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

Euchirella amoena Giesbrecht, 1888

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Euchirella*	Giesbrecht, 1888	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Euchirella brevis*	Sars G.O., 1905	synonym

Literature

original description	Giesbrecht, W. (1888). Elenco dei Copepodi pelagici raccolti dal Tenente di vascello Gaetano Chierchia durante il viaggio della R. Corvetta 'Vettor Pisani' negli anni 1882-1885 e dal Tenente di vascello Francesco Orsini nel Mar Rosso, nel 1884. [List of pelagic copepods collected by Lieutenant Gaetano Chierchia during the voyage of the Royal Corvette 'Vettor Pisani' in the years 1882-1885 and by Lieutenant Francesco Orsini in the Red Sea, in 1884.]. Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali Rendiconti. (4)4 sem. 2:284-287, 330-338.
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	Grice, G.D. & K. Hulsemann. (1967). Bathypelagic calanoid copepods of the western Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 122(3583):1-67, figs. 1-319.
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	Vervoort, W. (1963). Pelagic Copepoda. Part I. Copepoda Calanoida of the families Calanidae up to and including Euchaetidae. Atlantide Report No.7: Scientific Results of the Danish Expedition to the Coasts of Tropical West Africa 1945-1946. 7:77-194, figs. 1-23. (30-xii-1963)
additional source	Scott, A. (1909). The Copepoda of the Siboga Expedition. Part I. Free-swimming, littoral and semi-parasitic Copepoda. Siboga Expeditie, Monograph, Leiden. 29:1-323, pls. 1-69.
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	Park, T. (1976). Calanoid copepods of the genus Euchirella from the Gulf of Mexico. Contributions to Marine Science 20:101-122, figs. 1-9, tabs. 1-2.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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	Park, T. (1968). Calanoid Copepods from the Central North Pacific Ocean. Fishery Bulletin, United States National Marine Fisheries Service 66(3): 527-572, pls. 1-13. (III-1968).
additional source	Markhaseva, E.L. (1996). Calanoid copepods of the family Aetideidae of the world ocean. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg 268:1-331.
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. Euchirella amoena Giesbrecht, 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:104296