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

Aetideus armatus (Boeck, 1873)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Aetideus*	Brady, 1883	accepted genus name
*Euaetideus*	Sars G.O., 1925	synonym
*Snelliaetideus*	Vervoort, 1949	synonym

Species group names

*Pseudocalanus armatus*	Boeck, 1873	synonym

Literature

original description	Scott, A. (1909). The Copepoda of the Siboga Expedition. Part I. Free-swimming, littoral and semi-parasitic Copepoda. Siboga Expeditie, Monograph, Leiden. 29:1-323, pls. 1-69.
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	Grice, G.D. & K. Hulsemann. (1967). Bathypelagic calanoid copepods of the western Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 122(3583):1-67, figs. 1-319.
additional source	Suárez-Morales, E., J.W. Fleeger & P.A. Montagna. (2009). Free-living Copepoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D. L. & D.K. Camp [Eds]. Gulf of Mexico: origin, waters, and biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 1393 pp. Chapter pagination: 841-869.
additional source	Alameda de la Mora, G. (1980). Sistemática y distribución de los copépodos (Crustacea) del Golfo de Tehuantepec (México). [Sistemática y distribución de los copépodos (Crustacea) del Golfo de Tehuantepec (México).]. Tesis Profesional, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónomo de México, Mexico City. 397 pp. + 126 pls.
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.
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	Lee, B.D. (1966). Distribution and abundance of pelagic copepods in the Drake Passage and off the coast of Argentina, with special reference to hydrology of these areas. Ph.D. Thesis, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 1-250, pls. 1-56.
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	Roff, J.C. (1978). A guide to the marine flora and fauna of the Bay of Fundy: Copepoda: Calanoida. Fisheries and Marine Service Technical Report 823. 27 p.
additional source	Bradford, J.M. (1971). Aetideus and Euaetideus (Copepoda: Calanoida) from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 5(1):12-40, figs. 1- 14, tabs., appendix. (iii-1971)
additional source	Vervoort, W. (1963). Pelagic Copepoda. Part I. Copepoda Calanoida of the families Calanidae up to and including Euchaetidae. Atlantide Report No.7: Scientific Results of the Danish Expedition to the Coasts of Tropical West Africa 1945-1946. 7:77-194, figs. 1-23. (30-xii-1963)
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Tanaka, O. (1957). The pelagic copepods of the Izu region, Middle Japan. Systematic account III. Family Aetideidae (Part 1). Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 6(1):31-68, figs. 23-40. (30-vi-1957)
additional source	ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32.
additional source	Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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. Aetideus armatus (Boeck, 1873). 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:104275