Deep-Sea taxon details
Calocalanus Giesbrecht, 1888
104193 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104193)
accepted
Genus
Calocalanus pavo (Dana, 1849-1852) (type by original designation)
Dolichocera Bernard, 1958 · unaccepted
Dolichocerea Bernard, 1963 · alternative representation (incorrect year attributed to the...)
incorrect year attributed to the author 1958 is the correct year
Ischnocalanus Bernard, 1963 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Calocalanus contractus Farran, 1926
- Species Calocalanus elongatus Shmeleva, 1968
- Species Calocalanus lomonosovi Shmeleva, 1975
- Species Calocalanus minor Shmeleva, 1980
- Species Calocalanus neptunus Shmeleva, 1965
- Species Calocalanus parelongatus Shmeleva, 1979
- Species Calocalanus pavo (Dana, 1849-1852)
- Species Calocalanus pavoninus Farran, 1936
- Species Calocalanus plumatus Shmeleva, 1965
- Species Calocalanus plumulosus (Claus, 1863)
- Species Calocalanus styliremis Giesbrecht, 1888
- Species Calocalanus tenuis Farran, 1926
- Species Calocalanus gracilis Tanaka, 1956 accepted as Mecynocera gracilis (Tanaka, 1956)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Giesbrecht, W. (1888). Elenco dei Copepodi pelagici raccolti dal tenente di vascello Gaetano Chierchia durante il viaggio della R. Corvetta 'Vettor Pisani' negli anni 1882-1885 e dal tenente di vascello Francesco Orsini nel Mar Rosso, nel 1884. [List of pelagic copepods collected by Lieutenant Gaetano Chierchia during the voyage of the Royal Corvette 'Vettor Pisani' in the years 1882-1885 and by Lieutenant Francesco Orsini in the Red Sea, in 1884.]. <em>Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali Rendiconti.</em> (4)4 sem. 2:284-287, 330-338. [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Calocalanus Giesbrecht, 1888. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104193 on 2026-08-20
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Calocalanus Giesbrecht, 1888. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104193 on 2026-08-20
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Giesbrecht, W. (1888). Elenco dei Copepodi pelagici raccolti dal tenente di vascello Gaetano Chierchia durante il viaggio della R. Corvetta 'Vettor Pisani' negli anni 1882-1885 e dal tenente di vascello Francesco Orsini nel Mar Rosso, nel 1884. [List of pelagic copepods collected by Lieutenant Gaetano Chierchia during the voyage of the Royal Corvette 'Vettor Pisani' in the years 1882-1885 and by Lieutenant Francesco Orsini in the Red Sea, in 1884.]. <em>Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali Rendiconti.</em> (4)4 sem. 2:284-287, 330-338. [details]
original description (of Dolichocera Bernard, 1958) Bernard, F. (1958). Plancton et benthos observés durant trois plongées en bathyscaphe au large de Toulon. VI. [Plankton and benthos observed during three bathyscaphe dives off Toulon. VI.]. <em>Annales de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco.</em> 35(4):287-326, pls. 23-24. (30-xii-1958). [details] Available for editors
original description (of Dolichocerea Bernard, 1963) Bernard, F. (1958). Plancton et benthos observés durant trois plongées en bathyscaphe au large de Toulon. VI. [Plankton and benthos observed during three bathyscaphe dives off Toulon. VI.]. <em>Annales de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco.</em> 35(4):287-326, pls. 23-24. (30-xii-1958). [details] Available for editors
original description (of Ischnocalanus Bernard, 1963) Bernard, M. (1963). Rectifications des noms donnés à deux genres de Calocalanides (Copépodes Calanoida). [Corrections to the names given to two genera of Calocalanids (Copepods Calanoida).]. <em>Crustaceana (Leiden).</em> 5(2):160. (28-iii-1963)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854063x00462 [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 Cornils, A. & L. Blanco-Bercial. (2013). Phylogeny of the Paracalanidae Giesbrecht, 1888 (Crustacea: Copepoda: Calanoida). Molecular Phylogenetics And Evolution 69(3):861-872., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2013.06.018 [details] Available for editors
