinosoma compressum Sars G.O., 1920
- Species Ectinosoma couceiroi Jakobi & Nogueira, 1960
- Species Ectinosoma dentatum Steuer, 1940
- Species Ectinosoma ghardaqensis (Noodt, 1964)
- Species Ectinosoma gracilicorne Brady, 1910
- Species Ectinosoma henneguyi Labbé, 1927
- Species Ectinosoma mediterraneum Kunz, 1975
- Species Ectinosoma melaniceps Boeck, 1865
- Species Ectinosoma mexicanum Gómez & Seifried, 2001
- Species Ectinosoma nonpectinatum Mielke, 1979
- Species Ectinosoma normani Scott T. & Scott A., 1896
- Species Ectinosoma obtusum Sars G.O., 1920
- Species Ectinosoma papuarum Seifried, 1997
- Species Ectinosoma paradentatum Bozic, 1965
- Species Ectinosoma paranormani Lang, 1965
- Species Ectinosoma pectinatum Mielke, 1979
- Species Ectinosoma propinquum Scott T. & Scott A., 1896
- Species Ectinosoma pruvoti Soyer, 1971
- Species Ectinosoma pygmaeum Scott T. & Scott A., 1896
- Species Ectinosoma reductum Bozic, 1955
- Species Ectinosoma scotti Brady, 1910
- Species Ectinosoma soyeri Apostolov, 1975
- Species Ectinosoma tegula Seifried, 1997
- Species Ectinosoma tenerum Sars G.O., 1920
- Species Ectinosoma tenuipes Scott T. & Scott A., 1896
- Species Ectinosoma tholomiges Jakobi, 1954
- Species Ectinosoma tholophilos Jakobi, 1954
- Species Ectinosoma veili Labbé, 1927
- Species Ectinosoma vervoorti Soyer, 1972
- Species Ectinosoma virginensis Coull, 1971
- Species Ectinosoma abrau (Krichagin, 1877) accepted as Halectinosoma abrau (Krichagin, 1877)
- Species Ectinosoma angulifrons Sars G.O., 1920 accepted as Halectinosoma angulifrons (Sars G.O., 1919)
- Species Ectinosoma arcticum Olofsson, 1917 accepted as Pseudobradya arctica (Olofsson, 1917)
- Species Ectinosoma arenicola Rouch, 1962 accepted as Halectinosoma arenicola (Rouch, 1962)
- Species Ectinosoma armiferum Scott T. & Scott A., 1896 accepted as Bradya armifera (Scott T. & Scott A., 1896)
- Species Ectinosoma atlanticum (Brady & Robertson, 1873) accepted as Microsetella norvegica (Boeck, 1865) (basionym)
- Species Ectinosoma barroisi Richard, 1893 accepted as Halectinosoma barroisi (Richard, 1893)
- Species Ectinosoma brevirostre Sars G.O., 1904 accepted as Halectinosoma brevirostre (Sars G.O., 1904)
- Species Ectinosoma brunnea Brady, 1907 accepted as Halectinosoma brunneum (Brady, 1907)
- Species Ectinosoma canaliculatum Por, 1964 accepted as Halectinosoma canaliculatum (Por, 1964)
- Species Ectinosoma chrystalli Scott T., 1894 accepted as Halectinosoma chrystalli (Scott T., 1894) represented as Halectinosoma chrystali (Scott T., 1894)
- Species Ectinosoma clavatum Sars G.O., 1920 accepted as Halectinosoma clavatum (Sars G.O., 1920)
- Species Ectinosoma concinnum Akatova, 1935 accepted as Halectinosoma concinnum (Akatova, 1935)
- Species Ectinosoma curticorne Boeck, 1873 accepted as Halectinosoma curticorne (Boeck, 1873) (Synonym)
- Species Ectinosoma curvifrons Sars G.O., 1927 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Ectinosoma diops Por, 1964 accepted as Halectinosoma diops (Por, 1964)
- Species Ectinosoma distinctum Sars G.O., 1920 accepted as Halectinosoma distinctum (Sars G.O., 1920)
- Species Ectinosoma elongatum Sars G.O., 1904 accepted as Halectinosoma elongatum (Sars G.O., 1904)
- Species Ectinosoma erythrops Brady & Robertson, 1876 accepted as Halectinosoma erythrops (Brady & Robertson, 1876)
- Species Ectinosoma finmarchicum Scott T., 1903 accepted as Halectinosoma finmarchicum (Scott T., 1903)
- Species Ectinosoma gothiceps Giesbrecht, 1881 accepted as Halectinosoma gothiceps (Giesbrecht, 1881)
