Deep-Sea taxon details
Megacalanus Wolfenden, 1904
104187 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104187)
accepted
Genus
Megacalanus princeps princeps Wolfenden, 1904 (type by original designation)
Species Megacalanus ericae Bradford-Grieve, Blanco-Bercial & Boxshall, 2017
Species Megacalanus frosti Bradford-Grieve, Blanco-Bercial & Boxshall, 2017
Species Megacalanus ohmani Bradford-Grieve, Blanco-Bercial & Boxshall, 2017
Species Megacalanus bradyi Wolfenden, 1905 accepted as Bathycalanus bradyi (Wolfenden, 1905)
Species Megacalanus longicornis (Sars G.O., 1905) accepted as Megacalanus princeps Wolfenden, 1904 represented as Megacalanus princeps princeps Wolfenden, 1904 (synonym according to Bradford-Grieve, 1994)
Species Megacalanus sarsi Farran, 1939 accepted as Bradycalanus typicus Scott A., 1909
Species Megacalanus typicus (Scott A., 1909) accepted as Bradycalanus typicus Scott A., 1909
Species Megacalanus princeps Wolfenden, 1904 represented as Megacalanus princeps princeps Wolfenden, 1904
Species Megacalanus frosti Bradford-Grieve, Blanco-Bercial & Boxshall, 2017
Species Megacalanus ohmani Bradford-Grieve, Blanco-Bercial & Boxshall, 2017
Species Megacalanus bradyi Wolfenden, 1905 accepted as Bathycalanus bradyi (Wolfenden, 1905)
Species Megacalanus longicornis (Sars G.O., 1905) accepted as Megacalanus princeps Wolfenden, 1904 represented as Megacalanus princeps princeps Wolfenden, 1904 (synonym according to Bradford-Grieve, 1994)
Species Megacalanus sarsi Farran, 1939 accepted as Bradycalanus typicus Scott A., 1909
Species Megacalanus typicus (Scott A., 1909) accepted as Bradycalanus typicus Scott A., 1909
Species Megacalanus princeps Wolfenden, 1904 represented as Megacalanus princeps princeps Wolfenden, 1904
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2021). World of Copepods Database. Megacalanus Wolfenden, 1904. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2021) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: http://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104187 on 2023-03-28
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2023). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Megacalanus Wolfenden, 1904. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104187 on 2023-03-28
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 
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 Ices Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [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 Ices Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | メガカラヌス属 | [details] |
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Megacalanus 
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Megacalanus princeps, USNM 262492, lateral)
To ITIS
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Megacalanus princeps, USNM 262492, lateral)
To ITIS
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| Megacalanus longico... [image from typetaxon] | |
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| Megacalnus longicornis [image from typetaxon] | |
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