Zooplankton Taxonomic References

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Protozoa

Jellies

 

Crustacea

Worms

Chordata

Foraminifera foram Scyphomedusae
(true jellyfish)
jellyfish Amphipoda amphipod Polychaetes polychaete Larvacea larvacean
Radiolaria radiolarian Hydromedusae hydrozoa Cladocera cladocera   Pyrosoma pyrosoma
Phaeodaria phaeodarian Siphonophores siphonophore Copepoda copepods   Doliolids doliolida
Tintinnidstintinnit Ctenophora
(comb jellies)
comb jelly Decapoda (shrimp) decapod   Salps salp
      Euphausiacea (krill) euph    
      Ostracods ostracod    
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Coastal marine zooplankton: a practical manual for students. C. D. Todd, M. S. Laverack, Geoffrey Allan Boxshall. 1996. Cambridge University Press. 106 pages. preview

Coastal Plankton. Photo Guide for European Seas. Larink, Otto & Wilfried Westheide. At the moment out of print. You can view images at BioImages.

Fiches d’Identification du Zooplancton/ICES Identification Leaflets for Plankton. A set of leaflets for identifying the marine plankton of the north-east Atlantic. The series has been running since 1939 and was made available on the internet in 2004. Many groups are covered, but there are still gaps, and many of the earlier leaflets are now out of date.

Newell, G.E. & Newell, R.C., 1973. Marine Plankton - a practical guide. Hutchinson Educational, pub. 244 pp. - Out of print but a useful tool with pen and ink drawing of plankton groups. Best for learning the overall shapes of plankton.

World Register of Marine Species.

Gulf of Maine Register of Marine Species. Developed by The Gulf of Maine Program of the Census of Marine Life, with the Huntsman Marine Science Center of St. Andrews, New Brunswick. This register is a list of species inhabiting Gulf of Maine waters, including those over Georges Bank and the adjacent continental slope. The species span diatoms to marine mammals, with scientific and common names, synonyms, and generally follow the standardized classification and provide the Taxonomic Serial Number of the Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).  Authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world. Find the validity of taxonomic names for most organisms. For each scientific name, ITIS included the authority (author and date), taxonomic rank, associated synonyms and vernacular names where available, a unique taxonomic serial number, data source information (publications, experts, etc.) and data quality indicators. 

 

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Reshetnjak V.V. 1981. Acantharii. Fauna SSSR, 123, Akad. Nauk SSSR, Zool. Inst., Nauka, Leningrad, pp. 1-210.

Radiolaria.org - an online database containing information about radiolarians - fossil and recent, with images, descriptions, references, synonyms and links to other online resources.

Classification and Distribution of South Atlantic Recent Polycystine Radiolaria. Demetrio Boltovskoy. 1998. Palaeo Electronica.

Illustration of modern benthic foraminifera from bermuda and remarks on distribution in other subtropical/tropical areas. Emmanuelle J. Javaux and David B. Scott. 2003. Palaeo Electronica.

Classic taxonomic monographs on micro-plankton, especially tintinnid ciliates and dinoflagellates.

 

jellyfishCoelenterata (jellyfish, siphonophores, comb jellies)comb jelly
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Collins, A. G., B. Bentlage, A. Lindner, D. J. Lindsay, S. H. D. Haddock, G. Jarms, J. L. Norenburg, T. Jankowski, and P. Cartwright, (2008), Phylogenetics of Trachylina (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) with new insights on the evolution of some problematical taxa: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, v. 88, p. 1673-1685.

Cartwright,Paulyn, Nathaniel M. Evans, Casey W. Dunn, Antonio C. Marques, Maria Pia Miglietta, Peter Schuchert and Allen G. Collins (2008) Phylogenetics of Hydroidolina (Hydrozoa: Cnidaria). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, Volume 88, Special Issue 08, Dec 2008, pp 1663-1672.

Haddock, Steven H.D., Casey W. Dunn and Philip R. Pugh. (2005) A re-examination of siphonophore terminology and morphology applied to the description of two new prayine species with remarkable bio-optical properties. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, 85(3):695-707.

