Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Monstrilloida > Family Monstrillidae > Genus Cymbasoma

Cymbasoma rigidum Thompson I.C., 1888

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cymbasoma*	Thompson I.C., 1888	accepted genus name
*Haemocera*	Malaquin, 1896	synonym
*Thaumaleus*	Krøyer, 1849	synonym

Species group names

*Monstrilla rigidum*	Thompson I.C., 1888	synonym
*Thaumaleus rigidus*	(Thompson I.C., 1888)	synonym

Literature

original description	Thompson, I.C. (1888). Copepoda of Madeira and the Canary Islands, with descriptions of new genera and species. Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology. 20: 145-156, pls. 10-13.
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	ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32.
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	Muxagata, E.M. & J.A. Williams. (2004). The Mesozooplankton of the Solent-Southampton Water system: a photographic guide. Southampton Oceanography Centre, Southampton, U.K. 103 pp.
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	Suárez-Morales, E. (2006). Validation and redescription of Cymbasoma germanicum (Timm) (Crustacea: Copepoda: Monstrilloida) from Helgoland with comments on Cymbasoma rigidum Thompson. Helgoland Marine Research 60(3):171-179.
additional source	Otto, J.P. (1931). Cymbasoma rigidum im Hafen von Harlingen. [Cymbasoma rigidum in the harbor of Harlingen.]. Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging. (3)2:212-220, fig. 1, pl. 5.
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. Cymbasoma rigidum Thompson I.C., 1888. 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:119788