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

Rhincalanus nasutus Giesbrecht, 1888

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Rhincalanus*	Dana, 1852-1853	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Giesbrecht, W. (1888). Elenco dei Copepodi pelagici raccolti dal Tenente di vascello Gaetano Chierchia durante il viaggio della R. Corvetta 'Vettor Pisani' negli anni 1882-1885 e dal Tenente di vascello Francesco Orsini nel Mar Rosso, nel 1884. [List of pelagic copepods collected by Lieutenant Gaetano Chierchia during the voyage of the Royal Corvette 'Vettor Pisani' in the years 1882-1885 and by Lieutenant Francesco Orsini in the Red Sea, in 1884.]. Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali Rendiconti. (4)4 sem. 2:284-287, 330-338.
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	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	Yañez, A.P. (1958). Sobre la presencia de Rhincalanus nasutus Giesbrecht (Copepoda, Calanoida) en la Bahia de Valparaiso. Revista de Biología Marina. 8(1-3):133-142, pl. 1. (viii-1958).
additional source	Mazzocchi, M.G., G. Zagami, A. Ianora, L. Guglielmo, N. Crescenti & J. Hure. (1995). Copepods. In: Guglielmo, L. & A. Ianora (eds.). Atlas of Marine Zooplankton, Straits of Magellan. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, New York. 279 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	Smith, S.L. (1982). The northwestern Indian Ocean during the monsoons of 1979: distribution, abundance, and feeding of zooplankton. Deep Sea Research, Vol. 29. No. 11A 1331 - 1353.
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	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	Pesta, O. (1943). Die Arten Der Copepodengattungen Rhincalanus Dana, Euchaeta Philippi, Centropages Kröyer, Temora Baird und Tortanus Giesbrecht Aus Dem Roten Meer. [The species of the copepod genera Rhincalanus Dana, Euchaeta Philippi, Centropages Kröyer, Temora Baird and Tortanus Giesbrecht from the Red Sea.]. Sitzungsberichte Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse. 1, 152: 7-32, figs. 1-11.
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.
additional source	Schmaus, P.H. & K. Lehnhofer. (1927). Copepoda 4: Rhincalanus Dana 1852 der Deutschen Tiefsee Expedition. Systematik und Verbreitung der Gattung. [Copepoda 4: Rhincalanus Dana 1852 of the German Deep Sea Expedition. Systematics and distribution of the genus.]. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition 'Valdivia'. 23: 355-400, figs. 1-29, tabs. a-c.
additional source	Geletin, Y.V. (1976). Formirovanie abdomena v ontogeneze u kopepod rodov Eucalanus i Rhincalanus (Calanoida, Eucalanidae) i movaya siste. [The ontogenetic abdomen formation in copepods of genera Eucalanus and Rhincalanus (Calanoida, Eucalanidae) and new system of these copepods.]. In: Brodsky, K.A. & N.V. Vyshkvartzeva (eds.). Explorations of the Fauna of the Seas XVIII (XXVI). Functional Morphology, Growth and Development of Invertebrates of Sea Plankton. Issledovaniya Fauny Morei [SHELVED UNDER BRODSKY & VYSHKVARZEVA]. 18(26):75-93, figs. 1-4. (17-xii-1976, Russian with English summary).
additional source	Linko, A.K. (1907). Untersuchungen über das Plankton des Barents Meeres. [Investigations on the plankton of the Barents Sea.]. Wissenschaftlich praktische Murman Expedition, St. Petersburg. :1-247, figs.1-21.
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	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Ali-Khan, S. (1992). Pelagic copepods from Pakistani waters (Arabian Sea). Part I. Family Eucalanidae. Marine Research 1(1):87-96.
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	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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	Sømme, J.D. (1929). Note on the northern limit of the distribution of Rhincalanus nasutus Giesbrecht. Journal du Conseil International pour l'Exploration de la Mer. 4:284-286, fig. 1.
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	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	Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.).
additional source	Gómez-Caballero, I.O. (1982). Los copépodos planctónicos del mar peruano. [The planktonic copepods of Peruvian seas.] Boletín de Lima 23:53-70. [In Spanish.]
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. Rhincalanus nasutus Giesbrecht, 1888. 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:104543