Deep-Sea taxon details
Spinocalanus Giesbrecht, 1888
104236 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104236)
accepted
Genus
Spinocalanus abyssalis Giesbrecht, 1888 represented as Spinocalanus abyssalis abyssalis Giesbrecht, 1888 (type by monotypy)
- Species Spinocalanus abruptus Grice & Hulsemann, 1965
- Species Spinocalanus angusticeps Sars G.O., 1920
- Species Spinocalanus antarcticus Wolfenden, 1906
- Species Spinocalanus brevicaudatus Brodsky, 1950
- Species Spinocalanus elongatus Brodsky, 1950
- Species Spinocalanus hirtus Sars G.O., 1907
- Species Spinocalanus hoplites Park, 1970
- Species Spinocalanus horridus Wolfenden, 1911
- Species Spinocalanus longicornis Sars G.O., 1900
- Species Spinocalanus magnus Wolfenden, 1904
- Species Spinocalanus oligospinosus Park, 1970
- Species Spinocalanus polaris Brodsky, 1950
- Species Spinocalanus similis Brodsky, 1950
- Species Spinocalanus spinosus Farran, 1908
- Species Spinocalanus terranovae Damkaer, 1975
- Species Spinocalanus usitatus Park, 1970
- Species Spinocalanus validus Sars G.O., 1920
- Species Spinocalanus longipes Tanaka, 1956 accepted as Spinocalanus angusticeps Sars G.O., 1920 (synonym according to Damkaer, 1975)
- Species Spinocalanus neospinosus Grice, 1971 accepted as Spinocalanus oligospinosus Park, 1970 (synonym according to Damkaer, 1975)
- Species Spinocalanus ovalis Grice & Hulsemann, 1965 accepted as Mimocalanus ovalis (Grice & Hulsemann, 1965) (generic reassignment by Damkaer, 1975)
- Species Spinocalanus parabyssalis Park, 1970 accepted as Spinocalanus longicornis Sars G.O., 1900 (listed as synonym by Vives & Shmeleva, 2007)
- Species Spinocalanus pteronus Park, 1970 accepted as Spinocalanus usitatus Park, 1970 (synonym according to Damkaer, 1975)
- Species Spinocalanus spinipes Brodsky, 1950 accepted as Spinocalanus horridus Wolfenden, 1911 (synonym according to Damkaer, 1975)
- Species Spinocalanus stellatus Brodsky, 1950 accepted as Spinocalanus horridus Wolfenden, 1911 (synonym according to Damkaer, 1975)
- Species Spinocalanus ventriosus Grice & Hulsemann, 1967 accepted as Mimocalanus ovalis (Grice & Hulsemann, 1965) (synonym according to Damkaer, 1975)
- Species Spinocalanus abyssalis Giesbrecht, 1888 represented as Spinocalanus abyssalis abyssalis Giesbrecht, 1888
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. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Spinocalanus Giesbrecht, 1888. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104236 on 2026-05-04
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Spinocalanus Giesbrecht, 1888. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104236 on 2026-05-04
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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]
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]
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
additional source Roe, H.S.J. (1975). Some new and rare species of calanoid copepods from the northeastern Atlantic. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology 28(7):295-372, figs. 1-33. (5-xi-1975) [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]
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
additional source Roe, H.S.J. (1975). Some new and rare species of calanoid copepods from the northeastern Atlantic. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology 28(7):295-372, figs. 1-33. (5-xi-1975) [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Spinocalanus 
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