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Nitocra spinipes Boeck, 1865

428733  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:428733)

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Nitocra parafragilis Roe, 1958 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nitokra spinipes Boeck, 1865 · alternative representation (both spellings in use)

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Boeck, A. (1865). Oversigt over de ved Norges Kyster jagttagne Copepoder henhorende til Calanidernes, Cyclopidernes og Harpactidernes Familier. [Overview of the Copepods hunted on the coast of Norway belonging to the families Calanoidae, Cyclopoidae and Harpacticodidae.]. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1864: 226-282 [for 1864 however published in 1865]. [details] OpenAccess publication
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Nitocra spinipes Boeck, 1865. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=428733 on 2026-04-17
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Nitocra spinipes Boeck, 1865. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=428733 on 2026-04-17
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original description Boeck, A. (1865). Oversigt over de ved Norges Kyster jagttagne Copepoder henhorende til Calanidernes, Cyclopidernes og Harpactidernes Familier. [Overview of the Copepods hunted on the coast of Norway belonging to the families Calanoidae, Cyclopoidae and Harpacticodidae.]. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1864: 226-282 [for 1864 however published in 1865]. [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Nivå Bay species list, Sjælland, Denmark (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Chang, C.Y. (2009). Illustrated encyclopedia of fauna & flora of Korea. Vol. 42. Inland-water Copepoda. <em>Jeonghaeng-sa, Ministry of Education, Seoul, South Korea.</em> 42:1-687. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Lundström, E., B. Björlenius, M. Brinkmann, H. Hollert, J.O. Persson & M. Breitholtz. (2010). Comparison of six sewage effluents treated with different treatment technologies - Population level responses in the harpacticoid copepod Nitocra spinipes. Aquatic Toxicology 96(4):298-307., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2009.11.011 [details] 

additional source Perez-Landa, V. & S.L. Simpson. (2011). A short life-cycle test with the epibenthic copepod Nitocra spinipes for sediment toxicity assessment. <em>Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.</em> 30(6):1430-1439., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.513 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Lang, K. (1936). Undersökningar över Öresund. Untersuchungen aus dem Öresund. XX. Harpacticiden aus dem Öresund.  [Surveys over the Öresund. Untersuchungen aus dem Öresund. XX. Harpacticide aus dem Öresund.]. <em>Kungliga Fysiografiska Sällskapets Handlingar, new series,.</em> 46(8):1-52, figs. 1-148. [Lunds Universitets Arsskrift, N.F. 2(31)8:1-52.]. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Edlund, A., K. Ek, M. Breitholtz & E. Gorokhova. (2012). Antibiotic-induced change of bacterial communities associated with the copepod Nitocra spinipes. <em>PLoS One.</em> 7(3):1-9. Article No.: e33107., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033107 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Apostolov, A. (2014). Contribution to the study of marine harpacticoid fauna (Crustacea, Copepoda) of Iceland. ZooNotes, 62:1-5. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Bejgarn, S., M. MacLeod, C. Bogdal & M. Breitholtz (2015). Toxicity of leachate from weathering plastics: An exploratory screening study with Nitocra spinipes. <i>Chemosphere</i>. 132:114-119., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.03.010 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Koch, J., T.T. Bui, E. Lundström Belleza, M. Brinkmann, H. Hollert & M. Breitholtz. (2017). Temperature and food quantity effects on the harpacticoid copepod Nitocra spinipes: Combining in vivo bioassays with population modeling. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 12(3):1-18. e0174384., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174384 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.158.i [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Cervantes Martínez, M.A. Gutiérrez Aguirre, V.H. Delgado Blas & J.D. Ruíz Ramírez. (2012). Especies de zooplancton dulceacuícola de Cozumel. [Freshwater species of zooplankton from Cozumel.]. <em>Universidad de Quintana Roo (UQROO), Unidades Académicas Cozumel y Chetumal, Cozumel, Mexico.</em> 62 pp. ISBN: 978-607-8056-17-0 [In Spanish.]. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Koch, J. & K.A.C. De Schamphelaere. (2019). Two dynamic energy budget models for the harpacticoid copepod Nitocra spinipes. <em>Journal of Sea Research.</em> 143:70-77., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2018.02.003 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Koch, J. & K.A.C. De Schamphelaere. (2020). Estimating inter-individual variability of dynamic energy budget model parameters for the copepod Nitocra spinipes from existing life-history data. <em>Ecological Modelling.</em> 431:1-9. 109091. Sep 2020., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2020.109091 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Koch, J. & K.A.C. De Schamphelaere. (2021). Making Sense of Life-History Effects of the Antidepressant Citalopram in the Copepod Nitocra spinipes Using a Bioenergetics Model. <em>Environmental Toxicology And Chemistry.</em> 40(7): . MAY 2021., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.5044 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Gewert, B., M. MacLeod & M. Breitholtz. (2021). Variability in Toxicity of Plastic Leachates as a Function of Weathering and Polymer Type: A Screening Study with the Copepod Nitocra spinipes. <em>Biological Bulletin.</em> 240:1-9. .Jun 2021., available online at https://doi.org/10.1086/714506 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Ward, D.J., V. Perez-Landa, D.A. Spadaro, S.L. Simpson & D.F. Jolley. (2011). An assessment of three Harpacticoid Copepod species for use in ecotoxicological testing. <em>University of Wollongong Research Online.</em> 2011:414-425., available online at https://ro.uow.edu.au/scipapers/3219 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Quintana, X.D., D. Boix, A. Badosa, S. Brucet, J. Compte, S. Gascón, R. López-Flores, J. Sala & R. Moreno-Amich. (2006). Community structure in Mediterranean shallow lentic ecosystems: size-based vs. taxon-based approaches. <em>Limnetica.</em> 25(1-2):303-320., available online at https://doi.org/10.23818/limn.25.21 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Ward, D.J., S.L. Simpson & D.F. Jolley. (2013). Avoidance of contaminated sediments by an amphipod (Melita plumulosa), harpacticoid copepod (Nitocra spinipes), and a snail (Phallomedusa solida). <em>Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.</em> 32(3):644-652. Mar 2013., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.2086 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Apostolov, A. (1972). Catalogue des Copépodes Harpacticoïdes marins de la Mer Noire. [Catalog of marine Harpacticoid Copepods of the Black Sea.]. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 188(3-4):202-254, figs. 1-224. (iii/iv-1972). [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Breitholtz, M., J. Karlsson, N. Ricklund, U. Dahl, B. Eklund, K. Grunder, G. Åkerman & H. Sundberg. (2006). A novel approach to rank potential toxicity of organic sediment extracts in juvenile harpacticoid copepods (Nitocra spinipes) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). SNV Rapport 5596:99-133. [details] 

