Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Harpacticoida > Family Clytemnestridae > Genus Clytemnestra

Clytemnestra scutellata Dana, 1848

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Clytemnestra*	Dana, 1848	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Dana, J.D. (1853-1855). Crustacea. Part II. In: United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes. U. S. N., C. Sherman Printer, Philadelphia. 14: 691-1618. [1855, folio atlas pls. 1-96.].
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.
basis of record	Dana, J.D. (1848). Conspectus crustaceorum, in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione, Caroli Wilkes, e classe Reipublicae foederatae duce, collectorum auctore. Pars 1. Crustacea Copepoda (Cyclopacea). [Observations of crustaceans, collected by Charles Wilkes, captain of the United States Navy, during a circumnavigation of the world. Part 1. Crustacea Copepoda (Cyclopacea)]. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 1: 149-155 (4.v.1847).
additional source	Al-Yamani, F.Y., V. Skryabin, A. Gubanova, S. Khvorov & I. Prusova. (2011). Marine Zooplankton Practical Guide for the Northwestern Arabian Gulf. Volume 2. Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Safat Kuwait. 196 pp.
additional source	Sars, G.O. (1921). An account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species: VII. Copepoda supplement. Bergens Museum: Norway. :93-120, Plates 65-76.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Khalil, M.T. & N.S.A. El Rahman. (1997). Abundance and diversity of surface zooplankton in the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, Egypt. Journal of Plankton Research 19(7), 927-936.
additional source	Sewell, R.B.S. (1940). Copepoda, Harpacticoida. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition. 7(2):119-382, figs. 1-88, l chart. (9-iii-1940).
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	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	Ladhar, C., F. Denis, W. Guermazi, N. Annabi-Trabelsi, N. Casse, H. Ayadi & G.N. Hotos. (2024). Phylogeny and Genetic Population Structure of Dominant Copepods in Two Ponds with Contrasting Salinities in the Solar Saltern of Sfax (Tunisia) Based on Mitochondrial (COI and Cytb) and Nuclear (18S) DNA Sequences. Diversity-Basel. 16(12):1-15. Dec 2024.
additional source	Shoaib, F.M. & Q.B. Kazmi. (2021). Pelagic copepods collected by the northern Arabian Sea Naseer Cruise 1. Lambert Academic Publishing, Dodo Books Indian Ocean Ltd. 242 pp.
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	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	Boxshall, G.A. (1979). The planktonic copepods of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean : Harpacticoida, Siphonostomatoida and Mormonilloida. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology. 35(3):201-264.
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. Clytemnestra scutellata Dana, 1848. 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:115805