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

Undinula vulgaris (Dana, 1849-1852)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Undinula*	Scott A., 1909	accepted genus name
*Undina*	Dana, 1849-1852	synonym

Species group names

*Undina vulgaris*	Dana, 1849-1852	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	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	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	Sewell, R.B.S. (1929). The Copepoda of Indian Seas. Calanoida. Memoirs of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 10:1-221, figs. 1-81. (xii-1929).
additional source	Li, S.J. & J.C. Fang. (1990). Larval stages of marine planktonic copepods of China. China Ocean Press, Beijing 141 pp.
additional source	Björnberg, T.K.S. (1966). The developmental stages of Undinula vulgaris (Dana) (Copepoda). Crustaceana, Leiden 11(1):65-76, figs. 1-8. (4-viii-1966)
additional source	Koga, F. (1968). On the nauplius of Undinula vulgaris (Dana) (Copepoda, Calanoida). Journal of the Oceanographical Society of Japan 24(4):173-177, figs. 1-2. (viii-1968)
additional source	Sazhina, L.I. (1985). Naupliusy massovykh vidov pelagickeskikh kopepod Mirovogo okeana. (Naupliuses of mass species of the world's oceans.) Naukova Dumka, Kiev 238pp.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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	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	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.
additional source	Prusova, I.Y., S.L. Smith & E. Popova. 2012. Calanoid copepods of the Arabian Sea region. Sultan Qaboos University, Academic Publication Board, Muscat, Oman 240 pp., 240 figs. (2011).
additional source	Greenwood, J.G. (1976). Calanoid copepods of Moreton Bay (Queensland). I. Families Calanidae, Eucalanidae, and Paracalanidae. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 87:1-28, figs. 1-8. (30-vi-1976)
additional source	Ackefors, H. & E. Zillioux. (1975). Preliminary report on the biology of Undinula vulgaris (Dana) and Calanus minor (Dana) in the area Florida Current-Caribbean Sea. Meddelanden fran Havsfiskelaboratoriet Lysekil 185:1-17, figs. 1-7, tabs. 1-3. (vii-1975)
additional source	Shoaib, F.M. & Q.B. Kazmi. (2021). Pelagic copepods collected by the northern Arabian Sea Naseer Cruise 1. Lambert Academic Publishing, Dodo Books Indian Ocean Ltd. 242 pp.
additional source	Revis, N. & E.N. Okemwa. (1988). Additional records of species of copepods and their distribution in the coastal and inshore waters of Kenya. Kenya Journal of Sciences, Series B. 9(1-2):123-127.
additional source	Haq, S.M. (1968). Observations on the variations in planktonic copepod Undinula vulgaris (Dana 1849) from the North Arabian Sea. University Studies, University of Karachi, Pakistgan. 5(3):86-92, fig. 1, tab. 1. (xii-1968).
additional source	Bandaranayake, W.M. & P. Genties. (1982). Carotenoids of Temora turbinata, Centropages furcatus, Undinula vulgaris and Euchaeta russelli. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Comparative Biochemistry. (B)72(3):409-414, tab. 1.
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	Mulyadi. (2004). Calanoid copepods in Indonesian waters. The pelagic calanoid copeods of the families Acartiidae, Aetideidae, Augaptilidae, Calanidae, Calocalnidae, Candaciidea, Centropagidae, Clausocalanidae, Eucalanidae, Euchaetidae, Heterorhabdidae, Pseudodiaptomidae, Scolecithridae, and Tortanidae in Indonesian waters. Research Center for Biology, Indonesia Institute of Sciences, Bogor, Indonesia. 193 pp. Jan 2004.
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. Undinula vulgaris (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:104473