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Nitocra affinis Gurney, 1927

1672649 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1672649)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Arthropoda
  4. Crustacea
  5. Multicrustacea
  6. Copepoda
  7. Neocopepoda
  8. Podoplea
  9. Harpacticoida
  10. Ameiridae
  11. Nitocra
  12. Nitocra affinis
alternative representation
Nitocra affinis affinis Gurney, 1927
Species
Nitocra Boeck, 1865
Nitokra affinis Gurney, 1927 · alternative representation (both spellings in use)

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  1. Subspecies Nitocra affinis affinis Gurney, 1927
  2. Subspecies Nitocra affinis californica Lang, 1965 accepted as Nitocra californica Lang, 1965 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  3. Subspecies Nitocra affinis rijekana Petkovski, 1954 accepted as Nitocra rijekana Petkovski, 1954 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gurney, R. (1927). Zoological Results of the Cambridge Expedition to the Suez Canal, XXXIII: Report on the Crustacea - Copepoda (Littoral and Semi-Parasitic). <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 22(4):451-577, figs. 108-168, tab. 35. (xii-1927)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1927.tb00207.x [details] Available for editors  PDF available
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Nitocra affinis Gurney, 1927. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org//marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1672649 on 2026-07-31
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Nitocra affinis Gurney, 1927. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=1672649 on 2026-07-31
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original description Gurney, R. (1927). Zoological Results of the Cambridge Expedition to the Suez Canal, XXXIII: Report on the Crustacea - Copepoda (Littoral and Semi-Parasitic). <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 22(4):451-577, figs. 108-168, tab. 35. (xii-1927)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1927.tb00207.x [details] Available for editors  PDF available

context source (Bermuda) Willey, A. (1930). Harpacticoid Copepoda from Bermuda. Part I. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (10)6:81-114, figs. 1-78, pl. 5. (vii-1930) [reprinted 1931 Montreal, Canada]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933008673192 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

basis of record Huys, R. (2001). Copepoda - Harpacticoida. <em>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.</em> 50:268-280. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Matias-Peralta, H.M., F.M. Yusoff & S. Mohamed. (2012). A Tropical Harpacticoid Copepod, Nitocra affinis californica Lang As an Effective Live Feed for Black Tiger Shrimp Larvae Penaeus monodon Fabricius. <em>Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science.</em> 35 (4): 695 - 710 ., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2012.02.026 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Nandakumar, R. & P. Santhanam. (2019). A Study on Assessing the Feeding, Survival, Fecundity, and Postembryonic Development of Zooplankton Nitocra affinis (Copepoda: Harpacticoida). <em>In: Santhanam, P., A. Begum & P. Pachiappan (eds.). Basic and Applied Zooplankton Biology, Springer Nature Singapore, 442 pp.</em> :257-276. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Apostolov, A. (1973). Sur divers Harpacticoïdes (Copépodes) de la mer Noire. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 190(1-2):88-110, figs. 1-22. (i/ii-1973). [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Apostolov, A. & T.M. Marinov. (1988). Copepoda Harpacticoida (morski kharpaktikoidi). [Copepoda, Harpacticoida (marine harpacticoids).]. <em>Fauna Bulgarica, Fauna Bolgarii. Izd. B'lg. Akad. Nauk, in Aedibus Academiae Scientiarum Bulgaricae, Sofia. Scient. Bulgaricae, Sofia.</em> 18:1-384. (Bulgarian.). [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Mordukhai-Boltovskoy, F.D. (Ed.). (1969). Opredetel' fauny Chernogo i Azovskogo more, 2. Svobodnozhivushchie bespozvonochnye, Rakoobraznye. (Crustacea). [A key to the fauna of the Black and Azov Seas, Volune II. Free-living invertebrates. Crustacea.]. <em>Institut Biologii Yuzh'nykh Morei, Akademiya Nauk USSR, Naukova Dumka, Kiev.</em> 536 pp. (In Russian.). [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Vervoort, W. (1964). Free-living Copepoda from Ifaluk Atoll in the Caroline Islands with notes on related species. <em>Bulletin. United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution: Washington, DC (USA).</em> 236: 1-431. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.236.1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Alper, A. (2009). [Determination of the interstitial and phytal Harpacticoida (Crustacea, Copepoda) fauna of the coast of Datca-Bozburun (Mugla, Turkey) Specially Protected Area.]. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, Balikesir University, Balikesir, Turkey.</em> 150 pp. [In Turkish.]. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Alper, A., S. Karaytug & S. Sak. (2010). Interstitial and phytal Harpacticoida (Crustacea: Copepoda) inhabiting the mediolittoral zone of the Datca-Bozburun Peninsulas (Mugla, Turkey). <em>SDU Journal of Science (E-Journal).</em> 5(1):16-28. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Rajthilak, C., P. Santhanam, A. Anusuya, A. Pazhanimuthu, R. Ramkumar, N. Jeyaraj & P. Perumal. (2014). Laboratory culture and population growth of brackish water harpacticoid copepod, Nitokra affinis (Gurney, 1927) under different temperatures, salinities and diets. World Journal of Fish and Marine Sciences, 6(1):72-81. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Rajthilak, C., P. Santhanam, M. Raja, T.Y. Suman, S.R. Rajasree, R. Ramkumar & P. Perumal. (2015). First distributional record of Nitokra affinis Gurney, 1927 (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Ameiridae) from Vellar estuary (south-east India): structural and molecular evidence. <em>Marine Biodiversity Records.</em> 8:1-9., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s1755267215000391 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

redescription YIldIz, N.Ö. & S. Karaytug. (2024). Taxonomic revision of the <em>Nitocra affinis</em> Gurney, 1927 species complex (Harpacticoida, Ameiridae) with descriptions of four new species and re-evaluation of its subspecies. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1191: 35-74., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/115545/ [details] Available for editors  PDF available
To PESI (from synonym Nitokra affinis Gurney, 1927)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (4 records) (from synonym Nitokra affinis Gurney, 1927)