Mayer, A.G., Medusae of the World. publication 109 ed. Vol.1-2 The Hydromedusae.--v. 3 The Scyphomedusae. 1910, Washington: Carnegie Institution. 735 pp.
text:
vol 1 - (17.5 MB) Hydromedusae
vol 2 - (45 MB) Hydromedusae
vol 3 - (18 MB) Scyphomedusae

plates:
vol 1 - (54 MB) Hydromedusae
vol 2 - (41.4 MB) Hydromedusae
vol 3 - (49.3 MB) Scyphomedusae

Ramírez, F.C.; Zamponi, M.O. 1980. Medusas de la plataforma bonaerense y sectores adyacentes. Buenos Aires: Asociación Argentina de Ciencias Naturales. Physis, Secc.A. 39(96):33-48
Contr. Nº: 355

Ramírez, F.C.; Zamponi, M.O. 1981. Hydromedusae. Mar del Plata: INIDEP. Atlas de zooplancton del Atlántico sudoccidental :443-469
Contr. Nº: 390

Kramp, P.L. (1961) Synopsis of the Medusae of the World. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 40. 469p. Available via link - the National Marine Biological Library, UK.

Russell, F.S. (1953) The Medusae of the British Isles Vol. I: Anthomedusae, Leptomedusae, Limnomedusae, Trachymedusae, and Narcomedusae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Available via the National Marine Biological Library, UK. Available via link - the National Marine Biological Library, UK.

Russell, F.S. (1970) The Medusae of the British Isles. Vol.II: Pelagic Scyphozoa, with a supplement to Vol. I. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Available via link - the National Marine Biological Library, UK.

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2. Mayer, A.G., Ctenophores of the Atlantic Coast of North America. Vol. 1 text and 1 plates. 1912, Washington: Carnegie Institute of Washington. 58 pp. text (5.3 MB) plates: (41.4 MB)

Ramírez, F.C. 1973. Sobre la presencia de Mnemiopsis maccradyi Mayer 1900 (Ctenophora, Bolinidae) en aguas neríticas de Mar del Plata. Buenos Aires: Asociación Argentina de Ciencias Naturales. Physis 32(85):295-300
Contr. Nº: 215

polychaetePolychaeta top

Orensanz, J.M.; Ramírez, F.C. 1973. Taxonomía y distribución de los poliquetos pelágicos del Atlántico Sudoccidental. Mar del Plata: Instituto de Biología Marina (IBM). Boletín del Instituto de Biología Marina 21, 118 p.
Bol.IBM 21

Crustacea

amphipodAmphipoda top

Ramírez, F.C.; Viñas, M.D. 1985. Hyperiid amphipod found in Argentine shelf waters. Buenos Aires: Asociación Argentina de Ciencias Naturales. Physis 43(104):25-37
Contr. Nº: 420

cladoceraCladocera top

Ramírez, F.C.; De Vreese, P. 1974. Taxonomía y distribución de los cladóceros (Crustacea, Phyllopoda)de un sector de la plataforma bonaerense y adyacencias. Buenos Aires: Asociación Argentina de Ciencias Naturales. Physis 33(87):511-526
Contr. Nº: 263

Ramírez, F.C. 1981. Cladocera. Mar del Plata: INIDEP. Atlas de zooplancton del Atlántico sudoccidental :533-452
Contr. Nº: 389

Ramírez, F.C.; Pérez Seijas, G.M. 1985. New data on the ecological distribution of Cladocerans and first local observations on reproduction of Evadne nordmanni and Podon intermedius (Crustacea, Cladocera)in Argentine sea waters. Buenos Aires: Asociación Argentina de Ciencias Naturales. Physis 43(105):131-143
Contr. Nº: 476

 

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Copepod Library ftp site: This site contains pdf's of several classic copepod papers.

General

Giesbrecht, W., Systematik und Faunistik der Pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der Angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte: Atlas von 54 Tafeln nebst den Tafelerklarungen. Vol. 19 Text (34 MB) and vol. 19 Plates (28.6 MB). 1892, Berlin: Verlag Von R. Friedlander & Sohn.

