Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Canuelloida > Family Canuellidae > Genus Canuella

Canuella perplexa Scott T. & Scott A., 1893

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Canuella*	Scott T. & Scott A., 1893	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Scott, T. & A. Scott. (1893). Notes on Copepoda from the Firth of Forth: Longipedia coronata, Claus; and a preliminary description of an apparently new genus and species. Annals of Scottish Natural History 1893:89-94, pl. 2. (iv-1893)
basis of record	Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. In: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds.) 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. 50:268-280.
additional source	Apostolov, A. (1973). Apport vers l'étude d'Harpacticoïdes pontiques habitant les algues marines. [Contribution to the study of Pontic Harpacticoids inhabiting marine algae. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 191(3-4):263-281, figs. 1-14. (viii/ix-1973).
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Glatzel, T. (1988). The genital fields of Canuella perplexa and C. furcigera (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) - Comparative morphology and functional aspects. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 58(1):105-113.
additional source	Petkovski, T.K. (1964). Zur Kenntnis der Harpacticiden Portugals (Crustacea, Copepoda). [On the knowledge of the harpacticids of Portugal (Crustacea, Copepoda).]. Acta Universitatis Lundensis. Avd 2, 59(14): -22, figs. 1-50. (18-vi-1964).
additional source	Por, F.D. (1960). Littorale Harpacticoiden der Nordwest-Kusten des Schwarzen Meeres. [Littoral Harpacticoida of the northwest coast of the Black Sea.]. Travaux du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Grigore Antipa. 2:97-143, figs. 1-17.
additional source	Vincx, M. (1977). Bijdrage tot de kennis van de biologie van Canuella perplexa, T. & A. Scott, 1893 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida). [Contribution to knowledge on the biology of Canuella perplexa, T. & A. Scott, 1893 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida).]. B.Sc. Thesis, Universiteit Gent, Ghent, Belgium. 89 pp.
additional source	Damian-Georgescu, A. (1970). Copepoda Harpacticoida (forme de apa dulce). Fauna Republicii Socialiste Romania, Crustacea 4(11): 1-252, figs. 1-114. (14-vii-1970).
additional source	Bodin, P. (1997). Catalogue of the new marine Harpacticoid Copepods. Studiedocumenten van het K.B.I.N. = Documents de Travail de l'I.R.Sc.N.B., 89. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 89: 1-304.
additional source	Monard, A. (1935). Les Harpacticoides marins de la region de Salammbo. Bulletin de la Station Oceanographique Salammbo. 34: 1-94, figs. 1-145.
additional source	Scott, T. (1893). II. Additions to the fauna of the Firth of Forth. Part V. Report of the Fishery Board of Scotland 11(3):197-219, pls. 2-5.
additional source	Apostolov, A. (1973). Sur divers Harpacticoïdes (Copépodes) de la mer Noire. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 190(1-2):88-110, figs. 1-22. (i/ii-1973).
additional source	Kunz, H. (1949). Die sandbewohnenden Copepoden von Helgoland. II. [The sand-dwelling copepods of Heligoland. II.]. Kieler Meeresforschungen. 6:51-58, figs. 1-36.
additional source	Apostolov, A. & T.M. Marinov. (1988). Copepoda Harpacticoida (morski kharpaktikoidi). Copepoda, Harpacticoida (marine harpacticoids). Fauna Bulgarica, Fauna Bolgarii. Izd. B'lg. Akad. Nauk, in Aedibus Academiae Scientiarum Bulgaricae, Sofia. Scient. Bulgaricae, Sofia. 18:1-384. (Bulgarian.).
additional source	Gurney, R. (1927). Zoological Results of the Cambridge Expedition to the Suez Canal, XXXIII: Report on the Crustacea - Copepoda (Littoral and Semi-Parasitic). Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 22(4):451-577, figs. 108-168, tab. 35. (xii-1927).
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	Huys, R. (2016). Harpacticoid copepods—their symbiotic associations and biogenic substrata: a review. . In Huys, R. (Ed.), Recent Developments in Taxonomy and Biodiversity of Symbiotic Copepoda (Crustacea) – A Volume in Celebration of the Career of Prof. Il-Hoi Kim. Zootaxa. 4174:448-729.
additional source	Dahms, H.U. (1988). Postembryonic development of Harpacticoida (Crustacea, Copepoda) and its significance for the reconstruction of phylogenetic relationships. Ph.D. Thesis, Universität Oldenburg. 280 pp.
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	Tackx, M. & P. Polk. (1982). Feeding of Acartia tonsa (Copepoda, Calanoida): predation on nauplii of Canuella perplexa T. et A. Scott (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) in the sluice-dock at Ostend. Hydrobiologia. 94(2):131-133, fig. 1, tab. 1. (3-ix-1982).
additional source	Vincx, M. & C. Heip. (1979). Larval development and biology of Canuella perplexa T. and A. Scott, 1893 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida). Cahiers de Biologie Marine. 20(3):281-299, figs. 1-9, tab. 1.
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	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Pesta, O. (1932). Krebstiere oder Crustacea. I: Ruderfüsser oder Copepoda. 3. Unterordnung: Harpacticoida (1. und 2. Hälfte). [Crustaceans or Crustacea. I: Copepods. 3. Suborder: Harpacticoida (1st and 2nd half)]. In: Dahl, F. (ed.). Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der Angrenzenden Meeresteile nach Ihren Merkmalen und nach Ihrer Lebensweise. Jena. 24:1-164, figs. 1-72, 1-92.
additional source	Dussart, B.H. (1982). Crustacés Copépodes des eaux intérieures. [Crustaceans Copepods of inland waters.]. Faune de Madagascar, ORSTOM, Paris. 58:146 pp.
additional source	Monard, A. (1928). Les Harpacticoïdes marins de Banyuls. [The marine Harpacticoids of Banyuls.]. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale. 67(4):259-443, figs. 1-48. (20-vii-1928).
additional source	Scott, T. & A. Scott. (1896). On some new and rare Copepoda from the Clyde. Annals of Scottish Natural History 1896:224-230, pl. 4. (x-1896)
additional source	Bernot, J.P., S. Khodami, J. Boyen, M.D. Troch, G.A. Boxshall & P. Martinez Arbizu. (2025). Copepod phylogenomics supports Canuelloida as a valid order separate from Harpacticoida. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 206:1-9. 108311.
additional source	Apostolov, A. (1973). Harpacticoïdes des eaux saumâtres et des étangs cotières. [Harpacticoids of brackish waters and coastal ponds.]. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 191(3-4):281-294, figs. 1-10. (viii/ix-1973).

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Canuella perplexa Scott T. & Scott A., 1893. 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:115723

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Canuella perplexa Scott T. & Scott A., 1893. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/3e15a8db-69c4-435f-877a-62fb579f6735