Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Lucicutia ovalis (Giesbrecht, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104609 on 2026-04-17
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Die marinen Copepoden der Deutschen Südpolar Expedition 1901-1903. II. Die pelagischen Copepoden der Westwinddrift und des südlichen Eismeers mit Beschreibung mehrerer neuer Arten aus dem Atlantischen Ozean. [The marine copepods of the German South Polar Expedition 1901-1903. II. The pelagic copepods of the Westwind Drift and the Southern Polar Sea with descriptions of several new species from the Atlantic Ocean.]
Wolfenden, R.N. (1911). Die marinen Copepoden der Deutschen Südpolar Expedition 1901-1903. II. Die pelagischen Copepoden der Westwinddrift und des südlichen Eismeers mit Beschreibung mehrerer neuer Arten aus dem Atlantischen Ozean. [The marine copepods of the German South Polar Expedition 1901-1903. II. The pelagic copepods of the Westwind Drift and the Southern Polar Sea with descriptions of several new species from the Atlantic Ocean.]. Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. 12(Zoologie 4)(4):181-380, pls. 22-41, figs. 1-82. (iv-1911) [V SIL f QL444 .C7W85].
Veslonogie rachki (Calanoida) dalnevostochnykh morei SSSR i pol'yarnogo basseina.[Calanoida of the far-eastern seas and polar basin of the USSR. ]
Brodsky, K.A. (1950). Veslonogie rachki (Calanoida) dalnevostochnykh morei SSSR i pol'yarnogo basseina.[Calanoida of the far-eastern seas and polar basin of the USSR. ]. Opredeliteli po Faune SSSR, Nauka, Leningrad. 35:1-442, figs. 1-306. (Russian).[ for English translation see Brodsky, 1967].
Elenco dei Copepodi pelagici raccolti dal Tenente di vascello Gaetano Chierchia durante il viaggio della R. Corvetta 'Vettor Pisani' negli anni 1882-1885 e dal Tenente di vascello Francesco Orsini nel Mar Rosso, nel 1884. [List of pelagic copepods collected by Lieutenant Gaetano Chierchia during the voyage of the Royal Corvette 'Vettor Pisani' in the years 1882-1885 and by Lieutenant Francesco Orsini in the Red Sea, in 1884.]
Giesbrecht, W. (1889). Elenco dei Copepodi pelagici raccolti dal Tenente di vascello Gaetano Chierchia durante il viaggio della R. Corvetta 'Vettor Pisani' negli anni 1882-1885 e dal Tenente di vascello Francesco Orsini nel Mar Rosso, nel 1884. [List of pelagic copepods collected by Lieutenant Gaetano Chierchia during the voyage of the Royal Corvette 'Vettor Pisani' in the years 1882-1885 and by Lieutenant Francesco Orsini in the Red Sea, in 1884.]. Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali Rendiconti. (4)5 sem. 1:811-815; sem. 2:24-29.
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)
Copepods of the Sargasso Sea off Bermuda: species composition, and vertical and seasonal distribution between the surface and 2000 m.
Deevey, G.B. & A.L. Brooks. (1977). Copepods of the Sargasso Sea off Bermuda: species composition, and vertical and seasonal distribution between the surface and 2000 m. Bulletin of Marine Science 27(2):256-291, figs. 1-14, tabs. 1-7. (iv-1977)
Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 252-268
Bathypelagic calanoid copepods of the western Indian Ocean.
Grice, G.D. & K. Hulsemann. (1967). Bathypelagic calanoid copepods of the western Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 122(3583):1-67, figs. 1-319.
The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Pelagic Calanoid Copepoda: Bathypontiidae, Arietellidae, Augaptilidae, Heterorhabdidae, Lucicutiidae, Metrodinidae, Phyllopodidae, Centropagidae, Pseudodiaptomidae, Temoridae, Candaciidae, Pontellidae, Sulcanidae, Acartiidae, Tortanidae.
Bradford-Grieve, J.M. (1999). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Pelagic Calanoid Copepoda: Bathypontiidae, Arietellidae, Augaptilidae, Heterorhabdidae, Lucicutiidae, Metrodinidae, Phyllopodidae, Centropagidae, Pseudodiaptomidae, Temoridae, Candaciidae, Pontellidae, Sulcanidae, Acartiid National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) Biodiversity Memoir, Wellington 111:1-268.
A revision of the genus Lucicutia (Copepoda: Calanoida) with a key to its species.
Hulsemann, K. (1966). A revision of the genus Lucicutia (Copepoda: Calanoida) with a key to its species. Bulletin of Marine Science 16(4):702-747, figs. 1-126, tabs. 1-2.
The pelagic copepods of the Izu region, Middle Japan. Systematic account IX. Families Centropagidae, Pseudodiaptomidae, Temoridae, Metridiidae and Lucicutiidae.
Tanaka, O. (1963). The pelagic copepods of the Izu region, Middle Japan. Systematic account IX. Families Centropagidae, Pseudodiaptomidae, Temoridae, Metridiidae and Lucicutiidae. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 11(1):7-55, figs. 152-174. (20-vii-1963)
Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin.
Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.).
Free-living Copepoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico.
Suárez-Morales, E., J.W. Fleeger & P.A. Montagna. (2009). Free-living Copepoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D. L. & D.K. Camp [Eds]. Gulf of Mexico: origin, waters, and biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 1393 pp. Chapter pagination: 841-869.
[Checklist of marine biota of China seas]
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A fjord-like tropical ecosystem, Pacific coast of Costa Rica: overview of research in Golfo Dulce.
Vargas-Zamora, J.A., E. Gómez-Ramírez & A. Morales-Ramírez. (2021). A fjord-like tropical ecosystem, Pacific coast of Costa Rica: overview of research in Golfo Dulce. Revista de Biología Tropical. 69(3), 773-796.
Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. Earth System Science Data. 9(1):99-113.
Distribution for Lucicutia ovalis (Giesbrecht, 1889) - European waters (ERMS scope)
Distribution for Lucicutia ovalis (Giesbrecht, 1889) - Gulf of Maine
Distribution for Lucicutia ovalis (Giesbrecht, 1889) - FAO fishing area 67
Distribution for Lucicutia ovalis (Giesbrecht, 1889) - North East Pacific
Distribution for Lucicutia ovalis (Giesbrecht, 1889) - New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
Taxon Description Body size for Taxon denoted by name 104609
Taxon Description Supporting structure & enclosure for Taxon denoted by name 1080
Taxon Description Body size (qualitative) for Taxon denoted by name 104609
Taxon Description Functional group for Taxon denoted by name 104609
Taxon Description Nomenclature code for Taxon denoted by name 2
Specification Context: Unit mm
Specification Context: Type minimum
Specification Context: Dimension length
Specification Context: Life stage adult
Specification Context: Sex male
Specification Context: Sex female
Specification Context: Type maximum
Specification Context: Structure Solid
Specification Context: Composition Chitinous
Specification Context: Locality (MRGID) 8455
Specification Context: Locality (MRGID) 7125