NARMS name details

Acartia bifilosa (Giesbrecht, 1881)

104249 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104249)

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marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Giesbrecht, W. (1881). Vorlaufige Mitteilung aus einer Arbeit uber die freilebenden Copepoden des Kieler Hafens. [Preliminary report from a work on the free-living copepods of the Kiel harbor.]. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 4(83):254-258. (16-v-1881). (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Acartia bifilosa (Giesbrecht, 1881). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104249 on 2026-08-29
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Acartia bifilosa (Giesbrecht, 1881). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=104249 on 2026-08-29
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original description (of ) Giesbrecht, W. (1881). Vorlaufige Mitteilung aus einer Arbeit uber die freilebenden Copepoden des Kieler Hafens. [Preliminary report from a work on the free-living copepods of the Kiel harbor.]. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 4(83):254-258. (16-v-1881). (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Barroeta, Z., F. Villate, I. Uriarte & A. Iriarte. (2022). Impact of Colonizer Copepods on Zooplankton Structure and Diversity in Contrasting Estuaries. <em>Estuaries And Coasts.</em> 45(7 ):1-18. Jun 2022., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-022-01105-6 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Barroeta, Z., I. Uriarte, A. Iriarte & F. Villate. (2023). Intraregional variability of exotic and native zooplankton in Basque coast estuaries (inner Bay of Biscay): effect of secondary dispersion, estuary features and regional environmental gradients. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 850(20):1-22. Sep 2023., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-023-05363-810.1007/s10750-023-05363-8 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Barthélémy, R.M. (1999). Functional morphology and taxonomic relevance of the female genital structures in Acartiidae (Copepoda: Calanoida). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Cambridge, U.K.</em> 79(5):857-870. (x.1999)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315499001022 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Behrends, G., A. Korshenko & M. Viitasalo. (1997). Morphological aberrations in females of the genus Acartia (Copepoda, Calanoida) in the Baltic Sea. Crustaceana, Leiden 70(5):594-607., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854097x00708 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Belmonte, G. (2021). Acartiidae Sars G.O, 1903. <em>International Council for the Exploration of the Sea Conseil International pour l'Exploration de la Mer, ICES Identification Leaflets for Plankton.</em> Leaflet No. 194: 1-29., available online at https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.7680 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Brandl, Z. & M. Lavicka. (2002). Morphological differentiation of some populations of the genus Cyclops (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) from Bohemia (Czech Republic). <em>Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae.</em> 66(3): 161-168. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Burdloff, D., S. Gasparini, F. Villate, I. Uriarte, U. Cotano, B. Sautour & H. Etcheber. (2002). Egg production of the copepod Acartia bifilosa in two contrasting European estuaries in relation to seston composition. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 274(1): 1-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-0981(02)00133-8 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Castro-Longoria, E. & J.A. Williams. (1999). Acartia bifilosa (Copepoda, Calanoida): Acanthacartia or Acartiura? Crustaceana, Leiden 72(2):215-220. (17.ii.1999), available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854099503302 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Castro-Longoria, E. & J.A. Williams. (1999). The production of subitaneous and diapause eggs: a reproductive strategy for Acartia bifilosa (Copepoda: Calanoida) in Southampton Water, UK. Journal of Plankton Research 21(1):65-84. (i.1999), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/21.1.65 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Chinnery, F.E. & J.A. Williams. (2003). Photoperiod and temperature regulation of diapause egg production in Acartia bifilosa from Southampton Water. Marine Ecology Progress Series 263:149-157., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps263149 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Ciszewski, P. & Z. Witek. (1977). Production of older stages of copepods Acartia bifilosa Giesb., and Pseudocalanus elongatus Boeck in Gdánsk Bay. Polskie Archiwum Hydrobiologii 24(4):449-459, figs. 1-6, tabs. 1-2. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Engström-Öst, J., T. Holmborn, A. Brutemark, H. Hogfors, A. Vehmaa & E. Gorokhova. (2014). The effects of short-term pH decrease on the reproductive output of the copepod Acartia bifilosa - a laboratory study. <em>Marine And Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology.</em> 47(3):173-183., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/10236244.2014.919096 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Gasparini, S. & J. Castel. (1997). Autotrophic and heterotrophic nanoplankton in the diet of the estuarine copepods Eurytemora affinis and Acartia bifilosa. Journal of Plankton Research 19(7):877-890., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/19.7.877 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Giesbrecht, W. (1881). Vorlaufige Mitteilung aus einer Arbeit uber die freilebenden Copepoden des Kieler Hafens. [Preliminary report from a work on the free-living copepods of the Kiel harbor.]. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 4(83):254-258. (16-v-1881). (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Gorokhova, E. (2003). Relationships between nucleic acid levels and egg production rates in Acartia bifilosa: implications for growth assessment of copepods in situ. Marine Ecology Progress Series 262:163-172., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps262163 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Holmborn, T., K. Dahlgren, C. Holeton, H. Hogfors & E. Gorokhova. (2009). Biochemical proxies for growth and metabolism in Acartia bifilosa (Copepoda, Calanoida). Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 7:785-794., available online at https://doi.org/10.4319/lom.2009.7.785 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details] 