Faune de France: Copépodes pélagiques. M. Rose, ed. P. Lechevalier. Vol. 26. 1933, Paris: Fédération Française des Sociétés de Sciences Naturelles. 374 pp. (14.8 MB)

A Key for the Identification of the More Common Planktonic Copepoda of Indian Coastal Waters by L. R. Kasturirangan, 1963

Calanoida top

Studies on the Estuarine Copepods of India, P. P. Pillai. 1971. J. Marine Biology Assoc. of India 13(2): 162-172. Calanoid species lists; presences and absence in various salinities and ranges for species; seasonal distribution.

Ramírez, F.C. 1976. Sobre el hallazgo de Paracalanus crassirostris Dahl (Crustacea: Copepoda) en aguas de Mar del Plata. La Plata: Sociedad Zoológica del Plata. Neotrópica 22(67):22-24
Contr. Nº: 306

Park, T. S., (2000), Taxonomy and distribution of the calanoid copepod family Heterorhabdidae: Bulletin of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, v. 31: Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 269 p.


Park, T. S., (1995), Taxonomy and distribution of the marine calanoid copepod family Euchaetidae: Bulletin of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, v. 29: Berkeley, CA, University of California Press, 184 p.

Pontellidae:

The Calanoid Copepod Family Pontellidae from the Indian Ocean.  E. G. Silas and  P. Parameswaran Pillai.  J. mar. biol. Ass. India, 1973, 15 (2) : 771-858

Ramírez, F.C. 1966. Copépodos calanoideos marinos del área de Mar del Plata con la descripción de Pontella marplatensis n.sp. Mar del Plata: Instituto de Biología Marina (IBM). Boletín del Instituto de Biología Marina 11, 33 p.
Bol.IBM 11

Cyclopoida top

Vervoort, W.; Ramírez, F.C. 1966. Hemicyclops thalassius n.sp. (Copepoda Cyclopoida) from Mar del Plata with revisionary notes on the family Calusidiidae. Leiden: National Museum of Natural History. Zoologische Mededelingen 41(13):195-220
Contr. Nº: 35

Ramírez, F.C. 1966. Copépodos Cyclopoidos y Harpacticoidos del plancton de Mar del Plata. Buenos Aires: Asociación Argentina de Ciencias Naturales. Physis 26(72):285-292
Contr. Nº: 38

Vervoort, W.; Ramírez, F.C. 1968. Parabomolochus globiceps nov.sp. (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) from the gills of Austroatherina smitti (Lahille)(Pisces, Atherinidae). Leiden: National Museum of Natural History. Zoologische Mededelingen 43(11):141-154
Contr. Nº: 91

**Ramírez, F.C. 1970. Copépodos planctónicos del sector bonaerense del Atlántico sudoccidental. Proyecto de Desarrollo Pesquero FAO, Argentina. PDP Publicación Serie Informes Técnicos 10(15), 116 p.
Contr. Nº: 98

**Ramírez, F.C. 1970. Copépodos planctónicos del sector patagónico: resultados de la campaña "Pesquería XI". Buenos Aires: Asociación Argentina de Ciencias Naturales. Physis 29(79):473-476
Contr. Nº: 115

Harpacticoida top

Ramírez, F.C. 1971. Paralteutha minuta, una nueva especie de Copépodo (Harpacticoida, Poltidiidae)hallado en aguas costeras de Mar del Plata, Argentina. La Plata: Universidad Nacional. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Revista del Museo La Plata (Nueva Serie)Sección Zoología 11(99):115-119
Contr. Nº: 102

 

Monstrilloida top

Ramírez, F.C. 1971. Nuevas localidades para Monstrilla grandis Giesbrecht 1892 y Monstrilla helgolandica Claus 1863 (Copepoda, Monstrilloida) halladas en aguas de la plataforma argentina. Buenos Aires: Asociación Argentina de Ciencias Naturales. Physis 30(81):377-383
Contr. Nº: 136

Poecilostomatoida top

Ramírez, F.C.; Escofet, A. 1973. Sobre la presencia de Hemicyclops subadhaerens Gooding 1960 (Copepoda, Clausidiidae) asociado con Callianassa sp. (Decapoda, Thalassinidae) del Golfo San Matías. Buenos Aires: Asociación Argentina de Ciencias Naturales. Physis 32(85):301-310
Contr. Nº: 216

