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Calanus Leach, 1816

Calanus finmarchicus, Calanus glacialis and Calanus hyperboreus

AphiaID

104152 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104152)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770) (type by original designation)

Parent

Calanidae Dana, 1849

Orig. name

Calanus Leach, 1816

Direct children (24)

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Species Calanus chilensis Brodsky, 1959
Species Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770)
Species Calanus glacialis Jaschnov, 1955
Species Calanus helgolandicus (Claus, 1863)
Species Calanus hyperboreus Krøyer, 1838
Species Calanus marshallae Frost, 1974
Species Calanus pacificus Brodsky, 1948
Species Calanus propinquus Brady, 1883
Species Calanus simillimus Giesbrecht, 1902
Species Calanus brevicornis Lubbock, 1856 accepted as Calanoides brevicornis (Lubbock, 1856)
Species Calanus caroli Giesbrecht, 1888 accepted as Cosmocalanus caroli (Giesbrecht, 1888) (basionym)
Species Calanus cristatus Krøyer, 1848 accepted as Neocalanus cristatus (Krøyer, 1848)
Species Calanus darwinii (Lubbock, 1860) accepted as Cosmocalanus darwinii (Lubbock, 1860) represented as Cosmocalanus darwinii darwinii (Lubbock, 1860)
Species Calanus gracilis Dana, 1852-1853 accepted as Neocalanus gracilis (Dana, 1852)
Species Calanus minor (Claus, 1863) accepted as Nannocalanus minor (Claus, 1863)
Species Calanus pauper Giesbrecht, 1888 accepted as Canthocalanus pauper (Giesbrecht, 1888)
Species Calanus plumchrus Marukawa, 1921 accepted as Neocalanus plumchrus (Marukawa, 1921)
Species Calanus princeps Brady, 1883 accepted as Elenacalanus princeps (Brady, 1883)
Species Calanus robustior Giesbrecht, 1888 accepted as Neocalanus robustior (Giesbrecht, 1888)
Species Calanus tenuicornis Dana, 1849 accepted as Mesocalanus tenuicornis (Dana, 1849)
Species Calanus tonsus Brady, 1883 accepted as Neocalanus tonsus (Brady, 1883)
Species Calanus valgus Brady, 1883 accepted as Nannocalanus minor (Claus, 1863)
Species Calanus vulgaris (Dana, 1849) accepted as Undinula vulgaris (Dana, 1849)
Species Calanus australis Brodsky, 1959 represented as Calanus australis australis Brodsky, 1959

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Leach, W.E. (1816). Annulosa. In Book Series: Encyclopedia Britannica, vol 1 of 5, supplement to the fourth, fifth and sixth editions. 1(2): 401-453, pls. 20-26. (June1816)., available online at https://digital.nls.uk/encyclopaedia-britannica/archive/193057498 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2024). World of Copepods Database. Calanus Leach, 1816. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104152 on 2024-04-23

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Calanus Leach, 1816. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104152 on 2024-04-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Boxshall, Geoff

2008-08-06 13:32:15Z

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Walter, T. Chad

2015-04-13 18:46:02Z

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Walter, T. Chad

2015-09-29 10:46:35Z

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Walter, T. Chad

2020-11-02 17:31:24Z

changed

Walter, T. Chad

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original description Leach, W.E. (1816). Annulosa. In Book Series: Encyclopedia Britannica, vol 1 of 5, supplement to the fourth, fifth and sixth editions. 1(2): 401-453, pls. 20-26. (June1816)., available online at https://digital.nls.uk/encyclopaedia-britannica/archive/193057498 [details]

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 Brodsky, K.A. (1972). Phylogeny of the fam. Calanidae (Copepoda) on the basis of comparative morphological analysis of its characters. Filogeniya semeistva Calanidae (Copepoda) na osnove sravnitel'no-morfologicheskogo analiza priznakov. In: Geograficheskaya i Sezonnaya Izmenchivost' Morskogo Planktona (Geographical and Seasonal Variability of Marine Planktonic Organisms.). Issledovaniya Fauny Morei (Explorations of the Fauna of the Seas). 12(20):5-110, figs. 1-123, tabs. 1-21. (Russian.). (1975 English translation 127 pp.). [details] Available for editors

additional source Brodsky, K.A. (1964). Distribution and some morphological features of the Antarctic species of the genus Calanus (Copepoda). Rasprostranenie i nekotorye morfologicheskie osobennosti Antarkticheskikh vidov roda Calanus (Copepoda). In: Res. Biol. Issled. Sov. Antarkt. Ekped.(1955-1958 gg), 2, Moskva, Akad. Nauk SSSR, Zool. Inst. Issledovaniya Fauny Morei 2(10):189-251, figs. 1-32, tabs. (Russian.) [details] Available for editors

additional source Brodsky, K.A. (1967). Types of female genitalia and heterogenity in the genus Calanus (Copepoda). Tipy genitalii samki i geterogennost' roda Calanus (Copepoda). Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. 176:222-225, figs. 1-2. (Russian, translation in:Dokl. (Proc.) Acad. Sci. USSS, Biol. Sci. Sect. [details] Available for editors

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