- Species Ectinosoma gracile Scott T. & Scott A., 1896 accepted as Halectinosoma gracile (Scott T. & Scott A., 1896)
- Species Ectinosoma herdmani Scott T. & Scott A., 1896 accepted as Halectinosoma herdmani (Scott T. & Scott A., 1896)
- Species Ectinosoma inopinatum Por, 1964 accepted as Halectinosoma inopinatum (Por, 1964)
- Species Ectinosoma intermedia Nicholls, 1939 accepted as Halectinosoma intermedium (Nicholls, 1939)
- Species Ectinosoma intermedium Marcus, 1965 accepted as Halectinosoma herdelongatum Marcus, 1967 (preoccupied name)
- Species Ectinosoma ischnum Sars G.O., 1927 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Ectinosoma japonica Miura, 1964 accepted as Halectinosoma japonica (Miura, 1964) represented as Halectinosoma japonicum (Miura, 1964)
- Species Ectinosoma leptoderma Klie, 1929 accepted as Glabrotelson leptoderma (Klie, 1929) Huys, 2009
- Species Ectinosoma litorale (Noodt, 1958) accepted as Halectinosoma litorale (Nicholls, 1938)
- Species Ectinosoma litoralis (Noodt, 1958) accepted as Ectinosoma litorale (Noodt, 1958) accepted as Halectinosoma litorale (Nicholls, 1938)
- Species Ectinosoma littoralis Nicholls, 1939 accepted as Halectinosoma litorale (Nicholls, 1938)
- Species Ectinosoma longicorne Scott T. & Scott A., 1986 accepted as Pararenosetella longicornis (Scott T. & Scott A., 1896) accepted as Halectinosoma longicorne (Scott T. & Scott A., 1896)
- Species Ectinosoma major Olofsson, 1917 accepted as Pseudobradya major (Olofsson, 1917)
- Species Ectinosoma minor (Scott T. & Scott A., 1896) accepted as Pseudobradya minor (Scott T. & Scott A., 1896)
- Species Ectinosoma mixtum Sars G.O., 1904 accepted as Halectinosoma mixtum (Sars G.O., 1904)
- Species Ectinosoma neglectum Sars G.O., 1904 accepted as Halectinosoma neglectum (Sars G.O., 1904)
- Species Ectinosoma oblongum Kunz, 1949 accepted as Halectinosoma oblongum (Kunz, 1949)
- Species Ectinosoma porosum (Wells, 1967) accepted as Halectinosoma porosum Wells, 1967
- Species Ectinosoma porrectum Sars G.O., 1927 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Ectinosoma proximum Sars G.O., 1919 accepted as Halectinosoma proximum (Sars G.O., 1919)
- Species Ectinosoma rosea (Dana, 1847) accepted as Microsetella rosea (Dana, 1847)
- Species Ectinosoma sarsii Boeck, 1873 accepted as Halectinosoma sarsii (Boeck, 1872)
- Species Ectinosoma smirnovi Chislenko, 1967 accepted as Halectinosoma smirnovi (Chislenko, 1967)
- Species Ectinosoma spinicauda Wells, 1961 accepted as Halectinosoma spinicauda (Wells, 1961)
- Species Ectinosoma spinipes Brady, 1880 accepted as Halectinosoma spinipes (Brady, 1880)
- Species Ectinosoma tenue Brady, 1880 accepted as Ectinosoma tenuis Brady & Robertson, 1876 accepted as Robertsonia tenuis Brady, 1880
- Species Ectinosoma tenuireme Scott T. & Scott A., 1896 accepted as Pararenosetella tenuiremis Scott T. & Scott A., 1894 accepted as Halectinosoma tenuireme (Scott T. & Scott A., 1894)
- Species Ectinosoma tenuis Brady & Robertson, 1876 accepted as Robertsonia tenuis Brady, 1880
- Species Ectinosoma tenuissima Klie, 1929 accepted as Arenosetella tenuissima (Klie, 1929) accepted as Glabrotelson tenuissima (Klie, 1929)
- Species Ectinosoma travei (Soyer, 1974) accepted as Halectinosoma travei Soyer, 1974
- Species Ectinosoma wiesei Smirnov, 1932 accepted as Halectinosoma wiesei (Smirnov, 1932)
- Species Ectinosoma edwardsi (Richard, 1890) represented as Ectinosoma edwardsi edwardsi (Richard, 1890)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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].
