WoRMS name details
Megacalanus longicornis (Sars G.O., 1905)
149732 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:149732)
unaccepted (synonym according to Bradford-Grieve, 1994)
Species
Macrocalanus longicornis Sars G.O., 1905 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Wolfenden, R.N. (1904). Notes on the Copepoda of the North Atlantic Sea and the Faröe Channel. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom n. ser. 7:110-146, fig. 1, pl. 9. (iv-1904), available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400072805 [details] 
(of Macrocalanus longicornis Sars G.O., 1905) Sars, G.O. (1905). Liste préliminaire des Calanoides recueillis pendant les campagnes de S.A.S. le Prince Albert de Monaco, avec diagnoses des genres et des espéces nouvelles. (1 re partie). [Preliminary list of Calanoides collected during the campaigns of H.S.H. Prince Albert of Monaco, with diagnoses of the genera and new species. (Part 1).]. <em>Bulletin du Musée Océanographique de Monaco.</em> 26:1-22. (20-iii-1905).
page(s): 7 [details]
(of Macrocalanus longicornis Sars G.O., 1905) Sars, G.O. (1905). Liste préliminaire des Calanoides recueillis pendant les campagnes de S.A.S. le Prince Albert de Monaco, avec diagnoses des genres et des espéces nouvelles. (1 re partie). [Preliminary list of Calanoides collected during the campaigns of H.S.H. Prince Albert of Monaco, with diagnoses of the genera and new species. (Part 1).]. <em>Bulletin du Musée Océanographique de Monaco.</em> 26:1-22. (20-iii-1905).
page(s): 7 [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Megacalanus longicornis (Sars G.O., 1905). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=149732 on 2026-08-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Wolfenden, R.N. (1904). Notes on the Copepoda of the North Atlantic Sea and the Faröe Channel. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom n. ser. 7:110-146, fig. 1, pl. 9. (iv-1904), available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400072805 [details]
original description (of Macrocalanus longicornis Sars G.O., 1905) Sars, G.O. (1905). Liste préliminaire des Calanoides recueillis pendant les campagnes de S.A.S. le Prince Albert de Monaco, avec diagnoses des genres et des espéces nouvelles. (1 re partie). [Preliminary list of Calanoides collected during the campaigns of H.S.H. Prince Albert of Monaco, with diagnoses of the genera and new species. (Part 1).]. <em>Bulletin du Musée Océanographique de Monaco.</em> 26:1-22. (20-iii-1905).
page(s): 7 [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
original description (of Macrocalanus longicornis Sars G.O., 1905) Sars, G.O. (1905). Liste préliminaire des Calanoides recueillis pendant les campagnes de S.A.S. le Prince Albert de Monaco, avec diagnoses des genres et des espéces nouvelles. (1 re partie). [Preliminary list of Calanoides collected during the campaigns of H.S.H. Prince Albert of Monaco, with diagnoses of the genera and new species. (Part 1).]. <em>Bulletin du Musée Océanographique de Monaco.</em> 26:1-22. (20-iii-1905).
page(s): 7 [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Wilson, C. B. (1936). Plankton of the Bermuda Oceanographic Expeditions IV. Notes on Copepoda . Zoologica Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society , New York, 21(7): 89-93, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.203698 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Baessa de Aguiar, O. (1987). Contribuiçao para o reconhecimento dos copépodes marinhos da costa ocidental de Africa, entre Sao Tomé e Cabo Frio. II. [Contribution to the recognition of marine copepods on the west coast of Africa, between Sao Tome and Cabo Frio. II.]. <em>Garcia de Orta, Série de Zoologia, Lisbon.</em> 14(1):39-52, figs. 1-8. (French summary.). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Miller, C.B. (2002). A variant form of Megacalanus longicornis (Copepoda: Megacalanidae) from deep waters off southern California. <em>In: Lee, C.E., S. Strom & J. Yen, (eds.). Progress in Zooplankton Biology: Ecology, and Behavior, Hydrobiologia, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands, 207pp.</em> 480:129-143., available online at https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1021245320351 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Sewell, R.B.S. (1929). The Copepoda of Indian Seas. Calanoida. <em>Memoirs of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 10:1-221, figs. 1-81. (xii-1929). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source 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. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Bermuda) Wilson, C. B. (1936). Plankton of the Bermuda Oceanographic Expeditions IV. Notes on Copepoda . Zoologica Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society , New York, 21(7): 89-93, available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/p.203698 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Baessa de Aguiar, O. (1987). Contribuiçao para o reconhecimento dos copépodes marinhos da costa ocidental de Africa, entre Sao Tomé e Cabo Frio. II. [Contribution to the recognition of marine copepods on the west coast of Africa, between Sao Tome and Cabo Frio. II.]. <em>Garcia de Orta, Série de Zoologia, Lisbon.</em> 14(1):39-52, figs. 1-8. (French summary.). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Miller, C.B. (2002). A variant form of Megacalanus longicornis (Copepoda: Megacalanidae) from deep waters off southern California. <em>In: Lee, C.E., S. Strom & J. Yen, (eds.). Progress in Zooplankton Biology: Ecology, and Behavior, Hydrobiologia, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands, 207pp.</em> 480:129-143., available online at https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1021245320351 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sewell, R.B.S. (1929). The Copepoda of Indian Seas. Calanoida. <em>Memoirs of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 10:1-221, figs. 1-81. (xii-1929). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source 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. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
