Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Maxillopoda > Subclass Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Gymnoplea > Order Calanoida > Family Aetideidae

Gaetanus Giesbrecht, 1888

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Gaidius*	Giesbrecht, 1895	synonym

Children

Gaetanus armiger Giesbrecht, 1888
Gaetanus brachyurus Sars G.O., 1907
Gaetanus brevicaudatus (Sars G.O., 1907)
Gaetanus brevispinus (Sars G.O., 1900)
Gaetanus curvicornis Sars G.O., 1905
Gaetanus inermis Sars G.O., 1905
Gaetanus kruppii Giesbrecht, 1903
Gaetanus latifrons Sars G.O., 1905
Gaetanus miles Giesbrecht, 1888
Gaetanus minor Farran, 1905
Gaetanus minutus (Sars G.O., 1907)
Gaetanus pileatus Farran, 1903
Gaetanus pungens (Giesbrecht, 1895)
Gaetanus robustus Sars G.O., 1905
Gaetanus tenuispinus (Sars G.O., 1900)

Literature

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 sheet n° 32:Copepoda
additional source	Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Gaetanus

External Links

GenBank
GBIF

Citation

Boxshall, G. (2014). Gaetanus Giesbrecht, 1888. In: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2014). World of Copepods database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104121