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

Euterpina acutifrons (Dana, 1848)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Harpacticus Milne Edwards H., 1840

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Euterpina*	Norman, 1903	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Dana, J.D. (1848). Conspectus crustaceorum, in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione, Caroli Wilkes, e classe Reipublicae foederatae duce, collectorum auctore. Pars 1. Crustacea Copepoda (Cyclopacea). [Observations of crustaceans, collected by Charles Wilkes, captain of the United States Navy, during a circumnavigation of the world. Part 1. Crustacea Copepoda (Cyclopacea)]. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 1: 149-155 (4.v.1847).
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.
basis of record	Dana, J.D. (1848). Conspectus crustaceorum, in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione, Caroli Wilkes, e classe Reipublicae foederatae duce, collectorum auctore. Pars 1. Crustacea Copepoda (Cyclopacea). [Observations of crustaceans, collected by Charles Wilkes, captain of the United States Navy, during a circumnavigation of the world. Part 1. Crustacea Copepoda (Cyclopacea)]. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 1: 149-155 (4.v.1847).
additional source	Rao, V. Ramamohama. (1958). The development of a marine copepod, Euterpina acutifrons (Dana). Memoirs of Oceanography, Andrah University 2:132-136, pls. 1-2.
additional source	D'Apolito, L.M. & S.E. Stancyk. (1979). Population dynamics of Euterpina acutifrons (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from North Inlet, South Carolina, with reference to dimorphic males. Marine Biology, Berlin 54(3):251-260, figs.1-4, tabs.1-5.
additional source	Al-Yamani, F.Y., V. Skryabin, A. Gubanova, S. Khvorov & I. Prusova. (2011). Marine Zooplankton Practical Guide for the Northwestern Arabian Gulf. Volume 2. Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Safat Kuwait. 196 pp.
additional source	Haq, S.M. (1973). Factors affecting production of dimorphic males of Euterpina acutifrons. Marine Biology, Berlin 19(1):23-26, tabs. 1-4. (iii-1973)
additional source	Goswami, S.C. (1976). Larval stages of laboratory reared harpacticoid copepod Euterpina acutifrons (Dana). Mahasagar. 8(3&4):123-132.
additional source	Sewell, R.B.S. (1924). Crustacea Copepoda: Fauna of Chilka Lake. Memoirs of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 5(12):771-851, pls. 44-59. (vii-1924).
additional source	Haq, S.M. (1960). Dimorphic males and some aspects of the biology of Euterpina acutifrons Dana. Reports of the Challenger Society 3(12):28. (abstract)
additional source	Fanta, E.S. (1973). Anatomy of the nauplii of Euterpina acutifrons (Dana) (Copepoda, Harpacticoida). Crustaceana, Leiden 23(2):165-181, figs. 1-6. (31-i-1973)
additional source	ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32.
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additional source	Fanta, E.S. (1970). Estudo da anatomia das fases naupliares do copépode harpacticoide Euterpina acutifrons. [Study of the anatomy of the naupliar stages of the harpacticoid copepod Euterpina acutifrons.]. Dissertaçao de Mestrado, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. 47 pp. (In Portuguese.).
additional source	Morales-Ramírez, .A. & Z.J.A. Vargas. (1995). Common species of pelagic copepods (Crustacea: Copepoda) from the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica. Especies comunes de copépodos (C:rustacea: Copepoda) pelágicos del Golfo de Nicoya, Costa Rica. Revista de Biología Tropical. 43(1-3):207-218.
additional source	Haq, S.M. (1972). Breeding of Euterpina acutifrons, a harpacticid copepod, with special reference to dimorphic males. Marine Biology, Berlin 15(3):221-235, figs. 1-7, tabs. 1-6. (viii-1972)
additional source	Yamashita, C. & M.G.B.S. Moreira. (1974). Distribuiçao anual dos vários estágios do Copépode Euterpina acutifrons (Dana) no canal de Sao Sebastiao. [Annual distribution of the various stages of the copepod Euterpina acutifrons (Dana) in the Sao Sebastiao channel.]. Ciência e Cultura, Sao Paulo. 26(7, suppl.):356. Abstract (vii-1974).
additional source	Muxagata, E.M. & J.A. Williams. (2004). The Mesozooplankton of the Solent-Southampton Water system: a photographic guide. Southampton Oceanography Centre, Southampton, U.K. 103 pp.
additional source	Moreira, G.S., J.B. Jillett, W.B. Vernberg & M. Weinrich. (1982). The combined effects of temperature and salinity on the survival of Euterpina acutifrons (Dana) (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from the New Zealand and Brazilian coasts. Journal of Plankton Research 4(1):85-9l, figs. 1-2, tabs. 1-2.
additional source	Haq, S.M. (1965). Development of the copepod Euterpina acutifrons with special reference to dimorphism in the male. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 144:175-201, figs. 1-11. (ii-1965)
additional source	El-Maghraby, A.M. (1965). The developmental stages and occurrence of the copepod Euterpina acutifrons Dana in the marine environment of Alexandria, U.A.R. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (13)7(76):223-233, figs. 1-4. (21-i-1965)
additional source	González, J.G. & T.E. Bowman. (1965). Planktonic copepods from Bahía Fosforescente, Puerto Rico, and adjacent waters. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 117(3513):241-303. (24-viii-1965)
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
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.
additional source	Moreira, G.S. & W.B. Vernberg. (1968). Comparative thermal metabolic patterns in Euterpina acutifrons dimorphic males. Marine Biology, Berlin 1(4):282-284, fig. 1, tabs. 1-2. (vi-1968)
