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

Pleuromamma abdominalis (Lubbock, 1856)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted
Name Status: alternate representation

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pleuromamma*	Giesbrecht in Giesbrecht & Schmeil, 1898	accepted genus name
*Pleuromma*	Claus, 1863	synonym

Children

Pleuromamma abdominalis abdominalis (Lubbock, 1856)

Literature

original description	Lubbock, J. (1856). On some Entomostraca collected by Dr. Sutherland in the Atlantic Ocean. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (N.S.). (2)4:8-37, pls. 2-12.
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	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	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	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	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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	ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32.
additional source	Crisafi, P. (1962). I Copepodi dello Stretto di Messina. Nota IV. Pleuromamma abdominalis (Lubbock) e Pleuromamma gracilis (Claus) (Copepoda, Calanoida). Morfologia, sviluppo e frequenza. [Copepods of the Strait of Messina. Note IV. Pleuromamma abdominalis (Lubbock) and Pleuromamma gracilis (Claus) (Copepoda, Calanoida). Morphology, development and frequency.]. Atti della Società Peloritana di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali. 8:475-486, figs. 1-12.
additional source	Jeong, H.G., S.J. Lee & H.Y. Soh. (2022). First Record of Three Pleuromamma Species (Copepoda: Calanoida: Metridinidae) in Korea. Animal Systematics Evolution and Diversity. 38(1):1-13. Jan 2022.
additional source	Sedova, N.A. (2006). Specific features of morphology and vernal distribution of Pleuromamma scutullata and P. abdominalis (Copepoda, Metridinidae) in water off the Kamchatka Peninsula. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal. 85(6): 682-690. (Russian).
additional source	Steuer, A. (1932). Copepoda (6). Pleuromamma Giesbr. 1898 der Deutschen Tiefsee Expedition. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition 'Valdivia' 24:1-119, fig. 1-196, maps 1-17.
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	Crisafi, P. (1963). Les Copépodes pélagiques du détroit de Messine Pleuromamma abdominalis (Lubbock) et Pleuromamma gracilis (Claus) (Copepoda, Calanoida). Morphologie, développement et fréquence. [Pelagic Copepods of the Strait of Messina Pleuromamma abdominalis (Lubbock) and Pleuromamma gracilis (Claus) (Copepoda, Calanoida). Morphology, development and frequency.]. Rapports et Procès-Verbaux des Réunions de la Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration Scientifique de la Mer Mediterranée, Monaco. 17:555-561, figs. 1-13.
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	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	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	Tanaka, O. (1963). The pelagic copepods of the Izu region, Middle Japan. Systematic account IX. Families Centropagidae, Pseudodiaptomidae, Temoridae, Metridiidae and Lucicutiidae. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 11(1):7-55, figs. 152-174. (20-vii-1963)
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	Bradford, J.M. (1970). Records of pelagic copepods off Kaikoura, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 4(4):351-363, figs. 1-81. (xii-1970)
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	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	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. Pleuromamma abdominalis (Lubbock, 1856). 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:104637