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

Temora stylifera (Dana, 1853-1855)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Temora*	Baird, 1850	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Calanus stylifer*	Dana, 1849-1852	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	Razouls, S. & M. Apostolopoulou. (1978). Bilan énergétique de deux populations de Copépodes pélagiques Temora stylifera et Centropages typicus, en relation avec la présence d'une thermocline. [Energy balance of two populations of pelagic copepods Temora stylifera and Centropages typicus, in relation to the presence of a thermocline.]. Vie et Milieu. (B)27(1):13-25, figs. 1-2, tabs. 1-6. (iii-1978).
additional source	Furuhashi, K. (1975). Temora stylifera (Dana) collected from the neighbouring waters of Japan is or not young stage of T. discaudata. Bulletin of Plankton Society of Japan 21(2):135. (iv-1975, Japanese)
additional source	Razouls, S., P. Nival & S. Nival. (1987). Development of the genital system in the copepodid stages of the calanoid copepod Temora stylifera Dana. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 67:653-661.
additional source	Gaudy, R. (1971). Étude expérimentale de la ponte chez trois espèces de Copépodes pélagiques (Centropages typicus, Acartia clausi et Temora stylifera). [Experimental study of spawning in three species of pelagic copepods (Centropages typicus, Acartia clausi and Temora stylifera).]. Marine Biology, Berlin. 9(1): 65-70, fig. 1, tab. 1.
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.
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additional source	Arcos, F. & A. Fleminger. (1991). Morphological criteria for the separation of the late copepodid stages of Temora stylifera and T. discaudata (Copepoda, Calanoida). Journal of Plankton Research 13(6):1177-1186.
additional source	Abou Debs, C. & P. Nival. (1983). Étude de la ponte et du développement embryonnaire en relation avec la température et la nourriture chez Temora stylifera (Copepoda: Calanoida).[ Study of oviposition and embryonic development in relation to temperature and food in Temora stylifera (Copepoda: Calanoida).]. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 72(2):125-145, figs. 1-8, tabs. 1-6. ( 14-x-1983, English summary).
additional source	Razouls, S. (1975). Fécondité, maturité sexuelle et différenciation de l'appareil génital des femelles de deux Copépodes planctoniques: Centropages typicus et Temora stylifera. [Fecondity, sexual maturity and differentiation of the female genital tract of two planktonic copepods: Centropages typicus and Temora stylifera.]. In: Bonaduce, G. & G.C. Carrada (eds.). Proceedings VIII. European marine Biology Symposium, Sorrento (Naples), 1973. Pubbl. Staz. zool. Napoli. 39, suppl. 1:297-306, pls. 1-3, tabs. 1-2. (16-vi-1975).
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additional source	González, J.G. & T.E. Bowman. (1965). Planktonic copepods from Bahía Fosforescente, Puerto Rico, and adjacent waters. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 117(3513):241-303. (24-viii-1965)
additional source	Nival, S. & P. Nival. (1978). Étude préliminaire, au Microscope électronique balayage, du rôle des appendices céphaliques dans la nutrition chez deux copépodes pélagiques, Temora stylifera Dana et Candacia armata Boeck. [Preliminary study, using a scanning electron microscope, of the role of cephalic appendages in nutrition in two pelagic copepods, Temora stylifera Dana and Candacia armata Boeck.]. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale. 119:83-94, fig. 1, pl. 1.
additional source	Paffenhöfer, G.A. & P.A. Loyd. (1999). Ultrastructure of setae of the maxilliped of the marine planktonic copepod Temora stylifera. Marine Ecology Progress Series 178:101-107. (17.iii.1999)
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	Mori, T. (1937). The Pelagic Copepoda from the Neighbouring Waters of Japan. Yokendo Co., Tokyo 150pp., pls. 1-80. (Reprinted 1964.)
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	Scott, T. (1894). Report on Entomostraca from the Gulf of Guinea, collected by John Rattray, B.Sc. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 2, Zoology. 6(1):1-161, pls. 1-15.
additional source	Bernard, M. (1970). Quelques aspects de la biologie du Copépode pélagique Temora stylifera en Méditerranée. Essai d'écologie expérimentale. [Some aspects of the biology of the pelagic copepod Temora stylifera in the Mediterranean. Essay on experimental ecology.]. Pelagos. 11:3-196, figs. 1-30, tabs. 1-5, annexe.