Siphonostomatoida top

Ramírez, F.C. 1975. Sobre una nueva especie del género Kroyerina Wilson 1952 (Crustacea: Copepoda). La Plata: Sociedad Zoológica del Plata. Neotrópica 24(64):37-41
Contr. Nº: 293

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Ramírez, F.C. 1971. Copépodos planctónicos de los sectores bonaerense y norpatagónico; resultados de la campaña "Pesquería III". La Plata: Universidad Nacional. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Revista del Museo La Plata (Nueva Serie)Sección Zoología 11(97):73-94
Contr. Nº: 103

Ramírez, F.C.; Dinofrio, E.O. 1976. Resultados planctológicos de la Campaña Oceantar I. III. Copépodos. Buenos Aires: Instituto Antártico Argentino. Dirección Nacional del Antártico. Contribución Instituto Antártico Argentino 196, 49 p. Contr. Nº: 311

Ramírez, F.C. 1981. Zooplancton y producción secundaria. Parte I. Distribución y variación estacional de los copépodos. Mar del Plata: Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Pesquero (INIDEP). Serie Contribuciones I2aNIDEP 383:
Contr. Nº: 383

Santos, B.A.; Ramírez, F.C. 1991. Variación estacional de la asociaciones de copépodos en una transecta de la plataforma argentina. Boletim do Instituto Oceanográfico, Sao Paulo 39(1):71-86
Contr. Nº 7471995

Santos, B.A.; Ramírez, F.C. 1995. Distribución y abundancia de copépodos en el sistema frontal de Península Valdés, durante florecimientos fitoplanctónicos. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo. Thalassas 11:133-142 Contr. Nº 816

Ramírez, F.C. 1996. Composición, abundancia y variación, estacional del zooplancton de red del Golfo San Matías. Montevideo: Comisión Técnica Mixta del Frente Marítimo. Frente Marítimo 16:157-167
Contr. Nº: 1005

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Selifonova, J. P., A. A. Shmeleva, and A. E. Kideys. 2008. Study of Copepod Species from the Western Black Sea in the Cruise r/v ‘Knorr’ during May-June 2001: Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, v. 60, p. 305-309. abstract: Results of investigation of copepod fauna in the western Black Sea are obtained in May-June 2001. 49 taxa have been found including 33 taxa that are not of the Black Sea origin. The problem of intensification of process of copepod fauna Mediterranization in the Black Sea basin is discussed.

decapodDecapoda (shrimp) top

Monograph on the Planktonic Shrimps of the Genus Lucifer (Family Luciferidae) from the Indian EEZ, T.S. Naomi, Geetha Antony, Rani Mary George, S. Jasmine, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute Bulletin 49, 54 pp., 2006 - Distribution,

Marine decapod Crustacea of southern Australia: a guide to identification. Gary C. B. Poore, Shane T. Ahyong. CSIRO Publishing. 616 pp., 2004. preview

 

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Euphausiids of the West Coast of India, K.J. Mathew, Gisha Sivan, P.K. Krishnakumar, Somy Kuriakose. Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Spec. Publ. 78, 53 pp., 2003. Spatia distributions with maps.

Ramírez, F.C. 1971. Eufáusidos de algunos sectores del Atlántico Sudoccidental. Buenos Aires: Asociación Argentina de Ciencias Naturales. Physis 30(81):385-405
Contr. Nº: 135

Ramírez, F.C. 1973. Eufáusidos de la expedición oceanográfica "Walther Herwig" 1966. Buenos Aires: Asociación Argentina de Ciencias Naturales. Physis 32(84):105-114
Contr. Nº: 212

Ramírez, F.C.; Dato, C.V. 1989. Observations on parasitism by Thalassomyces fagei on three euphausiid species in Southern Atlantic waters. 12(1): (Oceanol.Acta)
Contr. Nº: 668

ostracodOstracoda top

Ramírez, F.C.; Moguilevsky, A. 1971. Ostrácodos planctónicos hallados en aguas oceánicas frente a la Prov. de Buenos Aires (resultados de la XLI Comissao Oceanográfica Costa Sul). Buenos Aires: Asociación Argentina de Ciencias Naturales. Physis 30(81):637-666
Contr. Nº: 167

