MSBIAS taxon details
Paracalanus Boeck, 1865
104196 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104196)
accepted
Genus
Paracalanus parvus (Claus, 1863) represented as Paracalanus parvus parvus (Claus, 1863) (type by original designation)
- Species Paracalanus nanus Sars G.O., 1925
- Species Paracalanus pygmaeus (Claus, 1863) (uncertain)
- Species Paracalanus aculeatus Giesbrecht, 1888 represented as Paracalanus aculeatus aculeatus Giesbrecht, 1888
- Species Paracalanus parvus (Claus, 1863) represented as Paracalanus parvus parvus (Claus, 1863)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Boeck, A. (1865). Oversigt over de ved Norges Kyster jagttagne Copepoder henhorende til Calanidernes, Cyclopidernes og Harpactidernes Familier. [Overview of the Copepods hunted on the coast of Norway belonging to the families Calanoidae, Cyclopoidae and Harpacticodidae.]. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1864: 226-282 [for 1864 however published in 1865].
page(s): 232 [details]
page(s): 232 [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Paracalanus Boeck, 1865. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104196 on 2026-10-15
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Paracalanus Boeck, 1865. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104196 on 2026-10-15
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Boeck, A. (1865). Oversigt over de ved Norges Kyster jagttagne Copepoder henhorende til Calanidernes, Cyclopidernes og Harpactidernes Familier. [Overview of the Copepods hunted on the coast of Norway belonging to the families Calanoidae, Cyclopoidae and Harpacticodidae.]. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1864: 226-282 [for 1864 however published in 1865].
page(s): 232 [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 Brenning, U. (1982). Beiträge zur Calanoidenfauna (Crustacea, Copepoda) vor Nordwest- und Südwestafrika. III. Die Vertreter der Familien Paracalanidae und Calocalanidae. [Contributions to the Calanoid Fauna (Crustacea, Copepoda) off Northwest and Southwest Africa. III. Representatives of the Families Paracalanidae and Calocalanidae.]. <em>Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift der Wilhelm-Pieck-Universität, Rostock, 31, Mathematische-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe (6) (= Meeresbiol. Beiträge Sektion Biologie.</em> (6) (= Meeresbiol. Beiträge Sektion Biologie, 10):1-9, figs. 1-10, tabs. 1-6. [details] Available for editors
additional source Cho, K.H., W.C. Lee & S. Kim. (2003). Sexual Dimorphism on the Genus Paracalanus (Copepoda: Paracalanidae) in Korean Waters. <em>Proceedings of the Korea Society of Environmental Biology Conference.</em> 2003.11a:116-120. [details] Available for editors
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 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 Vervoort, W. (1962). Report on some Copepoda collected during the Melanesia Expedition of the Osaka Museum of Natural History. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 10(2):393-470, figs. 1-32. (31-xii-1962), available online at https://doi.org/10.5134/175305 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 232 [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 Brenning, U. (1982). Beiträge zur Calanoidenfauna (Crustacea, Copepoda) vor Nordwest- und Südwestafrika. III. Die Vertreter der Familien Paracalanidae und Calocalanidae. [Contributions to the Calanoid Fauna (Crustacea, Copepoda) off Northwest and Southwest Africa. III. Representatives of the Families Paracalanidae and Calocalanidae.]. <em>Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift der Wilhelm-Pieck-Universität, Rostock, 31, Mathematische-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe (6) (= Meeresbiol. Beiträge Sektion Biologie.</em> (6) (= Meeresbiol. Beiträge Sektion Biologie, 10):1-9, figs. 1-10, tabs. 1-6. [details] Available for editors
additional source Cho, K.H., W.C. Lee & S. Kim. (2003). Sexual Dimorphism on the Genus Paracalanus (Copepoda: Paracalanidae) in Korean Waters. <em>Proceedings of the Korea Society of Environmental Biology Conference.</em> 2003.11a:116-120. [details] Available for editors
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 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 Vervoort, W. (1962). Report on some Copepoda collected during the Melanesia Expedition of the Osaka Museum of Natural History. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 10(2):393-470, figs. 1-32. (31-xii-1962), available online at https://doi.org/10.5134/175305 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
