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

Eurytemora velox (Lilljeborg, 1853)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Temora Baird, 1850

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Eurytemora*	Giesbrecht, 1881	accepted genus name
*Temorella*	Claus, 1881	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	Monchenko, V.I. (1957). Do morfologii V para grudnikh kintsivoku Eurytemora Giesbrecht (Copepoda). [The morphology of thoracic legs V in Eurytemora giesbrechtii (Copepoda).]. Trudy Instituta Zoologii, Kyyiv (Kiev). 14:44-48, fig. 1. (Ukrainian with Russian summary.).
additional source	Baud, A., R.M. Barthélémy, S. Nival & M. Brunet. (2002). Formation of the gut in the first two naupliar stages of Acartia clausi and Hemidiaptomus roubaui (Copepoda, Calanoida): Comparative structural and ultrastructural aspects. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 80(2): 232-244.
additional source	Dussart, B.H. & D. Defaye. (2001). Copepoda: Introduction to the Copepoda. (2nd edition)(revised and enlarged). Guides to the Identification of the Microinvertebrates of the Continental Waters of the World. H.J.F. Dumont (ed.). SPB Academic Publishers, The Hague. 16:1-344.
additional source	Kiefer, F. (1978). Freilebende Copepoda. [Free-living Copepoda]. In: Kiefer, F. & G. Fryer (eds.) Das Zooplankton der Binnengewässer, 2. Teil.; In: Elster, H.J. & W. Ohle (eds) Die Binnengewässer Einzeldarstellungen aus del Limnologie und ihren Nachbargebietien. 26(2):1-343, figs. 1-22, pls. 1-96, tabs. 1-12, Beilage.
additional source	Kiefer, F. (1934). Über die Ruderfusskrebse der deutschen Binnengewässer. [On the copepods of German inland waters.]. Mikrokosmos. 28:47-50, 63-66, figs. 1-10. (1935).
additional source	Durfort, M. (1985). Possible relaciò de la presència d'esferocristalls intestinals amb la vitellogènesi dels crustacis copèpodes. Possible link between the presence of intestinal crystals and the vitello genesi of copepod crustaceans. Biologia del Desenvolupament. 3:195-209.
additional source	Vranovsky, M. (1994). Eurytemora velox (Lilljeborg, 1853) (Crustacea, Copepoda), a new immigrant in the Middle Danube, Slovakia. Biológia, Bratislava. 49(2):167-172.
additional source	Forró, L. & P. Gulyás. (1992). Eurytemora velox (Lilljeborg, 1853) (Copepoda, Calanoida) in the Szigetköz region of the Danube. Miscellanea Zoologica Hungarica 7:53-58, figs. 1-5, tabs. 1-2.
additional source	Einsle, U. (1993). Crustacea: Copepoda: Calanoida und Cyclopoida. In: Schwoerbel, J. & P. Zwick (eds.). Süsswasserfauna von Mitteleuropa, Gustav Fischer Verlag. 8(4-1):1-209. (German).
additional source	Pagano, M. (1981). Observations sur le cycle annuel d'Eurytemora velox (Lilljeborg, 1853), copépode calanoïde des mares saumâtres de Camargue. [Observations on the annual cycle of Eurytemora velox (Lilljeborg, 1853), a calanoid copepod from the brackish pools of the Camargue.]. Rapports et Procès-Verbaux des Réunions de la Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration Scientifique de la Mer Mediterranée, Monaco. 27(4):145-146, tab. (15-v-1981, English summary.).
additional source	Balkic, A.G., I. Ternjej & I. Stankovic. (2018). Record Of two calanoid species, Arctodiaptomus laticeps (Sars, 1863) (Diaptomidae) and Eurytemora velox (Lilljeborg, 1853) (Temoridae), in the fauna of Croatia. Crustaceana, 91(4):451-461.
additional source	Mordukhai-Boltovskoy, F.D., ed. (1969). Rakoobraznye. (Crustacea). Opredetel' fauny Chernogo i Azovskogo more, 2. Svobodnozhivushchie bespozvonochnye. [Crustacea. Identification key to the fauna of the Black and Azov Seas, 2. Freeliving invertebrates.]. Institut Biologii Yuzh'nykh Morei, Akademiya Nauk USSR, Naukova Dumka, Kiev. 536 pp. (In Russian.).
additional source	Franke, U. (1989). Katalog zur Sammlung limnischer Copepoden von Prof. Dr. Friedrich Kiefer (Mit einem Gesamtverzeichnis seiner Publikationen). Catolog of the freshwater copepods of Dr. Friedrich Kiefer. Carolinea Beiheft, Karlsrühe. 5:1-433, figs. 1-2.
additional source	Sukhikh, N. & E. Fefilova. (2024). The First Record of Eurytemora velox (Lilljeborg, 1853) (Crustacea, Calanoida) outside of Europe, Genetic Identification with Surprise. Russian Journal of Biological Invasions. 15(1):134-140. Mar 2024.
additional source	Pesta, O. (1928). Krebstiere oder Crustacea. I: Ruderfüsser oder Copepoda (1. Calanoida, 2. Cyclopoida) (3. Ordnung) [Crustaceans or Crustacea. I: Copepods (1. Calanoida, 2. Cyclopoida) (3rd order).]. In: Dahl, F. (ed.). Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der Angrenzenden Meeresteile nach Ihren Merkmalen und nach Ihrer Lebensweise. Fischer, Jena. 9:1-136, figs. 1-115.