additional source Breitholtz, M., L. Wollenberger & L. Dinan. (2003). Effects of four synthetic musks on the life cycle of the harpacticoid copepod Nitocra spinipes. <em>Aquatic Toxicology.</em> 63(2):103-118., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/S0166-445X(02)00159-5 [details] 

additional source Breitholtz, M. & B.E. Bengtsson. (2001). Oestrogens have no hormonal effect on the development and reproduction of the harpacticoid copepod Nitocra spinipes. Marine Pollution Bulletin 42 (10): 879-886., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0025-326x(01)00046-7 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Abraham, S. & U.K. Gopalan. (1975). Growth of an estuarine harpacticoid copepod Nitocra spinipes Boeck cultured in the laboratory. In: Third All-India Symposium on Estuarine Biology. Bulletin of the Department of Marine Science, University of Cochin 7(2):309-318, figs. 1-15a. (xii-1975) [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 Bengtsson, B.E. & B. Bergstrom. (1982). Toxicity tests with Nitocra spinipes (Crustacea) and some metals released from a smelter industry. In: Müller, K. (ed.). Coastal research in the Gulf of Bothnia. Monographiae Biologicae 45:439-444, fig. 1, tab. 1. [details] 

additional source Ek, H., E. Nilsson, G. Birgersson & G. Dave. (2007). TNT leakage through sediment to water and toxicity to Nitocra spinipes. <em>Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety.</em> 67(3):341-348., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2006.10.011 [details] 