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	Razouls, S. (1973). Évolution des gonades chez les stades juvéniles d'un Copépode pélagique Temora stylifera (Calanoidea, Temoridae). [Evolution of gonads in juvenile stages of a pelagic copepod Temora stylifera (Calanoidea, Temoridae).]. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris. (D)277(15):1537-1539, pls. 1-2. (15-x-1973).
additional source	Ramírez, F.C. (1966). Copépodos Calanoidos marinos del área de Mar del Plata con la descripción de Pontella marplatensis n. sp. [Marine Calanoid Copepods from the Mar del Plata area with the description of Pontella marplatensis n. sp.]. Boletín del Instituto de Biologia Marina, Mar del Plata. 11:1-24, pls. 1-7, tab. 1. (viii-1966).
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	Razouls, C. (1973). Variations annuelles quantitatives de deux espèces dominantes de Copépodes planctoniques Centropages typicus et Temora stylifera de la région de Banyuls: Cycles biologiques et estimations de la production. I. Méthodologie et mise en évidence de l'importance quantitative de ces deux espèces par rapport à l'ensemble des Copépodes. [Annual quantitative variations of two dominant species of planktonic copepods Centropages typicus and Temora stylifera from the Banyuls region: Biological cycles and production estimates. I. Methodology and highlighting of the quantitative importance of these two species in relation to all copepods.]. Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 14(3):361-390, tabs. 1-11, annexe 1 & 2.
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	Wilson, C.B. (1950). Copepods gathered by the United States Fisheries Steamer 'Albatross' from 1887 to 1909, chiefly in the Pacific Ocean. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 100(14)(4):i-ix, 141-461, pls. 2-36.
additional source	Santander, H., G. Luyo R., S. Carrasco, M. Véliz & O.S. de Castillo. (1981). Catalogo de zooplankton en el mar peruano. Primera Parte: Area Pisco-San Juan. [Catalog of zooplankton in the Peruvian sea. Part One: Pisco-San Juan area.]. Boletín del Instituto de Marina Peru. 6:1-75, pls. 1-30. (ix-1981).
additional source	Riera-Figueras, T. (1972). Expresión morfométrica de la diferenciación estacional y local en el Copépodo Temora stylifera. [Morphometric expression of seasonal and local differentiation in the copepod Temora stylifera.]. Investigación Pesquera, Barcelona. 36(1):67-72, figs. 1-3. (vi-1972).
additional source	Goetze, E. & T. Kiørboe. (2008). Heterospecific mating and species recognition in the planktonic marine copepods Temora stylifera and T. longicornis. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 370:185-198.
additional source	Razouls, S., S. Nival & P. Nival. (1986). La réproduction de Temora stylifera: ses implications anatomiques en relation avec le facteur 'nutrition'. Journal of Plankton Research 8(5):875-889, figs. 1-7, tabs. 1-5.
additional source	Revis, N. & E.N. Okemwa. (1988). Additional records of species of copepods and their distribution in the coastal and inshore waters of Kenya. Kenya Journal of Sciences, Series B. 9(1-2):123-127.
additional source	Martinelli-Filho, J.E., M. Melo-Júnior, D.R. Cunha & R.M. Lopes. (2009). Rare sexual anomalies in Temora stylifera (Dana, 1849) (Copepoda: Calanoida). Brazilian Journal of Biology. 69(2):455-456.
additional source	Razouls, C. (1974). Variations annuelles quantitatives de deux espèces dominantes de Copépodes planctoniques Centropages typicus et Temora stylifera de la région de Banyuls: cycles biologiques et estimations de la production. III. Dynamique des populations et calcul de leur production. [Annual quantitative variations of two dominant species of planktonic copepods Centropages typicus and Temora stylifera from the Banyuls region: biological cycles and production estimates. III. Population dynamics and calculation of their production.]. Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 15(1):51-88, figs. 1-9, tabs. 1-4, annexe I & II. (15-ii-1974).