additional source ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]
additional source Shmeleva, A.A. (1973). Novyi vidi neizvestnye ranee samtsy Calocalanus (Copepoda, Calanoida) iz Adriaticheskogo morya. [A new species and previously unknown males of Calocalanus (Copepoda, Calanoida) from the Adriatic Sea.]. <em>Zoologicheskii Zhurnal.</em> 52(11):1721-1725, figs. 1-3. (2-xi-1973, Russian with English summary). [details] Available for editors
additional source Shmeleva, A.A. (1981). Rod Calocalanus v Sredizemnom more. [Calanoid copepods of the genera Calocalanus from the Mediterranean Sea.]. <em>Journees d'Etudes sur la Systematique Evolutive et la Biogeographie en Mediterranee.</em> 1980:57. [details]
original description (of Dolichocera Bernard, 1958) Bernard, F. (1958). Plancton et benthos observés durant trois plongées en bathyscaphe au large de Toulon. VI. [Plankton and benthos observed during three bathyscaphe dives off Toulon. VI.]. <em>Annales de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco.</em> 35(4):287-326, pls. 23-24. (30-xii-1958). [details] Available for editors
original description (of Dolichocerea Bernard, 1963) Bernard, F. (1958). Plancton et benthos observés durant trois plongées en bathyscaphe au large de Toulon. VI. [Plankton and benthos observed during three bathyscaphe dives off Toulon. VI.]. <em>Annales de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco.</em> 35(4):287-326, pls. 23-24. (30-xii-1958). [details] Available for editors
original description (of Ischnocalanus Bernard, 1963) Bernard, M. (1963). Rectifications des noms donnés à deux genres de Calocalanides (Copépodes Calanoida). [Corrections to the names given to two genera of Calocalanids (Copepods Calanoida).]. <em>Crustaceana (Leiden).</em> 5(2):160. (28-iii-1963)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854063x00462 [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 Cornils, A. & L. Blanco-Bercial. (2013). Phylogeny of the Paracalanidae Giesbrecht, 1888 (Crustacea: Copepoda: Calanoida). Molecular Phylogenetics And Evolution 69(3):861-872., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2013.06.018 [details] Available for editors
additional source ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]
additional source Shmeleva, A.A. (1973). Novyi vidi neizvestnye ranee samtsy Calocalanus (Copepoda, Calanoida) iz Adriaticheskogo morya. [A new species and previously unknown males of Calocalanus (Copepoda, Calanoida) from the Adriatic Sea.]. <em>Zoologicheskii Zhurnal.</em> 52(11):1721-1725, figs. 1-3. (2-xi-1973, Russian with English summary). [details] Available for editors
additional source Shmeleva, A.A. (1981). Rod Calocalanus v Sredizemnom more. [Calanoid copepods of the genera Calocalanus from the Mediterranean Sea.]. <em>Journees d'Etudes sur la Systematique Evolutive et la Biogeographie en Mediterranee.</em> 1980:57. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Classification Genus in ParacalanidaeThe creation of the family Calocalanidae from the genus Calocalanus, originaly placed in Paracalanidae by Giesbrecht (1892, p.49), is controversial. [details]
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| Japanese | カロカラヌス属 | [details] |
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Calocalanus 
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Dolichocerea (from synonym Dolichocerea Bernard, 1963)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Ischonocalanus (from synonym Ischnocalanus Bernard, 1963)
Bernard, M. 1958 Note: Review of Calocalanus
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Calocalanus)
To Genbank
To ITIS
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Dolichocerea
(from synonym Dolichocerea Bernard, 1963)3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Ischonocalanus
(from synonym Ischnocalanus Bernard, 1963)Bernard, M. 1958
Note: Review of Calocalanus To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Calocalanus)
To Genbank
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Image from typetaxon
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