Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Temora discaudata Giesbrecht, 1889

copépodo, Copepod

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Copepoda

Order
Calanoida

Family
Temoridae

Genus
Temora

Species
discaudata

Taxon category: Accepted

Distribution

Distribution: Southeastern zone: San Cristóbal, Española, Floreana

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, Temora discaudata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8931. Accessed 14 June 2025.