Galapagos Species Database

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Lucicutia flavicornis (Claus, 1863)

Copépodo, Copepod

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Copepoda

Order
Calanoida

Family
Lucicutiidae

Genus
Lucicutia

Species
flavicornis

Taxon category: Accepted

Synonymised names Leuckartia flavicornis Claus, 1863 (synonym) Lucicutia flavicomis (lapsus calami) Rudolfia flavicornis (Claus, 1863) (synonym)

Distribution

Distribution: Central zone: Santa Cruz, Santiago, Pinta

References

  • Diego F. Figueroa (2021) Environmental forcing on zooplankton distribution in the coastal waters of the Galápagos Islands: spatial and seasonal patterns in the copepod community structure Vol. 661: 49–69, 2021 https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13617 https://www.int-res.com/articles/meps_oa/m661p049.pdf
  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Lucicutia flavicornis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18930. Accessed 3 April 2026.