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 

additional source Irigoien, X. & J. Castel. (1995). Feeding rates and productivity of the copepod Acartia bifilosa in a highly turbid estuary; the Gironde (SW France). Hydrobiologia 311(1-3):115-125., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00008575 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Irigoien, X., J. Castel & S. Gasparini. (1996). Gut clearance rate as predictor of food limitation situations. Application to two estuarine copepods: Acartia bifilosa and Eurytemora affinis. <em>Marine Ecology Progress Series.</em> 131:159-163., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps131159 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Katajisto, T. (2003). Development of Acartia bifilosa (Copepoda: Calanoida) eggs in the northern Baltic Sea with special reference to dormancy. <em>Journal of Plankton Research.</em> 25(4):357-364., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/25.4.357 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Katajisto, T. (2004). Effects of anoxia and hypoxia on the dormancy and survival of subitaneous eggs of Acartia bifilosa (Copepoda: Calanoida). Marine Biology 145(4):751-757. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Koski, M. & H. Kuosa. (1999). The effects of temperature, food concentration and female size on the egg production of the planktonic copepod Acartia bifilosa. Journal of Plankton Research 21(9):1779-1789., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/21.9.1779 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Kozlowsky-Suzuki, B., M. Karjalainen, M. Lehtiniemi, J. Engström-Öst, M. Koski & P. Carlsson. (2003). Feeding, reproduction and toxin accumulation by the copepods Acartia bifilosa and Eurytemora affins in the presence of the toxic cyanobacterium Nodularia spumigena. <em>Marine Ecology Progress Series.</em> 249:237-249., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps249237 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Laakmann, S., G. Gerdts, R. Erler, T. Knebelsberger, P. Martínez Arbizu & M.J. Raupach. (2013). Comparison of molecular species identification for North Sea calanoid copepods (Crustacea) using proteome fingerprints and DNA sequences. Molecular Ecology Resources 13(5):862-876., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12139 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Li, J., C.l. Li, X.M. Pu & Z. Zhang. (2008). Effects of diatom diets on the reproduction of Acartia bifilosa. Haiyang Shuichan Yanjiu 29(4):84-90. [details] 

additional source Lotocka, M. & E. Styczynska-Jurewicz. (2001). Astaxanthin, canthaxanthin and astaxanthin esters in the copepod Acartia bifilosa (Copepoda, Calanoida) during ontogenetic development. Oceanologia 43(4): 487-497. [details] 

additional source Lundgren, V., E. Graneli & S. Pflugmacher. (2012). Influence of Acartia cf. bifilosa (Copepoda) on morphology and toxicity of Nodularia spumigena (Cyanophyceae). <em>Harmful Algae.</em> 18:35-46., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2012.04.003 [details] 

