Copepoda taxon details
Xanthocalanus Giesbrecht, 1893
104204 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104204)
accepted
Genus
Xanthocalanus agilis Giesbrecht, 1893 (type by original designation)
Amallophora Scott T., 1894 · unaccepted (synonym transferred to...)
synonym transferred to xanthocalanus and other genera
- Species Xanthocalanus agilis Giesbrecht, 1893
- Species Xanthocalanus alvinae Grice & Hulsemann, 1970
- Species Xanthocalanus amabilis Tanaka, 1960
- Species Xanthocalanus antarcticus Wolfenden, 1908
- Species Xanthocalanus claviger (Scott T., 1909)
- Species Xanthocalanus cornifer (Tanaka, 1960)
- Species Xanthocalanus crassirostris (Tanaka, 1960)
- Species Xanthocalanus dilatus Grice, 1962
- Species Xanthocalanus echinatus Sars G.O., 1907
- Species Xanthocalanus fallax Sars G.O., 1921
- Species Xanthocalanus giesbrechti Thompson I.C., 1903
- Species Xanthocalanus gracilis Wolfenden, 1911
- Species Xanthocalanus harpagatus Bradford & Wells, 1983
- Species Xanthocalanus hirtipes Vanhöffen, 1897
- Species Xanthocalanus hispidus Grice & Hulsemann, 1967
- Species Xanthocalanus incertus Sars G.O., 1920
- Species Xanthocalanus irritans (Tanaka, 1960)
- Species Xanthocalanus kurilensis Brodsky, 1950
- Species Xanthocalanus legatus Tanaka, 1960
- Species Xanthocalanus longispinus Bradford-Grieve, 2004
- Species Xanthocalanus macilenta (Grice & Hulsemann, 1970)
- Species Xanthocalanus marlyae Campaner, 1978
- Species Xanthocalanus medius Tanaka, 1937
- Species Xanthocalanus meteorae Markhaseva & Schnack-Schiel, 2003
- Species Xanthocalanus minor Giesbrecht, 1893
- Species Xanthocalanus mixtus Sars G.O., 1920
- Species Xanthocalanus multispinus Chen & Zhang, 1975
- Species Xanthocalanus muticus Sars G.O., 1905
- Species Xanthocalanus obtusus Farran, 1905
- Species Xanthocalanus oculatus (Tanaka, 1960)
- Species Xanthocalanus pavlovskii Brodsky, 1955
- Species Xanthocalanus pectinatus Tanaka, 1960
- Species Xanthocalanus penicillatus Tanaka, 1960
- Species Xanthocalanus pinguis Farran, 1905
- Species Xanthocalanus polarsternae Markhaseva, 1998
- Species Xanthocalanus profundus Sars G.O., 1907
- Species Xanthocalanus propinquus Sars G.O., 1902
- Species Xanthocalanus pulcher Esterly, 1911
- Species Xanthocalanus quasiprofundus Vyshkvartzeva, 2002
- Species Xanthocalanus rotundus (Grice & Hulsemann, 1970)
- Species Xanthocalanus serratus (Tanaka, 1960)
- Species Xanthocalanus simplex Aurivillius, 1898
- Species Xanthocalanus spinodenticulatus Markhaseva, 1998
- Species Xanthocalanus squamatus Farran, 1936
- Species Xanthocalanus stewarti Bradford-Grieve, 2004
- Species Xanthocalanus subagilis Wolfenden, 1904
- Species Xanthocalanus tenuiremis Scott T., 1909
- Species Xanthocalanus tenuiserratus Wolfenden, 1911
- Species Xanthocalanus typicus (Scott T., 1894)
- Species Xanthocalanus alterus (Farran, 1929) accepted as Mixtocalanus alterus (Farran, 1929)
- Species Xanthocalanus atlanticus Wolfenden, 1904 accepted as Brachycalanus atlanticus (Wolfenden, 1904)
- Species Xanthocalanus borealis Sars G.O., 1900 accepted as Xanthocalanus hirtipes Vanhöffen, 1897
- Species Xanthocalanus brevicornis (Sars G.O., 1900) accepted as Scaphocalanus brevicornis (Sars G.O., 1900)
- Species Xanthocalanus calaminus Wolfenden, 1911 accepted as Talacalanus greenii (Farran, 1905)
- Species Xanthocalanus cristatus Wolfenden, 1904 accepted as Onchocalanus cristatus (Wolfenden, 1904)
- Species Xanthocalanus cryeri (Bradford-Grieve, 2005) accepted as Xantharus cryeri Bradford-Grieve, 2005 (incorrectly associated with xanthocalanus when it should be Xantharus)
- Species Xanthocalanus difficilis Grice & Hulsemann, 1965 accepted as Scolecitrichopsis difficilis (Grice & Hulsemann, 1965)
- Species Xanthocalanus distinctus Grice & Hulsemann, 1970 accepted as Scolecitrichopsis distinctus (Grice & Hulsemann, 1970)
- Species Xanthocalanus elegans (Wolfenden, 1911) accepted as Scaphocalanus elegans (Wolfenden, 1911)
- Species Xanthocalanus elongatus Grice & Hulsemann, 1970 accepted as Scolecitrichopsis elongatus (Grice & Hulsemann, 1970)
- Species Xanthocalanus fragilis Aurivillius, 1898 accepted as Xanthocalanus minor Giesbrecht, 1893
- Species Xanthocalanus globiceps (Farran, 1908) accepted as Amallophora globiceps (Farran, 1908)
- Species Xanthocalanus greeni Farran, 1905 accepted as Xanthocalanus greenii Farran, 1905 accepted as Talacalanus greenii (Farran, 1905)
- Species Xanthocalanus greenii Farran, 1905 accepted as Talacalanus greenii (Farran, 1905)
- Species Xanthocalanus groenlandicus Tupitzky, 1982 accepted as Tharybis groenlandicus (Tupitzky, 1982) represented as Tharybis groenlandica (Tupitzky, 1982)
- Species Xanthocalanus impar (Wolfenden, 1911) accepted as Scaphocalanus impar (Wolfenden, 1911)
- Species Xanthocalanus laptevorum Markhaseva, 1998 accepted as Byrathis laptevorum (Markhaseva, 1998)
- Species Xanthocalanus macrocephalon Grice & Hulsemann, 1970 accepted as Tharybis macrocephalon (Grice & Hulsemann, 1970) accepted as Byrathis macrocephalon (Grice & Hulsemann, 1970)
- Species Xanthocalanus magnus Wolfenden, 1906 accepted as Onchocalanus magnus (Wolfenden, 1906)
- Species Xanthocalanus maximus Brodsky, 1950 accepted as Talacalanus maximus (Brodsky, 1950)