additional source	Razouls, S. (1973). Métabolisme respiratoire de deux Copépodes pélagiques: Temora stylifera et Centropages typicus. [Respiratory metabolism of two pelagic copepods: Temora stylifera and Centropages typicus.]. Rapports et Procès-Verbaux des Réunions de la Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration Scientifique de la Mer Mediterranée, Monaco. 21(8): 477.
additional source	Paulmier, G. (2016). Les Copépodes (Crustacea, Calanoida) des eaux côtières et estuariennes de la Bretagne et de la Normandie. Section des Heterarthrandria. Copepoda (Crustacea, Calanoida) from coastal and estuaries waters of the Brittany and Normandy, Section Heterarthrandria. Bulletin de la Societe Linneenne de Bordeaux. 151, n.ser. 44(2/3):317-335.
additional source	Razouls, C. & C. Guinness. (1973). Variations saisonnières de la longueur et du volume chez Centropages typicus et Temora stylifera (Copepoda, Calanoidea) à Banyuls-sur-Mer (golfe du Lion). [Seasonal variations in length and volume in Centropages typicus and Temora stylifera (Copepoda, Calanoidea) in Banyuls-sur-Mer (Gulf of Lion).]. Rapports et Procès-Verbaux des Réunions de la Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration Scientifique de la Mer Mediterranée, Monaco. 21(8): 479-481.
additional source	Salinas Cadena, M.E. (2007). Abundancia, distribución y variación temporal de copépodos marinos (Calanoideos, harpacticoideos, cyclopoideos, poecilostomatoideos y monstrilloideos), en aguas costeras de la Bahía de Santa Elena: La Libertad durante octubre 2004/octubre 2005. Tesis de Biología Marina, Universidad Estatal Península de Santa Elena, La Libertad, Ecuador. 261 pp. [In Spanish; English abstract] https://repositorio.upse.edu.ec/handle/46000/829.
additional source	Márquez-Rojas, B., H. Colina-Romero & L. Troccoli. (2024). Cambios temporales y espaciales de la familia Temoridae (Copepoda, Calanoida) en el nororiente de Venezuela (Mar Caribe Suroriental). Temporal and spatial changes of the family Temoridae (Copepoda, Calanoida) in northeastern Venezuela (southeast Caribbean Sea). Acta Oceanográfica del Pacífico N.S. 6(2):18-37. [Spanish and English versions].
additional source	Moraitou-Apostolopoulou, M. (1972). Sex-ratio in the pelagic copepods Temora stylifera Dana and Centropages typicus Kroyer. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 8(1):83-87, figs. 1-2.
additional source	Razouls, C. & C. Guinness. (1973). Variations annuelles quantitatives de deux espèces dominantes de Copépodes planctoniques Centropages typicus et Temora stylifera de la région de Banyuls: cycles biologiques et estimation de la production. II. Variations dimensionales et mesures de la croissance. [Annual quantitative variations of two dominant species of planktonic copepods Centropages typicus and Temora stylifera from the Banyuls region: biological cycles and production estimation. II. Dimensional variations and growth measurements.]. Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 14(4):413-428, figs. 1-7, annexe 1 & 2.
additional source	Gaudy, R. (1961). Note sur les stades larvaires de Temora stylifera Dana. [Note on the larval stages of Temora stylifera Dana.]. Recueil des Travaux de la Station marine d'Endoume. 36(22): 115-122, figs. 1-3.
additional source	Razouls, S. (1972). Variations annuelles du métabolisme respiratoire de deux Copépodes pélagiques: Temora stylifera et Centropages typicus à Banyuls-sur-Mer (golfe du Lion). [Annual variations in the respiratory metabolism of two pelagic copepods: Temora stylifera and Centropages typicus in Banyuls-sur-Mer (Gulf of Lion).]. Vie et Milieu. (A)22:95-112, figs. 1-7. (vi-1972).
additional source	Bernard, M. (1968). L'emploi des espèces banales comme indicateurs. Application à Temora stylifera (Copépode pélagique). [The use of common species as indicators. Application to Temora stylifera (pelagic copepod).]. Journal Plancton, Commission International Explorations Scientific Mer Méditerranean. ?.
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.
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Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Temora stylifera (Dana, 1853-1855). 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:104879