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

Euchirella Giesbrecht, 1888

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Euchirella amoena Giesbrecht, 1888
Euchirella bella Giesbrecht, 1888
Euchirella bitumida With, 1915
Euchirella curticauda Giesbrecht, 1888
Euchirella galeata Giesbrecht, 1888
Euchirella maxima Wolfenden, 1905
Euchirella messinensis (Claus, 1863)
Euchirella pulchra (Lubbock, 1856)
Euchirella rostrata (Claus, 1866)
Euchirella truncata Esterly, 1911

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ユウキレラ属

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	ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32.
additional source	Vaupel Klein, J.C. Von. (1982). A taxonomic review of the genus Euchirella Giesbrecht, 1888 (Copepoda, Calanoida). I. General part. Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden. 197:1-48, figs. 1-13. (30-xii-1982).
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.
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	Vaupel Klein, J.C. Von. (1972). A new character with systematic value in Euchirella (Copepoda, Calanoida). Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 47:497-512, figs. 1-5, pls. 1-6, tabs. 1-2. (6-x-1972)
additional source	Vaupel Klein, J.C. Von. (1982). A taxonomic review of the genus Euchirella Giesbrecht, 1888 (Copepoda, Calanoida). II. The type-species, Euchirella messinensis (Claus, 1863). A. The female of f. typica. Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden 198:1-131, figs. 1-17, pls. 1-23, tabs. 1-7. (30-xii-1982)
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)

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Euchirella 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:104120