additional source	Fize, A., J.F. Manier & J. Maurand. (1970). Sur un cas d'infestation du Copépode Eurytemora velox Lillj. par une levure du genre Metschnikowia (Kamienski). [On a case of infestation of the Copepod Eurytemora velox Lillj. by a yeast of the genus Metschnikowia (Kamienski).]. Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée. 45:357-363, pls. 1-8.
additional source	van Breemen, P.J. (1906). Mariene copepoden [Marine copepods]. Fauna van Nederland, 1. E.J. Brill: Leiden, The Netherlands. 31 pp.
additional source	Petit, G. & D. Schachter. (1947). Contributions a l'étude biologique de la Camargue. Sur la présence du genre Eurytemora en Camargue. [Contributions to the biological study of the Camargue. On the presence of the genus Eurytemora in the Camargue.]. Bulletin du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Marseille. 7(2-3): 103-114. (4-Vii-1947).
additional source	Sabaneev, P. (1929). Eurytemora velox (Lill.) u porozhistii chastini Dnipra. Eurytemora velox (Lill.) im Stromschnellengebiete des Flusses Dnjepr. [Eurytemora velox (Lill.) in the Dnieper river basin.]. Zbirnik prats Dniprovsk. Biologiches Stants, Kiev [= Trav. Stn. biol. Dniepre)]. 5: 331-335, map. (Ukrainian with German summary).
additional source	Breemen, P.J. van. (1907). Vrijlevende zoetwater-Copepoden van Nederland. [Free-living freshwater copepods of the Netherlands.]. Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging (A. (2)10(3):303-368, pls. 6-7.
additional source	Pretus, J.L. (1991). Eurytemora velox (Crustacea, Calanoida) a Mallorca. Bolleti de la Societat d'Historia Natural de les Balears. 33:201-206. (For 1989.).
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	Damian-Georgescu, A. (1966). Crustacea Copepoda Calanoida (forme de apa dulce). [Crustacea Copepoda Calanoida (form of fresh water).]. Fauna Republicii Populare Romîne, Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste Romania. 4(8):1-130, figs. 1-45.
additional source	Vezhnovets, V.V., I.Y. Zaidykov, E.Y. Naumova & E.A. Sysova. (2012). Biological peculiarities of two copepod species (Crustacea, Copepoda, Calanoida) as possible causes of changes of their ranges. Russian Journal of Biological Invasions. 69(3):351-357. [English version]. [Russian Rossiskii Zhurnal Biologicheskikh Invazii, 3(4):44–252.].
additional source	Pandourski, I.S. & V. Evtimova. (2006). First record of Eurytemora velox (Lilljeborg, 1853) (Crustacea: Copepoda: Calanoida) in Iceland with morphological notes. Historia Naturalis Bulgarica. 17: 35-38.
additional source	Mouth, C., M. Tackx, F. Azémar, E. Bou, P. Meire, T. Maris, L. Legal & A. Bernard. (2024). Environmental factors as drivers of the spatial distribution of the copepods Eurytemora affinis affinis and Eurytemora velox in the Scheldt tributaries. Estuarine Coastal And Shelf Science. 303:1-14. Aug 2024.
additional source	Dussart, B.H. (1967). Les Copépodes des eaux continentales d'Europe occidentale. Tome I: Calanoïdes et Harpacticoïdes. [Copepods of the continental waters of Western Europe. Volume I: Calanoids and Harpacticoids.]. N. Boubée et Cie, Paris. 500 pp.
additional source	Sars, G.O. (1902). Copepoda Calanoida, Parts IX & X, Temoridae, Metridiidae, Heterorhabdidae. An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum. 4: 97-120, pls. 65-80.
additional source	Siewerth, M.W. (1926). Zur geographischen Verbreitung und Biologie von Eurytemora velox (Lill.) und Laophonte mohammed Blanch. et Rich. (Eucopepoda). [On the geographical distribution and biology of Eurytemora velox (Lill.) and Laophonte mohammed Blanch. et Rich. (Eucopepoda).]. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 65(7-8):201-212, map. (20-i-1926).
additional source	Pagano, M. (1981). Étude biométrique et mesures de la biomasse des différents stades du développement chez le copépode calanoïde Eurytemora velox. [Biometric study and biomass measurements of different developmental stages in the calanoid copepod Eurytemora velox.]. Rapports et Procès-Verbaux des Réunions de la Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration Scientifique de la Mer Mediterranée, Monaco. 27(4):147-150, figs. 1-2, tab. (15-v-1981, English summary.).
new combination reference	Kalafatic, V. & V.V. Martinovic. (1999). Eurytemora velox (Lilljeborg, 1853), a freshwater Calanoida (Crustacea: Copepoda) - new species in the fauna of Yugoslavia. Contributions to the Zoogeography and Ecology of the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Greece. 1: 337-342.
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. Eurytemora velox (Lilljeborg, 1853). 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:104877

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Eurytemora velox (Lilljeborg, 1853). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/b1b1cf1f-8754-43c9-b3df-781112835ae3