Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Gymnoplea > Order Calanoida > Family Aetideidae

Gaetanus Giesbrecht, 1888

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Gaidius*	Giesbrecht, 1895	synonym

Children

Gaetanus antarcticus Wolfenden, 1905
Gaetanus armiger Giesbrecht, 1888
Gaetanus brachyurus Sars G.O., 1907
Gaetanus brevicaudatus (Sars G.O., 1907)
Gaetanus brevispinus (Sars G.O., 1900)
Gaetanus caudani Canu, 1896
Gaetanus curvicornis Sars G.O., 1905
Gaetanus inermis Sars G.O., 1905
Gaetanus kruppii Giesbrecht, in Lo Bianco, 1903
Gaetanus latifrons Sars G.O., 1905
Gaetanus miles Giesbrecht, 1888
Gaetanus minor Farran, 1905
Gaetanus minutus (Sars G.O., 1907)
Gaetanus pileatus Farran, 1903
Gaetanus pungens (Giesbrecht, 1895)
Gaetanus robustus Sars G.O., 1905
Gaetanus tenuispinus (Sars G.O., 1900)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ガエタヌス属

Literature

original description	Giesbrecht, W. (1888). Elenco dei Copepodi pelagici raccolti dal Tenente di vascello Gaetano Chierchia durante il viaggio della R. Corvetta 'Vettor Pisani' negli anni 1882-1885 e dal Tenente di vascello Francesco Orsini nel Mar Rosso, nel 1884. [List of pelagic copepods collected by Lieutenant Gaetano Chierchia during the voyage of the Royal Corvette 'Vettor Pisani' in the years 1882-1885 and by Lieutenant Francesco Orsini in the Red Sea, in 1884.]. Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali Rendiconti. (4)4 sem. 2:284-287, 330-338.
basis of record	Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 252-268
additional source	Park, T. (1975). Calanoid copepods of the genera Gaetanus and Gaidius from the Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science 25(1):9-34, figs. 1-11.
additional source	Markhaseva, E.L. (1996). Calanoid copepods of the family Aetideidae of the world ocean. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg 268:1-331.
additional source	ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Gaetanus Giesbrecht, 1888. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104121