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. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Pesta, O. (1928). Krebstiere oder Crustacea. I: Ruderfüsser oder Copepoda (1. Calanoida, 2. Cyclopoida) (3. Ordnung) [Crustaceans or Crustacea. I: Copepods (1. Calanoida, 2. Cyclopoida) (3rd order).]. <em>In: Dahl, F. (ed.). Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der Angrenzenden Meeresteile nach Ihren Merkmalen und nach Ihrer Lebensweise. Fischer, Jena.</em> 9:1-136, figs. 1-115. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Redeke, H.C. (1934). On the occurrence of two pelagic copepods, Acartia bifilosa and Acartia tonsa, in the brackish waters of the Netherlands. <em>Journal du Conseil International de l'Exploration de la Mer.</em> 9(1): 39-45., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/9.1.39 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Roff, J.C. (1978). A guide to the marine flora and fauna of the Bay of Fundy: Copepoda: Calanoida. Fisheries and Marine Service Technical Report 823. 27 p. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Setälä, O., S. Sopanen, R. Autio & K. Erler. (2009). Grazing and food selection of the calanoid copepods Eurytemora affinis and Acartia bifilosa feeding on plankton assemblages containing Dinophysis spp. Boreal Environment Research 14(5):837-849. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Shim, M.B.. & J.K. Choi. (1996). A review on the microstructures and taxonomy of the Acartia bifilosa (Crustacea: Copepoda) in Kyeonggi Bay, Yellow Sea. <em>Journal of the Korean Society of Oceanography.</em> 31(1):37-42. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Söderlund, B. (1994). Food size selection and functional response among Acartia bifilosa (Giesbrecht)/Acartia longiremis (Lilljeborg) and Eurytemora affinis (Poppe), the dominant copepod species in the coastal Northern Baltic proper. Examensarbete, Institute of Systems Ecology, University of Stockholm 1994(7):1-22. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Sopanen, S., M. Koski, P. Kuuppo, P. Uronen, C. Legrand & T. Tamminen. (2006). Toxic haptophyte Prymnesium parvum affects grazing, survival, egestion and egg production of the calanoid copepods Eurytemora affinis and Acartia bifilosa. <em>Marine Ecology Progress Series.</em> 327:223-232., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps327223 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Sopanen, S., O. Setala, J. Piiparinen, K. Erler & A. Kremp. (2011). The toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium ostenfeldii promotes incapacitation of the calanoid copepods Eurytemora affinis and Acartia bifilosa from the northern Baltic Sea. Journal of Plankton Research 33(10):1564-1573., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbr052 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Sun, X.H., S.Sun, C.L. Li & G.T. Zhang. (2011). Seasonal and spatial variability in egg production, abundance and production of small copepods in and near Jiaozhou Bay, China. <em>Journal of Plankton Research.</em> 33(5)741-750. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Tanskanen, S. (1994). Seasonal variability in the individual carbon content of the calanoid copepod Acartia bifilosa from the northern Baltic Sea. In: Ferrari, F.D. & B.P. Bradley (eds.). Ecology and Morphology of Copepods. Developments in Hydrobiology 102, Hydrobiologia 292/293:397-403, fig.1-2, tab.1., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1347-4_50 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Uriarte, I. & F. Villate. (2006). First evidences of Acartia bifilosa resting eggs in sediments of the Urdaibai estuary (Bay of Biscay): abundance and hatching success. Scientia Marina 70(4):565-572., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2006.70n4565 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Uye, S.I. & K. Sano. (1998). Seasonal variations in biomass, growth rate and production rate of the small cyclopoid copepod Oithona davisae in a temperate eutrophic inlet. Marine Ecology Progress Series 163:37-44., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps163037 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Vieira, L., P. Re, F.M.R. Morgado, M. Pereira, J.C. Marques & U.M.M. Azeiteiro. (2002). Distribution and production of Acartia bifilosa var. inermis from a temperate estuary (Mondego Estuary, Portugal). <em>Arquivos do Museu Bocage Nova Serie, Archives of the Bocage Museum New Series, Portugal.</em> 3(17): 421-439. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Viitasalo, M. (1992). Calanoid resting eggs in the Baltic Sea: implications for the population dynamics of Acartia bifilosa (Copepoda). Marine Biology, Berlin 114(3):397-405, figs. 1-8, tabs. 1-2., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00350030 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Visse, M. (2007). Detrimental effect of peritrich ciliates (Epistylis sp.) as epibionts on the survival of the copepod Acartia bifilosa. Estonian Journal of Ecology / Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences: Biology, Ecology 56(3):173-178., available online at https://doi.org/10.3176/eco.2007.3.01 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Wang, R., H.Y. Zhang, K. Wang & T. Zuo. (2002). Distribution and population dynamics of Paracalanus parvus, Paracalanus crassirostris, and Acartia bifilosa (Copepoda, Calanoida) in the Bohai Sea. <em>Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, Beijing.</em> 20(4): 348-357., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02847926 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Yoo, K.I., H.K. Hue & W.C. Lee. (1991). Taxonomical revision on the genus Acartia (Copepoda: Calanoida) in the Korean waters. Bulletin of the Korean Fisheries Society 24(4):255-265. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Yoon, W.D., M.B. Shim & J.K. Choi. (1998). Description of the developmental stages in Acartia bifilosa Giesbrecht (Copepoda: Calanoida). Journal of Plankton Research 20(5):923-942. (v.1998), available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s002270100630 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Zhang, Z., Z.C. Tao, X.T. Gao, L. Wang & S. Sun. (2022). Effects of Temperature and Food Concentration on the Population Recruitment of Acartia bifilosa (Copepoda, Calanoida): Implications for the Over-Summering Life History Strategy in Jiaozhou Bay. <em>Water.</em> 14:1-15. Nov 2022., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/w14213541 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Zhong, X.F. & Y.C. Xiao. (1992). Resting eggs of Acartia bifilosa Giesbrecht and A. pacifica Steuer in Jiaozhou Bay. <em>Marine Sciences, Beijing.</em> 1: 55-59. [details] 
 
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