Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Harpacticoida > Family Aegisthidae > Subfamily Aegisthinae > Genus Aegisthus

Aegisthus aculeatus Giesbrecht, 1891

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Aegisthus*	Giesbrecht, 1891	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Giesbrecht, W. (1891). 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 Reale Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali Rendiconti. (4)7 sem. 1: 474-482.
basis of record	Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. In: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds.) 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. 50:268-280.
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	Sewell, R.B.S. (1940). Copepoda, Harpacticoida. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition. 7(2):119-382, figs. 1-88, l chart. (9-iii-1940).
additional source	ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32.
additional source	Boxshall, G.A. (1979). The planktonic copepods of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean : Harpacticoida, Siphonostomatoida and Mormonilloida. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology. 35(3):201-264.
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. Aegisthus aculeatus 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:115508