additional source Dahms, H.U. (1988). Postembryonic development of Harpacticoida (Crustacea, Copepoda) and its significance for the reconstruction of phylogenetic relationships. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, Universität Oldenburg.</em> 280 pp. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Dahms, H.U. (1990). Naupliar development of Harpacticoida (Crustacea, Copepoda) and its significance for phylogenetic systematics. <em>Microfauna Marina.</em> 6:169-272, figs. 1-23. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Dahms, H.U. (1993). Pictorial keys for the identification of crustacean nauplii from the marine meiobenthos. Journal of Crustacean Biology 13(3):609-616., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/1548802 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Damian-Georgescu, A. (1970). Copepoda Harpacticoida (forme de apa dulce). Fauna Republicii Socialiste Romania, Crustacea 4(11): 1-252, figs. 1-114. (14-vii-1970). [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Dussart, B.H. (1967). Les Copépodes des eaux continentales d'Europe occidentale. Tome I: Calanoïdes et Harpacticoïdes. [Copepods of the continental waters of Western Europe. Volume I: Calanoids and Harpacticoids.]. <em>N. Boubée et Cie, Paris.</em> 500 pp.
page(s): 212 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Gopalan, U.K. (1977). Experimental mass culture of a harpacticoid copepod Nitocra spinipes Boeck. In: Qasim, S.Z. (ed.). Proceedings of the Symposium on Warm Water Zooplankton, UNESCO/NIO, Goa. Special Publication of the National Institute of Oceanography, Goa :558-562, figs. 1-2. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Griga, R.E. (1960). Razvitie nekotorykh Harpacticoida Chernogo morya. [Development of some Black Sea harpacticoids.]. <em>Trudy Sevastopol'skoy Biologicheskoy Stantsii, Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Transactions of the Sevastopol Biological Station).</em> 13:68-77, figs. 1-4. (Russian with English summary.). [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Kahan, D. & M. Azoury. (1981). Laboratory cultivation of Nitocra spinipes Boeck from the solar pond (Gulf of Aqaba - Red Sea). European Mariculture Society, Special Publication 6: 117-131. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Kiefer, F. (1960). Psammobionte Ruderfusskrebse (Crust. Cop.) aus dem Gebiet der Unterweser und von der Insel Helgoland. [Psammobiont copepods (Crust. Cop.) from the Lower Weser region and from the island of Heligoland. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 165(1-2):30-36, figs. 1-39. (vii-1960). [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Mordukhai-Boltovskoy, F.D., ed. (1969). Rakoobraznye. (Crustacea). Opredetel' fauny Chernogo i Azovskogo more, 2. Svobodnozhivushchie bespozvonochnye. [Crustacea. Identification key to the fauna of the Black and Azov Seas, 2. Freeliving invertebrates.]. <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 Letova, V.N. (1982). Harpacticoida (Crustacea, Copepoda) ilisto peschano litorali vostochnogo Murmana. [Harpacticoida (Crustacea, Copepoda) from the mud-sandy littoral of the east Murman. ]. <em>In: Skarlato, O.A. (ed.). Bespozvonochnye pribrezhnykh biotsenozov severnogo ledovitego. Marine invertebrates of coastal biocenoses of the Arctic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. Issledovaniya Fauny Morei.</em> 29(37):46-75, figs. 1-22. (27-xii-1982, Russian with English summary). [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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)]. <em>In: Dahl, F. (ed.). Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der Angrenzenden Meeresteile nach Ihren Merkmalen und nach Ihrer Lebensweise. Jena.</em> 24:1-164, figs. 1-72, 1-92. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Pettersson, P. (1999). Nitocra spinipes – a candidate for detection of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals? Master of Science in Biology at Uppsala University, Swedish University of Agricultural Science (SLU) ISSN 1402-3180. 42 pp. [details] 

additional source Sazhina, L.I. (1985). Naupliusy massovykh vidov pelagickeskikh kopepod Mirovogo okeana. [Nauplii of mass species pelagic copeopds of the world ocean.]. <em>Naukova Dumka, Kiev.</em> 238 pp. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Weiss, G.M., G.B. McManus & H.R. Harvey. (1996). Development and lipid composition of the harpacticoid copepod Nitocra spinipes reared on different diets. Marine Ecology Progress Series 132:57-61., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps132057 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). (2007). Validation Report of the Full Life-Cycle Test with the Harpacticoid Copepods Nitocra spinipes and Amphiascus tenuiremis and the Calanoid Copepod Acartia tonsa ? Phase 1. <em>OECD, ENV/JM /MONO(2007)26. Series on Testing and Assessment.</em> No. 79:1-102. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Breitholtz, M., K. Ek & B.E. Bengtsson. (2003). Bedömning av toxicitet av avloppsvatten från SCA Packaging Munksund AB på reproduktion och utveckling hos hoppkräftan Nitocra spinipes. [Evaluation of the toxicity of sewage from SCA Packaging Munksund AB on the reproduction and development of the copepod Nitocra spinipes.] Institute of Applied Environmental Research (ITM), Stockholm University. [In Swedish.] [details] 

additional source Breitholtz, M., J.R. Nyholm, J. Karlsson & P.L. Andersson. (2008). Are individual NOEC levels safe for mixtures? A study on mixture toxicity of brominated flame-retardants in the copepod Nitocra spinipes. <em>Chemosphere.</em> 72(9):1242-1249., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.05.004 [details] 
 
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