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Taxonomic remark Diagnose; Körper spindelförmig, ohne deutliche Grenze zwischen Thorax und Abdomen. Fu. nie auffallend stark verlängert....
Taxonomic remark Diagnose; Körper spindelförmig, ohne deutliche Grenze zwischen Thorax und Abdomen. Fu. nie auffallend stark verlängert. Eostrnm zungenförmig,hyalin, nicht auffallend gross. A. 1 5—Tgliedrig, das 3. Glied nicht verlängert.A. 2 ohne Borste an der Basis und mit 3gliedrigem Exp., dessen 1. Glied nie mehr als 1 Borste trägt. Labrum mehr oder weniger stark vorstehend. Mand. stets gut entwickelt, mit wenigen Zähnen an der Pars molaris und mit lang gestreckter Basis, die einen abgesetzten Exp. und Enp. trägt. Exp. rel. klein mit wenigen Borsten. Enp. der Maxil. nicht abgesetzt. Max. nicht winklig gebogen, ihr Enp. rudimentär, mit Borsten versehen, von denen 2 prähensil, doch nicht klauenartig sind. Basis des Mxp. distal nicht oder nur wenig breiterals der abgesetzte Enp., der höchstens doppelt so lang wie breit ist und niemehr als 3 Borsten trägt. P. 1—P. 4 mit 3gliedrigen normalen Ästen. Borsten formel etwas variabel, doch trägt das mittlere Enp.-Glied nie mehr als 1 Borste. Exp. P. 5 stets abgesetzt und entweder mit 4 Rand- oder 3 Rand- und 1 Flächenborste versehen. Eier nicht reihenförmig gelagert.
Diagnose: Exp. P. 5 ohne Plächenborste aber mit 4 Pandborsten. Endgbed Enp. P. 2—P. 4 mit 3 Aussenranddornen. Typus E. melaniceps Boeck.
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Diagnose: Exp. P. 5 ohne Plächenborste aber mit 4 Pandborsten. Endgbed Enp. P. 2—P. 4 mit 3 Aussenranddornen. Typus E. melaniceps Boeck.
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Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Ectinosoma Boeck, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=115333 on 2025-04-16
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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].
page(s): 254 [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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page(s): 254 [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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Lang, K. (1944). Monographie der Harpacticiden (Vorlaufige Mitteilung). [Monograph of the Harpacticidae (Preliminary communication).]. <em>Almqvist & Wiksells Boktryckeri Ab, Uppsala.</em> 39 pp. (19-ii-1944). [details] Available for editors
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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 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)
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additional source Guerne, J. de. (1887). Sur les genres Ectinosoma Boeck et Podon Lilljeborg, à propos de deux Entomostracés (Ectinosoma atlanticum G.S. Brady et Robertson, et Podon minutus G.O. Sars), trouvé à la Corogne. [On the genera Ectinosoma Boeck and Podon Lilljeborg, about two Entomostracae (Ectinosoma atlanticum G.S. Brady and Robertson, and Podon minutus G.O. Sars), found in Corunna]. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 12:341-367, pl. 6. (Also in: Résult. Camp. scient. Prince Albert I, 97: 11-31, pl. 2 figs. A1-3). [details]
additional source Olofsson, O. (1917). Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Harpacticiden-Familien Ectinosomidae, Canthocamptidae (Gen. Maraenobiotus) und Tachidiidae nebst Beschreibungen einiger neuen und wenig bekannten, arktischen Brackwasser- und Süsswasser-Arten. [Contribution to the knowledge of the harpacticid families Ectinosomidae, Canthocamptidae (Gen. Maraenobiotus) and Tachidiidae together with descriptions of some new and little known arctic brackish water and fresh water species.]. <em>Zoologiska Bidrag, Uppsala.</em> 6:1-39, pls. 1-8. (24-ix-1917). [details]
additional source Scott, T. & A. Scott. (1896). A revision of the British Copepoda belonging to the genera Bradya Boeck, and Ectinosoma, Boeck. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology (2)6(5):419-446, pls. 35-38. (vi-1896), available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8598965 [details]
additional source Vervoort, W. (1962). Report on some Copepoda collected during the Melanesia Expedition of the Osaka Museum of Natural History. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 10(2):393-470, figs. 1-32. (31-xii-1962) [details] Available for editors