- Species Xanthocalanus ordinarius Grice, 1973 accepted as Brachycalanus ordinarius (Grice, 1973)
- Species Xanthocalanus paraincertus Grice & Hulsemann, 1965 accepted as Brodskius robustipes (Grice & Hulsemann, 1965) (female holotype is B. robustipes, males referred to B. confusus)
- Species Xanthocalanus paululus Park, 1970 accepted as Brodskius paululus (Park, 1970)
- Species Xanthocalanus polaris Brodsky, 1950 accepted as Scolecitrichopsis polaris (Brodsky, 1950)
- Species Xanthocalanus robustus (Scott T., 1894) accepted as Amallothrix robusta (Scott T., 1894)
- Species Xanthocalanus similis Esterly, 1906 accepted as Onchocalanus cristatus (Wolfenden, 1904)
- Species Xanthocalanus simplex Wolfenden, 1906 accepted as Undinella simplex (Wolfenden, 1906)
- Species Xanthocalanus smithae (Grice, 1962) accepted as Scopalatum smithae (Grice, 1962)
- Species Xanthocalanus soaresmoreirai Björnberg T.K.S., 1975 accepted as Pseudoamallothrix soaresmoreirai (Björnberg T.K.S., 1975)
- Species Xanthocalanus subbrevicornis (Wolfenden, 1911) accepted as Scaphocalanus subbrevicornis (Wolfenden, 1911)
- Species Xanthocalanus subcristatus Wolfenden, 1906 accepted as Onchocalanus subcristatus Wolfenden, 1911
- Species Xanthocalanus tectus Esterly, 1911 accepted as Cephalophanes tectus (Esterly, 1911)
- Species Xanthocalanus validus (Farran, 1908) accepted as Amallothrix valida (Farran, 1908)
- Species Xanthocalanus watersae Grice, 1973 accepted as Neoscolecithrix watersae (Grice, 1973)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Giesbrecht, W. (1893). Systematik und Faunistik der pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. [Systematics and faunistics of the pelagic copepods of the Gulf of Naples and the adjacent marine areas.]. <em>Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der Angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte, Herausgegeben von der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel.</em> 19:1-831, pls. 1-54. [published text and plates in sections over 2 years, 1892-1893]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/798364 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2021). World of Copepods Database. Xanthocalanus Giesbrecht, 1893. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104204 on 2026-09-01
Date
action
by
original description
Giesbrecht, W. (1893). Systematik und Faunistik der pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. [Systematics and faunistics of the pelagic copepods of the Gulf of Naples and the adjacent marine areas.]. <em>Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der Angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte, Herausgegeben von der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel.</em> 19:1-831, pls. 1-54. [published text and plates in sections over 2 years, 1892-1893]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/798364 [details] 
original description (of Amallophora Scott T., 1894) Scott, T. (1894). Report on Entomostraca from the Gulf of Guinea, collected by John Rattray, B.Sc. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 2, Zoology.</em> 6(1):1-161, pls. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8598493 [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 Bradford, J.M. (1973). Revision of family and some generic definitions in the Phaennidae and Scolecithricidae (Copepoda: Calanoida). New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1-2):133-152, figs. 1-4., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.1973.9515460 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Holthuis, L.B. & W. Vervoort. (2006). The date of publication of Wilhelm Giesbrecht's "Pelagische Copepoden", in Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel, volume 19. <em>Crustaceana (Leiden).</em> 79(3):371-374., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854006776759581 [details] Available for editors
[request]
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
[request]
original description (of Amallophora Scott T., 1894) Scott, T. (1894). Report on Entomostraca from the Gulf of Guinea, collected by John Rattray, B.Sc. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 2, Zoology.</em> 6(1):1-161, pls. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8598493 [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 Bradford, J.M. (1973). Revision of family and some generic definitions in the Phaennidae and Scolecithricidae (Copepoda: Calanoida). New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1-2):133-152, figs. 1-4., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.1973.9515460 [details] Available for editors
additional source Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Holthuis, L.B. & W. Vervoort. (2006). The date of publication of Wilhelm Giesbrecht's "Pelagische Copepoden", in Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel, volume 19. <em>Crustaceana (Leiden).</em> 79(3):371-374., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854006776759581 [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
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ザントカラヌス属 | [details] |