Maxillopoda - Copepoda
MONSTRILLOIDA
RODRIGO JOHNSSON
Museu Nacional
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Family Monstrillidae Dana, 1849
Genus Cymbasoma Thompson, 1888
Cymbasoma rigidum Thompson, 1888
Synonymy: Grygier, 1995: 74.
Description and diagnosis: Thompson, 1888: 154.
References: Dias, 1994: 29 (as Thaumaleus rigidum).
Geographic distribution: Cosmopolitan. Brazil (without detailed locality).
Genus Monstrilla Dana, 1849
Monstrilla grandis Giesbrecht, 1891
Synonymy: Grygier, 1995: 66.
Description and diagnosis: Giesbrecht, 1891: 476.
References: Dias, 1994: 29.
Geographic distribution: Cosmopolitan. Brazil (without detailed locality).
Comments: Some authors attributed this species to the genus Strilloma. However Huys & Boxshall (1991) considered the genus too poorly characterized to be useful.
Monstrilla rugosa Davis, 1947
Description and diagnosis: Davis, 1947: 391.
References: Dias, 1994: 29; Duarte & Resgalla, 1996: 65.
Geographic distribution: Gulf of Mexico (USA) and Brazil (without detailed locality).
Genus Monstrillopsis Sars, 1921
Monstrillopsis dubia (Scott, 1904)
Synonymy: Sars, 1921: 26; Grygier, 1995: 63.
Description and diagnosis: Scott, 1904: 247.
References: Dias, 1994: 29 (as Monstrilla dubia).
Geographic distribution: North Atlantic and Southwestern Atlantic. Brazil (without detailed locality).
Monstrillopsis reticulata (Davis, 1949)
Synonymy: Grygier, 1995: 73.
Description and diagnosis: Davis, 1949: 251.
References: Dias, 1994: 29 (as Monstrilla reticulata).
Geographic distribution: USA (Florida), Burma, and Brazil (without detailed locality).
Genus Thaumaleus Kroyer, 1849
Thaumaleus longispinosus (Bourne, 1890)
Synonymy: Grygier, 1995: 70.
Description and diagnosis: Bourne, 1890: 565.
References: Dias, 1994: 29; Duarte & Resgalla, 1996: 65.
Geographic distribution: Cosmopolitan. Brazil (without detailed locality).
Comments: Some authors considered this species as a member of Cymbasoma, however Huys & Boxshall (1991) accepted Thaumaleus as valid.
Thaumaleus quadridens (Davis, 1947)
Synonymy: Grygier, 1995: 73.
Description and diagnosis: Davis, 1947: 393.
References: Dias, 1994: 29.
Geographic distribution: Gulf of Mexico and Brazil (without detailed locality).
References
Bourne, G.C. 1890. Notes on the genus Monstrilla Dana. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, New Series 30(4): 565-578.
Davis, C.C. 1947. Two monstrilloids from Biscayne Bay, Florida. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 66(4): 390-395.
Davis, C.C. 1949. A preliminary revision of the Monstrilloida, with descriptions of two new species. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 68(3): 245-255.
Dias, C.O. 1994. Ocorrência de copépodes Monstrilloida (Crustacea) na costa brasileira. XX Congresso Brasileiro de Zoologia, Abstracts, Rio de Janeiro: 29.
Duarte, A.K. & Resgalla Jr., C. 1996. Novo registro para duas espécies de crustáceos marinhos (Coepoda: Mostrilloida) na região sul do Brasil. XXI Congresso Brasileiro de Zoologia, Abstracts, Porto Alegre: 65.
Giesbrecht, W. 1891. Elenco dei Copepodi pelagici raccolti dal tenente di vascello Gaetano Chierchia durante il viaggio della R. Corvetta “Vettor Pisani” negli anni 1882-1885, e del tenente di vascello Francesco Orsini nel Mar Rosso, nel 1884. Rendiconti delle Sedute della R. Accademia dei Lincei 7: 474-481.
Grygier, M.J. 1995. Annotated chronological bibliography of Monstrilloida (Crustacea: Copepoda). Galaxea 12: 1-82.
Huys, R. & Boxshall, G.A. 1991. Copepod Evolution. Ray Society 159, London, 468 pp.
Sars, G.O. 1921. An account of the Crustacea of Norway with short descriptions and figures of all the species. VIII. Copepoda Monstrilloida and Notodelphyoida. Bergen Museum, Bergen, 91 pp.
Scott, T. 1904. Notes on some rare and interesting marine Crustacea. Twenty-second Annual Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland, Being for the Year 1903. Part III. Scientific Investigations: 242-260.
Thompson, I.C. 1888. Copepoda of Madeira and the Canary Islands, with descriptions of new genera and species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London (Zoology) 20: 145-156.
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