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

Labidocera aestiva Wheeler, 1900

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Labidocera*	Lubbock, 1853	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Wheeler, W.M. (1900). The free-swimming copepods of the Woods Hole region. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, 1899 Document 459:157-192. (30-viii-1900 published as extract) and included in the Bulletin in 1901 19:157-192.
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	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	Marcus, N.H. (1979). On the population biology and nature of diapause of Labidocera aestiva (Copepoda: Calanoida). Biological Bulletin, Woods Hole 157(2):297-305, figs. 1-2, tab. 1. (x-1979)
additional source	Faber, D.J. (1966). Free-swimming copepod nauplii of Narragansett Bay with a key to their identification. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 23(2):189-205, figs. 1-36, tab. 1. (ii-1966)
additional source	Marcus, N.H. (1980). Photoperiodic control of diapause in the marine calanoid copepod Labidocera aestiva. Biological Bulletin, Woods Hole 159(2):311-3l8, fig. 1, tabs. 1-2. (x-1980)
additional source	Marcus, N.H. (1982). Photoperiodic and temperature regulation of diapause in Labidocera aestiva (Copepoda: Calanoida). Biological Bulletin, Woods Hole 162(1):45-52, figs. 1-2, tabs. 1-2. (ii-1982)
additional source	Grice, G.D. & V.R. Gibson. (1975). Occurrence, viability and significance of resting eggs of the calanoid copepod Labidocera aestiva. Marine Biology, Berlin 31(4):335-337, tabs. 1-2. (29-viii-1975)
additional source	Gibson, V.R. & G.D. Grice. (1977). The developmental stages of Labidocera aestiva Wheeler, 1900 (Copepoda, Calanoida). Crustaceana, Leiden 32(1):7-20, figs. 1-114. (29-iii-1977)
additional source	Blades, P.I. & M.J. Youngbluth. (1981). Ultrastructure of the male reproductive system and spermatophore formation in Labidocera aestiva (Crust.: Copepoda). Zoomorphology 99:1-21, figs. 1-35, tab. 1. (xii-1981).
additional source	Blades, P.I. & M.J. Youngbluth. (1979). Mating behavior of Labidocera aestiva (Copepoda: Calanoida). Marine Biology, Berlin 5l(4):339-355, figs. l-16. (12-iv-1979)
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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	Grice, G.D. & T.J. Lawson. (1976). Resting eggs in the marine calanoid copepod Labidocera aestiva Wheeler. Crustaceana, Leiden 30(1):9-12, pl. 1. (16-ii-1976)
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	Alvarez-Silva, C. & S. Gómez-Aguirre. (1994). Labidocera aestiva and L. scotti in Tamiahua Lagoon, Veracruz, Mexico. In: Ferrari, F.D. & B.P. Bradley (eds.). Ecology and Morphology of Copepods. Developments in Hydrobiology 102, Hydrobiologia 292/293:265-269, fig.1, tab.1-2.
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	Turner, J.T. (1978). Scanning electron microscope investigations of feeding habits and mouthpart structure of three species of copeopds of the family Pontellidae. Bulletin of Marine Science. 28(3):487-500.
additional source	Bucklin, A. & N.H. Marcus. (1981). Biochemical genetic differentiation of geographically separated populations of Labidocera aestiva (Copepoda, Calanoida). In: Vaupel Klein, J.C. von (ed.). First International Conference on Copepoda, Amsterdam, 24-28 August 1981. Collected Abstracts. [shelved as Vaupel Klein, 1981] :5. (Abstract.)
additional source	Marcus, N.H. (1982). The reversibility of subitaneous and diapause egg production by the individual females of Labidocera aestiva (Copepoda: Calanoida). Biological Bulletin, Woods Hole 162(1):39-44, fig. 1, tab. 1. (ii-1982)
additional source	Blades-Eckelbarger, P.I. & M.J. Youngbluth. (1982). The ultrastructure of spermatogenesis in Labidocera aestiva (Copepoda: Calanoida). Journal of Morphology 174(1):1-15, figs. 1-29. (x-1982)
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. Labidocera aestiva Wheeler, 1900. 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:104728