WoRMS taxon details
Limnocalanus Sars G.O., 1863
157673 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157673)
accepted
Genus
Limnocalanus macrurus macrurus Sars G.O., 1863 accepted as Limnocalanus macrurus Sars G.O., 1863 (type by original designation)
Gigantella Ekman, 1905 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Limnocalanus johanseni Marsh, 1920
- Species Limnocalanus macrurus Sars G.O., 1863
- Species Limnocalanus grimaldii (Guerne, 1886) accepted as Limnocalanus macrurus grimaldii (Guerne, 1886) accepted as Limnocalanus macrurus Sars G.O., 1863
- Species Limnocalanus michaelseni (Mrázek, 1901) accepted as Limnocalanus sarsi Daday, 1901 accepted as Parabroteas sarsi (Daday, 1901)
- Species Limnocalanus sarsi Daday, 1901 accepted as Parabroteas sarsi (Daday, 1901)
- Species Limnocalanus sinensis Poppe, 1889 accepted as Sinocalanus sinensis (Poppe, 1889)
- Species Limnocalanus solstitialis (Brehm, 1923) accepted as Sinocalanus solstitialis Brehm, 1923
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Sars, G.O. (1863). Oversigt af de indenlandske Ferskvandcopepoder. [Overview of the domestic Freshwater Copepods.]. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiana.</em> 1862:212-262., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44339019 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Limnocalanus Sars G.O., 1863. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157673 on 2026-08-29
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Nomenclature
original description
Sars, G.O. (1863). Oversigt af de indenlandske Ferskvandcopepoder. [Overview of the domestic Freshwater Copepods.]. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiana.</em> 1862:212-262., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44339019 [details]
original description (of Gigantella Ekman, 1905) Ekman, S. (1905). Cladoceren und Copepoden aus Antarktischen und subantarktischen Binnengewässern gesammelt von der Schwedischen Antarktischen Expedition 1901-1903. [Cladocera and copepods from Antarctic and subantarctic inland waters collected by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901-1903.]. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnissen der schwedischen Südpolarexpedition 1901-1903, Stockholm.</em> 5(4):1-40, pls.1-3. [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
original description (of Gigantella Ekman, 1905) Ekman, S. (1905). Cladoceren und Copepoden aus Antarktischen und subantarktischen Binnengewässern gesammelt von der Schwedischen Antarktischen Expedition 1901-1903. [Cladocera and copepods from Antarctic and subantarctic inland waters collected by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901-1903.]. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnissen der schwedischen Südpolarexpedition 1901-1903, Stockholm.</em> 5(4):1-40, pls.1-3. [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
Other
additional source
Holmquist, C. (1970). The genus Limnocalanus (Crustacea, Copepoda). Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutions-Forschung 8(4): 273-296, figs. 1-9. (xii-1970). [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Lindquist, A. (1961). Über die Morphologie und Biologie von Limnocalanus im Ostseebecken. [On the morphology and biology of Limnocalanus in the Baltic Sea Basin]. <em>Akademisk Afhandling, Stockholm.</em> 10:1-10. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lindquist, A. (1961). Untersuchungen an Limnocalanus (Copepoda, Calanoida). [Investigations on Limnocalanus (Copepoda, Calanoida).]. <em>Report of the Fisheries Research Board Sweden, Institute of Marine Research, Lysekil, Series Biology.</em> 13: 1-124, figs. 1-22, tabs. 1-10, appendices. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Schacht, F.W. (1898). The North American Centropagidae belonging to the genera Osphranticum, Limnocalanus, and Epischura. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History 5(4):225-270. [details]
[request]additional source Lindquist, A. (1961). Über die Morphologie und Biologie von Limnocalanus im Ostseebecken. [On the morphology and biology of Limnocalanus in the Baltic Sea Basin]. <em>Akademisk Afhandling, Stockholm.</em> 10:1-10. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lindquist, A. (1961). Untersuchungen an Limnocalanus (Copepoda, Calanoida). [Investigations on Limnocalanus (Copepoda, Calanoida).]. <em>Report of the Fisheries Research Board Sweden, Institute of Marine Research, Lysekil, Series Biology.</em> 13: 1-124, figs. 1-22, tabs. 1-10, appendices. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Schacht, F.W. (1898). The North American Centropagidae belonging to the genera Osphranticum, Limnocalanus, and Epischura. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History 5(4):225-270. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Gigantella 
(from synonym Gigantella Ekman, 1905)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Limnocalanus
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Limnocalanus)
To Genbank
To ITIS
(from synonym Gigantella Ekman, 1905)3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Limnocalanus
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Limnocalanus)
To Genbank
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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