BeRMS taxon details
Pseudocalanus Boeck, 1873
104165 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104165)
accepted
Genus
Pseudocalanus elongatus (Brady, 1865) (type by original designation)
Clausia Boeck, 1865 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Boeck, A. (1873). Nye Slaegter og Arter af Saltvands-Copepoder. [New Genera and Species of Saltwater Copepods. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1872:35-60. [meddelt i modet den: announced in the fashion for 1872]. [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Pseudocalanus Boeck, 1873. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards) Belgian Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104165 on 2026-08-01
VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards). Belgian Register of Marine Species. Pseudocalanus Boeck, 1873. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104165 on 2026-08-01
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Boeck, A. (1873). Nye Slaegter og Arter af Saltvands-Copepoder. [New Genera and Species of Saltwater Copepods. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1872:35-60. [meddelt i modet den: announced in the fashion for 1872]. [details]
original description (of Clausia Boeck, 1865) Boeck, A. (1865). Oversigt over de ved Norges Kyster jagttagne Copepoder henhorende til Calanidernes, Cyclopidernes og Harpactidernes Familier. [Overview of the Copepods hunted on the coast of Norway belonging to the families Calanoidae, Cyclopoidae and Harpacticodidae.]. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1864: 226-282 [for 1864 however published in 1865]. [details]
basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Robins, J.H. & I.A. McLaren. (1982). Unusual variations in nuclear DNA contents in the marine copepod Pseudocalanus. <em>Canadian Journal of Genetics and Cytology.</em> 24(5):529-540, figs. 1-5, tabs. 1-2. (French summary)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/g82-056 [details] Available for editors
additional source Corkett, C.J. & I.A. McLaren. (1978). The biology of Pseudocalanus. Advances in Marine Biology 15:1-231, figs. 1-42, tabs. 1-28. [details] Available for editors
additional source Mauchline, J. (1988). Taxonomic value of pore pattern in the integument of calanoid copepods (Crustacea). Journal of Zoology, London 214(4):697-749., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1988.tb03768.x [details] Available for editors
additional source McLaren, I.A. (1965). Some relationships between temperature and egg size, body size, development rate and fecundity, of the copepod Pseudocalanus. Limnology and Oceanography 10(4):528-538., available online at https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.1965.10.4.0528 [details] Available for editors
additional source Aarbakke, O.N.S. (2013). Pseudocalanus (Copepoda: Calanoida) of the North Atlantic Ocean : species composition, environmental preferences and phylogeography. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway (UIT), Tromsø, Norway.</em> 34 pp. [details] Available for editors
additional source Woods, S.M. (1969). Polyteny and size variation in the copepod, Pseudocalanus, from two semi-landlocked fjords in Baffin Island. <em>Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada.</em> 26(3):543-556, figs. 1-8, tabs. 1-3. (iii-1969)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/f69-052 [details] Available for editors
additional source ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]
original description (of Clausia Boeck, 1865) Boeck, A. (1865). Oversigt over de ved Norges Kyster jagttagne Copepoder henhorende til Calanidernes, Cyclopidernes og Harpactidernes Familier. [Overview of the Copepods hunted on the coast of Norway belonging to the families Calanoidae, Cyclopoidae and Harpacticodidae.]. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1864: 226-282 [for 1864 however published in 1865]. [details]
basis of record Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Robins, J.H. & I.A. McLaren. (1982). Unusual variations in nuclear DNA contents in the marine copepod Pseudocalanus. <em>Canadian Journal of Genetics and Cytology.</em> 24(5):529-540, figs. 1-5, tabs. 1-2. (French summary)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/g82-056 [details] Available for editors
additional source Corkett, C.J. & I.A. McLaren. (1978). The biology of Pseudocalanus. Advances in Marine Biology 15:1-231, figs. 1-42, tabs. 1-28. [details] Available for editors
additional source Mauchline, J. (1988). Taxonomic value of pore pattern in the integument of calanoid copepods (Crustacea). Journal of Zoology, London 214(4):697-749., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1988.tb03768.x [details] Available for editors
additional source McLaren, I.A. (1965). Some relationships between temperature and egg size, body size, development rate and fecundity, of the copepod Pseudocalanus. Limnology and Oceanography 10(4):528-538., available online at https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.1965.10.4.0528 [details] Available for editors
additional source Aarbakke, O.N.S. (2013). Pseudocalanus (Copepoda: Calanoida) of the North Atlantic Ocean : species composition, environmental preferences and phylogeography. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway (UIT), Tromsø, Norway.</em> 34 pp. [details] Available for editors
additional source Woods, S.M. (1969). Polyteny and size variation in the copepod, Pseudocalanus, from two semi-landlocked fjords in Baffin Island. <em>Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada.</em> 26(3):543-556, figs. 1-8, tabs. 1-3. (iii-1969)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/f69-052 [details] Available for editors
additional source ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | プセウドカラヌス属 | [details] |
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Clausia Boeck 
(from synonym Clausia Boeck, 1865)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Pseudocalanus
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Clausia) (from synonym Clausia Boeck, 1865)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Clausia) (from synonym Clausia Boeck, 1865)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pseudocalanus)
To Genbank
To ITIS
(from synonym Clausia Boeck, 1865)3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Pseudocalanus
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To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Clausia) (from synonym Clausia Boeck, 1865)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Clausia) (from synonym Clausia Boeck, 1865)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pseudocalanus)
To Genbank
To ITIS
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