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

Microsetella rosea (Dana, 1847)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Microsetella*	Brady & Robertson, 1873	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Harpacticus rosea*	Dana, 1848	objective synonym
*Harpacticus roseus*	Dana, 1848	synonym

Literature

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	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	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	Kunz, H. (1975). Harpacticoiden (Crustacea, Copepoda) aus dem Küstengrundwasser der französischen Mittelmeerküste. [Harpacticoids (Crustacea, Copepoda) from the coastal groundwater of the French Mediterranean coast.]. Zoologica Scripta. 3(5-6):257-282, figs. 1-134, tabs. 1-7. (28-ii-1975) for 1974.
additional source	Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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	Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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	Cañete, J.I., C.S. Gallardo, C. Olave, M.S. Romero, T. Figueroa & D. Haro. (2016). Abundance and spatial distribution of neustonic copepodits of Microsetella rosea (Harpacticoida: Ectinosomatidae) along the western Magellan coast, southern Chile. Abundancia y distribución espacial de copepoditos neustónicos de Microsetella rosea (Harpacticoida: Ectinosomatidae) en la costa occidental de Magallanes, Chile. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research. 44(3):576-587.
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	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	Sönmez, S., S. Sak & S. Karaytug. (2012). Meiobenthic Ectinosomatids (Crustacea: Copepoda: Harpacticoida) of the Mediterranean Sea Coasts of Turkey. Anadolu Doğa Bilimleri Dergisi. 3(2):1-14.
additional source	Johnson, M.W. (1942). Concerning the hitherto unknown males of the copepods Microsetella rosea (Dana), Vettoria granulosa (Giesbrecht) and Corissa parva Farran. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 61(4):430-437, pls. 1-3. (x-1942).
additional source	Monard, A. (1928). Les Harpacticoïdes marins de Banyuls. [The marine Harpacticoids of Banyuls.]. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale. 67(4):259-443, figs. 1-48. (20-vii-1928).
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. Microsetella rosea (Dana, 1847). 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:116116

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Microsetella rosea (Dana, 1847). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/ad48b047-cce9-4b68-87bd-1eee1a6482a1