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

Bradyidius similis (Sars G.O., 1902)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Bradyidius*	Giesbrecht, 1897	accepted genus name
*Bradyanus*	Vanhöffen, 1897	synonym
*Undinopsis*	Sars G.O., 1902	synonym

Species group names

*Undinopsis similis*	Sars G.O., 1902	synonym

Literature

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	Wilson, C.B. (1950). Copepods gathered by the United States Fisheries Steamer 'Albatross' from 1887 to 1909, chiefly in the Pacific Ocean. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 100(14)(4):i-ix, 141-461, pls. 2-36.
additional source	Shih, C.T., L. Rainville & D.C. Maclellan. (1981). Copepodids of Bradyidius similis (Sars, 1902) (Crustacea: Copepoda) in the Saguenay Fjord and the St. Lawrence Estuary. Canadian Journal of Zoology 59(6):1079-1093, figs. 1-108, tab. 1. (vi-1981, French summary.)
additional source	ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32.
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	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	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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. Bradyidius similis (Sars G.O., 1902). 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:104283