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 (Acanthacartia)

Acartia (Acanthacartia) tonsa Dana, 1849-1852

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

*Acartia tonsa*	Dana, 1849-1852	synonym; alternate representation

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: langsprietroeipootkreeft

Literature

basis of record	Dana, J.D. (1849-1852). Conspectus crustaceorum, quae in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes, e classe Reipublicae foederatae duce, lexit et descripsit Jacobus D. Dana. Pars II. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 2: 9-61. [Vol. II,. from May 1848-May 1852]. no figures or plates just verbal.
additional source	Vervoort, W. (1964). Free-living Copepoda from Ifaluk Atoll in the Caroline Islands with notes on related species. Bulletin. United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution: Washington, DC (USA). 236: 1-431.
additional source	Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. Mediterranean Marine Science. 11(2): 381-493.
additional source	Kiefer, F. (1956). Freilebende Ruderfusskrebse (Crustacea Copepoda) I. Calanoida und Cyclopoida. [Free-living copepods (Crustacea Copepoda) I. Calanoida and Cyclopoida.]. In: Gessner, F. & V. Vareschi (eds.). Ergebnisse der Deutschen Limnologischen Venezuela-Expedition, 1952. 1:233-268, figs. 1-100, tab. 1.
additional source	Arcos, D.F. (1975). Copépodes calanoídeos de la Bahía de Concepción, Chile. Conocimiento sistemático y variación estacional. [Calanoid Copepods of the Concepcion Bay, Chile, Systematic study and seasonal variation.]. Gayana, Zoología. 32:3-31, figs. 1-7, pls. 1-9 with figs. 1-78, map.
additional source	Remy, P. (1927). Présence du Copépode 'Acartia (Acanthacartia) tonsa' Dana dans l'eau saumâtre du canal de Caen à la mer. Note préliminaire. [Presence of the Copepod 'Acartia (Acanthacartia) tonsa' Dana in the brackish water of the Caen-sea canal. Preliminary note.]. Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéene de Lyon. 6(4):31-32.
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	Remy, P. (1927). Note sur un Copépode de l'eau saumâtre du canal de Caen à la mer (Acartia (Acanthacartia) tonsa Dana). [Note on a Copepod of the brackish water of the canal of Caen to the sea (Acartia (Acanthacartia) tonsa Dana).]. Annales de Biologie Lacustre. 15:169-186, figs. 1-3.
additional source	Vervoort, W. (1965). Pelagic Copepoda. Part II. Copepoda Calanoida of the families Phaennidae up to and including Acartiidae, containing the description of a new species of Aetideidae. Atlantide Report, Danish Expedition to Coasts of Tropical West Africa 1945-1946 8:9-216.
additional source	Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. Mediterranean Marine Science. 6 (2): 63-118.
redescription	Krupa, E.G., S. Barinova & M. Alyimov. (2015). Redescription of Acartia (Acanthacartia) tonsa Dana, 1849 (Copepoda: Calanoida) from the Caspian Sea. Advanced Studies in Biology. 7(9-11): 393-402.
new combination reference	Prusova, I.Y., A.D. Gubanova, N.V. Shadrin, E.K. Kurashova & D.C. Tinenkova. (2002). Acartia tonsa (Copepoda, Calanoida): A new species in the Caspian and Azov Seas zooplankton. Vestnik Zoologii. 36(5): 65-68.
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 (Acanthacartia) tonsa Dana, 1849-1852. 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:345943

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Acartia (Acanthacartia) tonsa Dana, 1849-1852. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/c64eca76-8030-4c65-b4c6-c207ef3e8c63