additional source	Díaz-Trillo, J.J. (2014). Atlas de microorganismos planctónicos presentes en los humedales andaluces. [Atlas of planktonic microorganisms present in the Andalusian wetlands.]. Consejería del Medio Ambiente, Junta de Andalucía. 253 pp. [In Spanish].
additional source	Alameda de la Mora, G. (1980). Sistemática y distribución de los copépodos (Crustacea) del Golfo de Tehuantepec (México). [Sistemática y distribución de los copépodos (Crustacea) del Golfo de Tehuantepec (México).]. Tesis Profesional, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónomo de México, Mexico City. 397 pp. + 126 pls.
additional source	Lee, B.D. (1966). Distribution and abundance of pelagic copepods in the Drake Passage and off the coast of Argentina, with special reference to hydrology of these areas. Ph.D. Thesis, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 1-250, pls. 1-56.
additional source	Moreira, G.S. & C. Yamashita. (1973). Experimental studies on physiological and behavioral response mechanisms of the planktonic copepod Euterpina acutifrons (Dana) to various salinities. Boletim da Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Zoologia e Biologia Marinha, New Series 30:233-244, figs. 1-4.
additional source	Pesta, O. (1932). Krebstiere oder Crustacea. I: Ruderfüsser oder Copepoda. 3. Unterordnung: Harpacticoida (1. und 2. Hälfte). [Crustaceans or Crustacea. I: Copepods. 3. Suborder: Harpacticoida (1st and 2nd half)]. In: Dahl, F. (ed.). Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der Angrenzenden Meeresteile nach Ihren Merkmalen und nach Ihrer Lebensweise. Jena. 24:1-164, figs. 1-72, 1-92.
additional source	Bouchafra, E.M., R. Bengriche, K. Mokhliss & M. Moncef. (2024). Impact of Pollution on the Biometry of the Harpacticoid Copepod Euterpina acutifrons from the Oum Er Rbia Estuary (Atlantic Coast, Morocco). Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries. 28(3):1411-1423.
additional source	Koga, F. (1984). Morphology, ecology, classification and specialization of copepods nauplius. Bulletin of the Nansei Regional Fisheries Research Laboratory 16:95-229, figs. 1-62, tabs. 1-3. (1-1984, Japanese with English summary).
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additional source	Sars, G.O. (1921). An account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species: VII. Copepoda supplement. Bergens Museum: Norway. :93-120, Plates 65-76.
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	Salinas Cadena, M.E. (2007). Abundancia, distribución y variación temporal de copépodos marinos (Calanoideos, harpacticoideos, cyclopoideos, poecilostomatoideos y monstrilloideos), en aguas costeras de la Bahía de Santa Elena: La Libertad durante octubre 2004/octubre 2005. Tesis de Biología Marina, Universidad Estatal Península de Santa Elena, La Libertad, Ecuador. 261 pp. [In Spanish; English abstract] https://repositorio.upse.edu.ec/handle/46000/829.
additional source	Dahms, H.U. (1988). Postembryonic development of Harpacticoida (Crustacea, Copepoda) and its significance for the reconstruction of phylogenetic relationships. Ph.D. Thesis, Universität Oldenburg. 280 pp.
additional source	Vernberg, W.B. & G.S. Moreira. (1974). Metabolic-temperature responses of the copepod Euterpina acutifrons (Dana) from Brazil. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, A, Comparative Physiology 49:757-761.
additional source	Li, S.J. & J.C. Fang. (1990). Larval stages of marine planktonic copepods of China. China Ocean Press, Beijing 141 pp.
additional source	Sazhina, L.I. (1985). Naupliusy massovykh vidov pelagickeskikh kopepod Mirovogo okeana. (Naupliuses of mass species of the world's oceans.) Naukova Dumka, Kiev 238pp.
additional source	Monard, A. (1935). Les Harpacticoides marins de la region de Salammbo. Bulletin de la Station Oceanographique Salammbo. 34: 1-94, figs. 1-145.
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	Krishnaswamy, S. (1950). Larval stages of some copepods in the Madras plankton and their seasonal fluctuations. Journal of the Madras University, Series B 19:33-58, figs. 1-68, tab. 1.
additional source	Yamashita, C. & G.S. Moreira. (1981). Variaçao anual em tamanho de Euterpina acutifrons (Dana) (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) do canal de Sao Sebastiao e da regiao de Santos, Brazil. [Annual variation in size of Euterpina acutifrons (Dana) (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from the Sao Sebastiao channel and Santos region, Brazil.]. Boletim de Fisiologia Animal, Sao Paulo. 5:29-43, figs. 1-2, tabs. 1-7. (English summary.).
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	Revis, N. & E.N. Okemwa. (1988). Additional records of species of copepods and their distribution in the coastal and inshore waters of Kenya. Kenya Journal of Sciences, Series B. 9(1-2):123-127.
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	Petkovski, T.K. (1964). Zur Kenntnis der Harpacticiden Portugals (Crustacea, Copepoda). [On the knowledge of the harpacticids of Portugal (Crustacea, Copepoda).]. Acta Universitatis Lundensis. Avd 2, 59(14): -22, figs. 1-50. (18-vi-1964).
additional source	Neunes, H.W. & & G.F. Pongolini. (1965). Breeding of a pelagic copepod, Euterpina acutifrons (Dana), in the laboratory. Nature, London 208(5010):571-573, fig. 1, tab. 1. (6-Xi-1965)
additional source	Zurlini, G., I. Ferrari & A. Nassogne. (1978). Reproduction and growth of Euterpina acutifrons (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) under experimental conditions. Marine Biology, Berlin 46(1):59-64, fig. 1, tabs. 1-3. (30-iii-1978)
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Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Euterpina acutifrons (Dana, 1848). 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:116162

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Euterpina acutifrons (Dana, 1848). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/11ff96b7-e471-47d3-a29a-2f22551506aa