Copepoda taxon details
Candacia elongata (Boeck, 1873)
104477 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104477)
accepted
Species
Candace elongata Boeck, 1873 · unaccepted (synonym)
Candacia inermis Cleve, 1904 · unaccepted (listed as synonym by Grice, 1963)
Candacia obtusa Sars G.O., 1905 · unaccepted (listed as synonym by Grice, 1963)
Candacia rotunda Wolfenden, 1904 · unaccepted (listed as synonym by Grice, 1963)
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] 
(of Candace elongata Boeck, 1873) 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].
page(s): 39 [details]
(of Candace elongata Boeck, 1873) 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].
page(s): 39 [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Candacia elongata (Boeck, 1873). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104477 on 2025-12-06
original description
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 Candacia inermis Cleve, 1904) Cleve, P.T. (1904). Report on plankton collected by Mr. Thorild Wulff during a voyage to and from Bombay. Arkiv för Zoologi 1:329-381, pls. 16-19. [details]
original description (of Candacia obtusa 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. (2 e partie). [Preliminary list of Calanoides collected during the campaigns of H.S.H. Prince Albert of Monaco, with diagnoses of the new genera and species. (Part 2).]. <em>Bulletin du Musée Océanographique de Monaco.</em> 40:1-24. [details]
original description (of Candacia rotunda Wolfenden, 1904) 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) [details]
original description (of Candace elongata Boeck, 1873) 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].
page(s): 39 [details]
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) Deevey, G.B. & A.L. Brooks. (1977). Copepods of the Sargasso Sea off Bermuda: species composition, and vertical and seasonal distribution between the surface and 2000 m. Bulletin of Marine Science 27(2):256-291, figs. 1-14, tabs. 1-7. (iv-1977) [details] Available for editors
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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 Grice, G.D. & K. Hulsemann. (1967). Bathypelagic calanoid copepods of the western Indian Ocean. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 122(3583):1-67, figs. 1-319., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.122-3583.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Baessa de Aguiar, O. (1993). Contribuição para o reconhecimento dos Copépodes marinhos da Costa Ocidental de África, entre São Tomé e Cabo Frio - V. [Contribution to the recognition of the marine copepods of the west coast of Africa, between São Tomé and Cabo Frio - V.]. <em>Garcia de Orta, Série de Zoologia, Lisbon.</em> 18(1-2):95-100. [In Portuguese.] (for 1991). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Baessa de Aguiar, O. (1993). Contribuiçao para o conhecimento dos copépodes marinhos da costa ocidental de Africa, entre Sao Tomé e Cabo Frio. VI. [Contribution to the knowledge of marine copepods on the west coast of Africa, between Sao Tome and Cabo Frio. VI.]. <em>Garcia de Orta, Série de Zoologia, Lisbon.</em> 18(1-2):101-109. (for 1991). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bradford, J.M. (1970). Records of pelagic copepods off Kaikoura, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 4(4):351-363, figs. 1-81. (xii-1970) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bradford-Grieve, J.M. (1999). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Pelagic Calanoid Copepoda: Bathypontiidae, Arietellidae, Augaptilidae, Heterorhabdidae, Lucicutiidae, Metrodinidae, Phyllopodidae, Centropagidae, Pseudodiaptomidae, Temoridae, Candaciidae, Pontellidae, Sulcanidae, Acartiid National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) Biodiversity Memoir, Wellington 111:1-268. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Morris, B. (1970). Calanoid copepods from midwater trawls in the North Pacific along 160 E. <em>Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada.</em> 27(12):2297-2321, figs. 1-11. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Vervoort, W. (1965). Pelagic Copepoda. Part II. Copepoda Calanoida of the families Phaennidae up to and including Acartiidae, containing the description of a new species of Aetideidae. Atlantide Report, Danish Expedition to Coasts of Tropical West Africa 1945-1946 8:9-216. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]
ecology source Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. <em>Earth System Science Data.</em> 9(1):99-113., available online at https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-99-2017 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Candacia inermis Cleve, 1904) Cleve, P.T. (1904). Report on plankton collected by Mr. Thorild Wulff during a voyage to and from Bombay. Arkiv för Zoologi 1:329-381, pls. 16-19. [details]
original description (of Candacia obtusa 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. (2 e partie). [Preliminary list of Calanoides collected during the campaigns of H.S.H. Prince Albert of Monaco, with diagnoses of the new genera and species. (Part 2).]. <em>Bulletin du Musée Océanographique de Monaco.</em> 40:1-24. [details]
original description (of Candacia rotunda Wolfenden, 1904) 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) [details]
original description (of Candace elongata Boeck, 1873) 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].
page(s): 39 [details]
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) Deevey, G.B. & A.L. Brooks. (1977). Copepods of the Sargasso Sea off Bermuda: species composition, and vertical and seasonal distribution between the surface and 2000 m. Bulletin of Marine Science 27(2):256-291, figs. 1-14, tabs. 1-7. (iv-1977) [details] Available for editors
[request]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 Grice, G.D. & K. Hulsemann. (1967). Bathypelagic calanoid copepods of the western Indian Ocean. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 122(3583):1-67, figs. 1-319., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.122-3583.1 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Baessa de Aguiar, O. (1993). Contribuição para o reconhecimento dos Copépodes marinhos da Costa Ocidental de África, entre São Tomé e Cabo Frio - V. [Contribution to the recognition of the marine copepods of the west coast of Africa, between São Tomé and Cabo Frio - V.]. <em>Garcia de Orta, Série de Zoologia, Lisbon.</em> 18(1-2):95-100. [In Portuguese.] (for 1991). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Baessa de Aguiar, O. (1993). Contribuiçao para o conhecimento dos copépodes marinhos da costa ocidental de Africa, entre Sao Tomé e Cabo Frio. VI. [Contribution to the knowledge of marine copepods on the west coast of Africa, between Sao Tome and Cabo Frio. VI.]. <em>Garcia de Orta, Série de Zoologia, Lisbon.</em> 18(1-2):101-109. (for 1991). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bradford, J.M. (1970). Records of pelagic copepods off Kaikoura, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 4(4):351-363, figs. 1-81. (xii-1970) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bradford-Grieve, J.M. (1999). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Pelagic Calanoid Copepoda: Bathypontiidae, Arietellidae, Augaptilidae, Heterorhabdidae, Lucicutiidae, Metrodinidae, Phyllopodidae, Centropagidae, Pseudodiaptomidae, Temoridae, Candaciidae, Pontellidae, Sulcanidae, Acartiid National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) Biodiversity Memoir, Wellington 111:1-268. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Morris, B. (1970). Calanoid copepods from midwater trawls in the North Pacific along 160 E. <em>Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada.</em> 27(12):2297-2321, figs. 1-11. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Vervoort, W. (1965). Pelagic Copepoda. Part II. Copepoda Calanoida of the families Phaennidae up to and including Acartiidae, containing the description of a new species of Aetideidae. Atlantide Report, Danish Expedition to Coasts of Tropical West Africa 1945-1946 8:9-216. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]
ecology source Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. <em>Earth System Science Data.</em> 9(1):99-113., available online at https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-99-2017 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Bathypelagic [details]
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Candace elongata Boeck, 1873)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (7 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Candace elongata Boeck, 1873)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (7 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Image from synonym