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 xiphias (Giesbrecht, 1889)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Species group names

*Pleuromma xiphias*	Giesbrecht, 1889	synonym

Literature

original description	Giesbrecht, W. (1899). Die Asterocheriden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres- Abschnitte. The Asterocherids of the Gulf of Naples and the adjacent marine areas. Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der Angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte, Herausgegeben von der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel. 25:i-vi, 1-217, pls. 1-11.
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	Weatherby, T.M., K.K. Wong & P.H. Lenz. (1994). Fine structure of the distal sensory setae on the first antennae of Pleuromamma xiphias Giesbrecht (Copepoda). Journal of Crustacean Biology 14(4):670-685, figs 1-7, tab. 1. (01.xi.1994)
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	Ferrari, F.D. (1985). Postnaupliar development of a looking-glass copepod, Pleuromamma xiphias (Giesbrecht, 1889), with analyses of distributions of sex and asymmetry. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 420:i-iii, 1-55, figs. 1-23.
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	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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	Ferrari, F.D. & L.A.C. Hayek. (1990). Monthly differences in distributions of sex and asymmetry in a looking-glass copepod, Pleuromamma xiphias, off Hawaii. Journal of Crustacean Biology 10(1):114-127.
additional source	Ferrari, F.D. & A. Benforado. (1998). Relationships between arthrodial membrane formation and addition of setae to swimming legs 1-4 during development of Dioithona oculata, Ridgewayia klausruetzleri, Pleuromamma xiphias, and Temora longicornis (Copepoda). Crustaceana, Leiden 71(5):545-564. (vii.1998)
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	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	ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32.
additional source	Sewell, R.B.S. (1932). The Copepoda of Indian Seas. Calanoida. Memoirs of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 10:223-407, figs. 82-131, pls. 1-6. (xii-1929, v-1932).
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	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	Ferrari, F.D. & A. Benforado. (1998). Setation and setal groups on antenna 1 of Ridgewayia klausreutzleri, Pleuromamma xiphias, and Pseudocalanus elongatus (Crustacea: Copepoda: Calanoida) during the copepodid phase of their development. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 111(1):209-221. (6.iv.1998)
additional source	Chiba, T. (1956). Studies on the development and the systematics of Copepoda. Journal of the Shimonoseki College of Fisheries 6(1):1-90. (xi-1956). (In Japanese, English summary.)
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	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	Vervoort, W. (1965). Pelagic Copepoda. Part II. Copepoda Calanoida of the families Phaennidae up to and including Acartiidae, containing the description of a new species of Aetideidae. Atlantide Report, Danish Expedition to Coasts of Tropical West Africa 1945-1946 8:9-216.
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.
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 xiphias (Giesbrecht, 1889). 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:104643