Moguilevsky, A.; Ramírez, F.C. 1970. Cycloleberis poulseni especie nueva (Ostracoda, Asteroidae), crustáceo bentónico del área de Mar del Plata. Buenos Aires: Asociación Argentina de Ciencias Naturales. Physis 29(79):461-417
Contr. Nº: 113

Ramírez, F.C.; Pérez Seijas, G.M. 1981. Observaciones sobre desarrollo postnaupliar, estructura poblacional y ciclo reproductivo del ostracodo planctónico Conchoecia serrulata Claus. Buenos Aires: Asociación Argentina de Ciencias Naturales. Physis, Secc.A. 40(98):15-34
Contr. Nº: 385

Chordata

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Hopcroft, R. R., Robison, B. H. (2005) New mesopelagic larvaceans in the genus Fritillaria from Monterey Bay, California. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. U.K., 85(3):665-678.

Capitanio, F.L. , M.C. Daponte and G.B. Esnal (2003) The classification of Antarctic appendicularians: the Oikopleura gaussica group. Antarctic Science, 15(4):476-482.

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Godeaux, J., (1972), (Pelagic tunicates of the Indian Ocean): J.Mar.Biol.Assoc., India, v. 14, p. 263.

O'Sullivan, D., (1983), A guide to the pelagic tunicates of the Southern Ocean and adjacent waters: Antarctic Division, Kingston (Australia): Kingston (Australia), ANTARCTIC DIVISION.

Van Soest, R. W. M., (1981), A Monograph of the Order Pyrosomatida (Tunicata, Thaliacea): Journal of Plankton Research, v. 3, p. 603.

Soest, R. W. M. v., (1979), Revised classification of the order Pyrosomatida (Tunicata, Thaliacea), with the description of a new genus: Steenstrupia, 5(11), 197-217.

 

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Daponte, M. C., F. L. Capitanio, and G. B. Esnal, (1998), Doliolids (Tunicata, Thaliacea) off the Argentine coasts: Physis.Secciones A, B y C.Buenos Aires, v. 55, p. 17.

Esnal, G. B., and L. C. Simone, (1982), Doliolids (Tunicata, Thaliacea) from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea: Physis.Secciones A, B y C, v. 40, p. 51.

Godeaux, J., (1972), (Pelagic tunicates of the Indian Ocean): J.Mar.Biol.Assoc., India, v. 14, p. 263.

Godeaux, J. E. A., (1998), The genus Doliolina (Thaliacea: Doliolida): Journal of Plankton Research, v. 20, p. 1757.

Godeaux, J. E. A., and G. R. Harbison, (2003), On Some Pelagic Doliolid Tunicates (Thaliacea, Doliolida) Collected by a Submersible Off the Eastern Northamerican Coast: Bulletin of Marine Science, v. 72, p. 589.

O'Sullivan, D., (1983), A guide to the pelagic tunicates of the Southern Ocean and adjacent waters: Antarctic Division, Kingston (Australia): Kingston (Australia), ANTARCTIC DIVISION.

Zagorodnyuk, I. V., and V. V. Pokin'chereda, (1997), Unifikatsiya nauchnykh nazvaniy vysshikh taksonov khordovykh zhivotnykh; Chordozoa, Animalia. Standardization of scientific names of chordate taxonomy; Chordozoa, Animalia: Dopovidi Natsional'noyi Akademiyi Nauk Ukrayini.Matematika, Prirodoznavstvo, Tekhnichni Nauki, v. 1997, p. 160.

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Ramírez, F.C.; De Vreese, P. 1976. Consideraciones sobre Sálpidos del sector Antártico Argentino y adyacencias; resultados de las campañas Oceantar I y II. Buenos Aires: Instituto Antártico Argentino. Dirección Nacional del Antártico. Contribución Instituto Antártico Argentino 192, 17 p.
Contr. Nº: 287

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