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

Monstrilla grandis Giesbrecht, 1891

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Monstrilla*	Dana, 1849-1852	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Giesbrecht, W. (1891). Elenco dei Copepodi pescati dalla R. Corvetta 'Vettor Pisani' secondo la loro distribuzione geografica. [List of Copepods caught by the R. Corvette 'Vettor Pisani' according to their geographical distribution.]. Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali Rendiconti. (4)7 sem. 2:63-68, 276-282.
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	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	Ramirez, F.C. (1971). Nuevas localidades para Monstrilla grandis Giesbrecht 1892 y Monstrilla helgolandica Claus 1863 (Copepoda, Monstrilloida) hallados en aguas de la plataforma Argentina. [New localities for Monstrilla grandis Giesbrecht 1892 and Monstrilla helgolandica Claus 1863 (Copepoda, Monstrilloida) found in waters of the Argentine platform.]. Physis, Buenos Aires. 30(81):377-383, pls. 1-2. (v-1971).
additional source	ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32.
additional source	Brady, G.S. (1902). On Copepoda and other Crustacea taken in Ireland and on the North East Coast of England. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, new series. 14(1):54-68.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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. Monstrilla grandis Giesbrecht, 1891. 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:119801