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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
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additional source Lang, K. (1936). Undersökningar över Öresund. Untersuchungen aus dem Öresund. XX. Harpacticiden aus dem Öresund. [Surveys over the Öresund. Untersuchungen aus dem Öresund. XX. Harpacticide aus dem Öresund.]. <em>Kungliga Fysiografiska Sällskapets Handlingar, new series,.</em> 46(8):1-52, figs. 1-148. [Lunds Universitets Arsskrift, N.F. 2(31)8:1-52.]. [details] Available for editors
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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 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): 254 [details] Available for editors

additional source Guerne, J. de. (1887). Sur les genres Ectinosoma Boeck et Podon Lilljeborg, à propos de deux Entomostracés (Ectinosoma atlanticum G.S. Brady et Robertson, et Podon minutus G.O. Sars), trouvé à la Corogne. [On the genera Ectinosoma Boeck and Podon Lilljeborg, about two Entomostracae (Ectinosoma atlanticum G.S. Brady and Robertson, and Podon minutus G.O. Sars), found in Corunna]. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 12:341-367, pl. 6. (Also in: Résult. Camp. scient. Prince Albert I, 97: 11-31, pl. 2 figs. A1-3). [details]
additional source Olofsson, O. (1917). Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Harpacticiden-Familien Ectinosomidae, Canthocamptidae (Gen. Maraenobiotus) und Tachidiidae nebst Beschreibungen einiger neuen und wenig bekannten, arktischen Brackwasser- und Süsswasser-Arten. [Contribution to the knowledge of the harpacticid families Ectinosomidae, Canthocamptidae (Gen. Maraenobiotus) and Tachidiidae together with descriptions of some new and little known arctic brackish water and fresh water species.]. <em>Zoologiska Bidrag, Uppsala.</em> 6:1-39, pls. 1-8. (24-ix-1917). [details]
additional source Scott, T. & A. Scott. (1896). A revision of the British Copepoda belonging to the genera Bradya Boeck, and Ectinosoma, Boeck. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology (2)6(5):419-446, pls. 35-38. (vi-1896), available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8598965 [details]
additional source Vervoort, W. (1962). Report on some Copepoda collected during the Melanesia Expedition of the Osaka Museum of Natural History. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 10(2):393-470, figs. 1-32. (31-xii-1962) [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 Lang, K. (1936). Undersökningar över Öresund. Untersuchungen aus dem Öresund. XX. Harpacticiden aus dem Öresund. [Surveys over the Öresund. Untersuchungen aus dem Öresund. XX. Harpacticide aus dem Öresund.]. <em>Kungliga Fysiografiska Sällskapets Handlingar, new series,.</em> 46(8):1-52, figs. 1-148. [Lunds Universitets Arsskrift, N.F. 2(31)8:1-52.]. [details] Available for editors





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Taxonomic remark Diagnose; Körper spindelförmig, ohne deutliche Grenze zwischen Thorax und Abdomen. Fu. nie auffallend stark verlängert. Eostrnm zungenförmig,hyalin, nicht auffallend gross. A. 1 5—Tgliedrig, das 3. Glied nicht verlängert.A. 2 ohne Borste an der Basis und mit 3gliedrigem Exp., dessen 1. Glied nie mehr als 1 Borste trägt. Labrum mehr oder weniger stark vorstehend. Mand. stets gut entwickelt, mit wenigen Zähnen an der Pars molaris und mit lang gestreckter Basis, die einen abgesetzten Exp. und Enp. trägt. Exp. rel. klein mit wenigen Borsten. Enp. der Maxil. nicht abgesetzt. Max. nicht winklig gebogen, ihr Enp. rudimentär, mit Borsten versehen, von denen 2 prähensil, doch nicht klauenartig sind. Basis des Mxp. distal nicht oder nur wenig breiterals der abgesetzte Enp., der höchstens doppelt so lang wie breit ist und niemehr als 3 Borsten trägt. P. 1—P. 4 mit 3gliedrigen normalen Ästen. Borsten formel etwas variabel, doch trägt das mittlere Enp.-Glied nie mehr als 1 Borste. Exp. P. 5 stets abgesetzt und entweder mit 4 Rand- oder 3 Rand- und 1 Flächenborste versehen. Eier nicht reihenförmig gelagert.Diagnose: Exp. P. 5 ohne Plächenborste aber mit 4 Pandborsten. Endgbed Enp. P. 2—P. 4 mit 3 Aussenranddornen. Typus E. melaniceps Boeck.
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