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Calanus Leach, 1816 
AphiaID: 104152

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Gymnoplea (Superorder) > Calanoida (Order) > Calanidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Calanidae Dana, 1849
Synonymised
taxa
  Daphinia Rafinesque, 1817 (synonym)
Diarthropus Brady, 1918 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: 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 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Ices Zooplankton sheet n° 32:Copepoda [details]

from synonym: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details] [view taxon]

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 Species Calanus aculeatus Brady, 1918
Species Calanus affinis Dana, 1849
Species Calanus agulhensis De Decker, Kaczmaruk & Marska, 1991
Species Calanus amaenus Dana, 1849
Species Calanus americanus Herrick, 1887
Species Calanus anglicus Lubbock, 1857
Species Calanus appressus Dana, 1849
Species Calanus arcticus Lubbock, 1854
Species Calanus chilensis Brodsky, 1959
Species Calanus communis Dana, 1849
Species Calanus comptus Dana, 1852
Species Calanus dorsalis (Rafinesque, 1817)
Species Calanus euxinus Hulsemann, 1991
Species Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770)
Species Calanus glacialis Jaschnov, 1955
Species Calanus helgolandicus (Claus, 1863)
Species Calanus hyperboreus Kroyer, 1838
Species Calanus jashnovi Hulsemann, 1994
Species Calanus longiremis (Claus, 1863)
Species Calanus marshallae Frost, 1974
Species Calanus nataliensis (Brady, 1914)
Species Calanus pacificus Brodsky, 1948
Species Calanus penicillatus Lubbock, 1856
Species Calanus propinquus Brady, 1883
Species Calanus simillimus Giesbrecht, 1902
Species Calanus sinicus Brodsky, 1962
Species Calanus torticornis (Brady, 1918)

Species Calanus ponticus Kritchagin, 1873 (species inquirenda)

Species Calanus caudatus Kroyer, 1848 (nomen dubium)
Species Calanus crassus Dana, 1849 (nomen dubium)
Species Calanus curtus Dana, 1849 (nomen dubium, Giesbrecht, 1893:329 believes this is Temora sp.)
Species Calanus danai Lubbock, 1860 (nomen dubium, Giesbrecht, 1893:329 believes this is Eucalanus sp.)
Species Calanus flavipes Dana, 1849 (nomen dubium, Giesbrecht, 1893:329 believes thi doubtful)
Species Calanus fonsecai Oliveira, 1945 (nomen dubium)
Species Calanus furcicaudus Dana, 1849 (nomen dubium, giesbrecht, 1893:329 believes thi doubtful)
Species Calanus inauritus Dana, 1849 (nomen dubium, giesbrecht, 1893:329 believes thi doubtful)
Species Calanus inconspicuus Lubbock, 1856 (nomen dubium, giesbrecht, 1893:329 believes thi doubtful)
Species Calanus levis Dana, 1849 (nomen dubium, giesbrecht, 1893:329 believes thi doubtful)
Species Calanus magellanicus Dana, 1849 (nomen dubium, giesbrecht, 1893:329 believes thi doubtful)
Species Calanus medius Dana, 1849 (nomen dubium, giesbrecht, 1893:329 believes thi doubtful)
Species Calanus nudus Dana, 1849 (nomen dubium, giesbrecht, 1893:329 believes thi doubtful)
Species Calanus pellucidus Dana, 1849 (nomen dubium, giesbrecht, 1893:329 believes this doubtful)
Species Calanus rotundatus Dana, 1849 (nomen dubium, Giesbrecht, 1893:301 believes this doubtful)
Species Calanus setuligerus Dana, 1849 (nomen dubium, Giesbrecht, 1893:301 believes this doubtful)
Species Calanus simplicicaudus Dana, 1849 (nomen dubium, Giesbrecht, 1893:301 believes this doubtful)

Species Calanus australis Brodsky, 1959 represented as Calanus australis australis Brodsky, 1959 (alternate representation)

