WoRMS name details
Macrocalanus Sars G.O., 1905
347438 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:347438)
unaccepted (synonym)
Genus
Macrocalanus longicornis Sars G.O., 1905 accepted as Megacalanus longicornis (Sars G.O., 1905) accepted as Megacalanus princeps Wolfenden, 1904 represented as Megacalanus princeps princeps Wolfenden, 1904 (type by original designation)
- Species Macrocalanus longicornis Sars G.O., 1905 accepted as Megacalanus longicornis (Sars G.O., 1905) accepted as Megacalanus princeps Wolfenden, 1904 represented as Megacalanus princeps princeps Wolfenden, 1904 (synonym)
- Species Macrocalanus princeps Sars G.O., 1905 accepted as Megacalanus princeps Wolfenden, 1904 represented as Megacalanus princeps princeps Wolfenden, 1904 (unaccepted > unjustified emendation, Sars, 1905 did not describe this species)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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).
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Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Macrocalanus Sars G.O., 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=347438 on 2025-11-10
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Nomenclature
original description
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]
page(s): 7 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Bradford-Grieve, J.M., L. Blanco-Bercial & G.A. Boxshall. (2017). Revision of Family Megacalanidae (Copepoda: Calanoida). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4229(1):1-183., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4229.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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