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. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Calocalanus Giesbrecht, 1888. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104193 on 2025-07-20
original descriptionGiesbrecht, 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(ofIschnocalanus 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).[details] Available for editors [request]
original description(ofDolichocera 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 [request]
original description(ofDolichocerea 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 [request]
basis of recordBoxshall, 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 sourceShmeleva, 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]
additional sourceShmeleva, 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 [request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Classification Genus in Paracalanidae
The creation of the family Calocalanidae from the genus Calocalanus, originaly placed in Paracalanidae by Giesbrecht (1892, p.49), is controversial. [details]