Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Gymnoplea > Order Calanoida > Family Acartiidae > Genus Acartia > Subgenus Acartia (Acartiura)

Acartia (Acartiura) discaudata (Giesbrecht, 1881)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Acartia*	Dana, 1846	accepted genus name
*Dias*	Lilljeborg, 1853	synonym

Species group names

*Dias discaudata*	Giesbrecht, 1881	objective synonym
*Acartia discaudata*	(Giesbrecht, 1882)	synonym; alternate representation
*Dias discaudatus*	Giesbrecht, 1881	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Bradford-Grieve, J.M. (1999). Copepoda Sub-Order: Calanoida, Family: Acartiidae, Genera: Acartia, Paracartia, Pteriacartia. To replace Fiches d'identification du plancton no. 12. ICES Identification Leaflets for Plankton = Fiches d'identification du plancton, 181. ICES: Copenhagen, Denmark. 19 pp.
additional source	Alcaraz, M. (1977). Ecología, competencia y segregación en especies congenéricas de copépodos (Acartia). [Ecology, competition and segregation of congeneric species of copepods (Acartia).]. Doctoral Thesis, University of Barcelona, Spain. 191 pp.
additional source	Steuer, A. (1923). Bausteine zu einer Monographie der Copepodengattung Acartia. 1. Die Arten der Gattung Acartia Dana. 2. Die Grösse der Hochsee-Acartien in ihrer Abhängigkeit von der Dichte des Meerwassers. Building blocks for a monograph on the copepod genus Acartia. 1. The species of the genus Acartia Dana. 2. The size of the deep-sea Acartias in relation to the density of the sea water. Arbeiten aus dem Zoologischen Institut der Universität Innsbruck. 1(5):91-144 (separate: 1-56), figs. 1-179, pls. 1-5, maps 1-6. [dated 1924].
additional source	Paulmier, G. (2008). The genus Acartia (Copepoda, Gymnoplea) in coastal and estuarian waters to the Britain and Normandy. Le genre Acartia (Copepoda, Gymnoplea) dans les eaux littorales etestuariennes de la Bretagne et de la Normandie. Bulletin de la Societe Linneenne de Bordeaux. 36(3):269-283. (French)
additional source	Bradford, J.M. (1976). Partial revision of the Acartia subgenus Acartiura (Copepoda: Calanoida: Acartiidae). New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 10(1):159-202, figs. 1-33. (iii-1976)
ecology source	Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. Earth System Science Data. 9(1):99-113.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Acartia (Acartiura) discaudata (Giesbrecht, 1881). 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:234125

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Acartia (Acartiura) discaudata (Giesbrecht, 1881). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/8c7cb95c-10a7-4c52-bbe6-edb6573720ba