Subgenus Calanus (Carinocalanus) Brodsky, 1972 accepted as Calanoides Brady, 1883
Species Calanus acutus Giesbrecht, 1902 accepted as Calanoides acutus (Giesbrecht, 1902)
Species Calanus arcuicornis Dana, 1849 accepted as Clausocalanus arcuicornis (Dana, 1849)
Species Calanus arietis Templeton, 1836 accepted as Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770)
Species Calanus attenuatus Dana, 1849 accepted as Eucalanus attenuatus (Dana, 1849) accepted as Pareucalanus attenuatus (Dana, 1849)
Species Calanus bellus Dana, 1849 accepted as Calanus vulgaris (Dana, 1849) accepted as Undinula vulgaris (Dana, 1849)
Species Calanus borealis Lubbock, 1854 accepted as Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770)
Species Calanus brevicornis Lubbock, 1856 accepted as Calanoides brevicornis (Lubbock, 1856)
Species Calanus carinatus Kroyer, 1849 accepted as Calanoides carinatus (Kroyer, 1849)
Species Calanus caroli Giesbrecht, 1888 accepted as Cosmocalanus caroli (Giesbrecht, 1888) accepted as Nannocalanus minor (Claus, 1863)
Species Calanus clausii Brady, 1865 accepted as Pseudocalanus elongatus (Boeck, 1865)
Species Calanus cornutus Dana, 1849 accepted as Rhincalanus cornutus (Dana, 1849)
Species Calanus cristatus Kroyer, 1848 accepted as Neocalanus cristatus (Krøyer, 1848)
Species Calanus darwinii (Lubbock, 1860) accepted as Cosmocalanus darwinii (Lubbock, 1860)
Species Calanus elegans Lubbock, 1854 accepted as Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770)
Species Calanus elongatus Dana, 1849 accepted as Eucalanus elongatus (Dana, 1848)
Species Calanus erythrochilus Leuckart, 1859 accepted as Eucalanus elongatus (Dana, 1848)
Species Calanus euchaeta Lubbock, 1857 accepted as Acartia longiremis (Lilljeborg, 1853) represented as Acartia (Acartiura) longiremis (Lilljeborg, 1853)
Species Calanus gracilis (Dana, 1852) accepted as Neocalanus gracilis (Dana, 1852)
Species Calanus latus Lubbock, 1856 accepted as Euchaeta pulchra Brady, 1883 accepted as Undeuchaeta plumosa (Lubbock, 1856)
Species Calanus lighti Bowman, 1955 accepted as Mesocalanus lighti (Bowman, 1955)
Species Calanus longus Lubbock, 1854 accepted as Metridia longa (Lubbock, 1854)
Species Calanus macrocarinatus Brodsky, 1972 accepted as Calanoides macrocarinatus (Brodsky, 1967)
Species Calanus magnus Lubbock, 1854 accepted as Calanus hyperboreus Kroyer, 1838
Species Calanus mastigophorus Claus, 1863 accepted as Clausocalanus arcuicornis (Dana, 1849)
Species Calanus minor (Claus, 1863) accepted as Nannocalanus minor (Claus, 1863)
Species Calanus minutus Kroyer, 1845 accepted as Pseudocalanus minutus (Krøyer, 1845)
Species Calanus mirabilis Lubbock, 1856 accepted as Eucalanus attenuatus (Dana, 1849) accepted as Pareucalanus attenuatus (Dana, 1849)
Species Calanus mundus Dana, 1849 accepted as Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770)
Species Calanus orientalis Marukawa, 1908 accepted as Undinula vulgaris (Dana, 1849)
Species Calanus parvus Claus, 1863 accepted as Paracalanus parvus (Claus, 1863)
Species Calanus patagoniensis (Brady, 1883) accepted as Calanoides patagoniensis Brady, 1883
Species Calanus pauper Giesbrecht, 1888 accepted as Canthocalanus pauper (Giesbrecht, 1888)
Species Calanus pavo Dana, 1852 accepted as Calocalanus pavo (Dana, 1852)
Species Calanus perspicax Dana, 1852 accepted as Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770)
Species Calanus plumchrus Marukawa, 1921 accepted as Neocalanus plumchrus (Marukawa, 1921)
Species Calanus plumosus Lubbock, 1854 accepted as Calanus hyperboreus Kroyer, 1838
Species Calanus plumulosus Claus, 1863 accepted as Calocalanus plumulosus (Claus, 1863)
Species Calanus princeps Brady, 1883 accepted as Megacalanus princeps Wolfenden, 1904 represented as Megacalanus princeps princeps Wolfenden, 1904
Species Calanus pygmaeus Claus, 1863 accepted as Paracalanus pygmaeus (Claus, 1863)
Species Calanus quinqueannulatus Kroyer, 1842 accepted as Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770)
Species Calanus ramosus Mori, 1929 accepted as Calanus darwinii (Lubbock, 1860) accepted as Cosmocalanus darwinii (Lubbock, 1860)
Species Calanus recticornis Dana, 1849 accepted as Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770)
Species Calanus robustior Giesbrecht, 1888 accepted as Neocalanus robustior (Giesbrecht, 1888)
Species Calanus rostrifrons Dana, 1849 accepted as Rhincalanus rostrifrons (Dana, 1849)
Species Calanus sanguineus Dana, 1849 accepted as Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770)
Species Calanus scutellatus Dana, 1849 accepted as Temora discaudata Giesbrecht, 1889
Species Calanus septentrionalis (Goodsir, 1843) accepted as Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770)
Species Calanus spitzbergensis Kroyer, 1843 accepted as Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770)
Species Calanus stylifer Dana, 1849 accepted as Temora stylifera (Dana, 1849)
Species Calanus synupuensis Kurasige, 1933 accepted as Calanus helgolandicus (Claus, 1863)
Species Calanus tenuicornis Dana, 1849 accepted as Mesocalanus tenuicornis (Dana, 1849)
Species Calanus tonsus Brady, 1883 accepted as Neocalanus tonsus (Brady, 1883)
Species Calanus turbinatus Dana, 1849 accepted as Temora turbinata (Dana, 1849)
Species Calanus valgus Brady, 1883 accepted as Nannocalanus minor (Claus, 1863)
Species Calanus vulgaris (Dana, 1849) accepted as Undinula vulgaris (Dana, 1849)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Canadian part of the Arctic Ocean [details]
Westerschelde [details]
Feedingtype  suspension feeder [details]
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Image 
Gilis (1957, figuur 1.2)
Gilis (1957, figuur 1.2)
added on 2012-07-25 - author: Anoniem in Gilis (1957)
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104152
Taxonomic
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Boxshall, Geoff
2008-08-06 13:32:15Z  changed  Walter, T. Chad
  
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  Citation: Walter, T. Chad; Boxshall, G. (2013). Calanus Leach, 1816. In: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2013). World of Copepods database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104152 on 2013-05-20
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