MSBIAS taxon details
Xanthocalanus Giesbrecht, 1893
104204 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104204)
accepted
Genus
Xanthocalanus agilis Giesbrecht, 1893 (type by original designation)
Amallophora Scott T., 1894 · unaccepted (synonym transferred to...)
synonym transferred to xanthocalanus and other genera
- Species Xanthocalanus agilis Giesbrecht, 1893
- Species Xanthocalanus fallax Sars G.O., 1921
- Species Xanthocalanus hirtipes Vanhöffen, 1897
- Species Xanthocalanus incertus Sars G.O., 1920
- Species Xanthocalanus minor Giesbrecht, 1893
- Species Xanthocalanus muticus Sars G.O., 1905
- Species Xanthocalanus obtusus Farran, 1905
- Species Xanthocalanus pinguis Farran, 1905
- Species Xanthocalanus propinquus Sars G.O., 1902
- Species Xanthocalanus simplex Aurivillius, 1898
- Species Xanthocalanus subagilis Wolfenden, 1904
- Species Xanthocalanus typicus (Scott T., 1894)
- Species Xanthocalanus borealis Sars G.O., 1900 accepted as Xanthocalanus hirtipes Vanhöffen, 1897
- Species Xanthocalanus fragilis Aurivillius, 1898 accepted as Xanthocalanus minor Giesbrecht, 1893
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Giesbrecht, W. (1893). Systematik und Faunistik der pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. [Systematics and faunistics of the pelagic copepods of the Gulf of Naples and the adjacent marine areas.]. <em>Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der Angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte, Herausgegeben von der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel.</em> 19:1-831, pls. 1-54. [published text and plates in sections over 2 years, 1892-1893]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/798364 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Xanthocalanus Giesbrecht, 1893. 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=104204 on 2026-10-01
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. Xanthocalanus Giesbrecht, 1893. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104204 on 2026-10-01
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Giesbrecht, W. (1893). Systematik und Faunistik der pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. [Systematics and faunistics of the pelagic copepods of the Gulf of Naples and the adjacent marine areas.]. <em>Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der Angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte, Herausgegeben von der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel.</em> 19:1-831, pls. 1-54. [published text and plates in sections over 2 years, 1892-1893]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/798364 [details]
original description (of Amallophora Scott T., 1894) Scott, T. (1894). Report on Entomostraca from the Gulf of Guinea, collected by John Rattray, B.Sc. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 2, Zoology.</em> 6(1):1-161, pls. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8598493 [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 Bradford, J.M. (1973). Revision of family and some generic definitions in the Phaennidae and Scolecithricidae (Copepoda: Calanoida). New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1-2):133-152, figs. 1-4., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.1973.9515460 [details] Available for editors
additional source Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Holthuis, L.B. & W. Vervoort. (2006). The date of publication of Wilhelm Giesbrecht's "Pelagische Copepoden", in Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel, volume 19. <em>Crustaceana (Leiden).</em> 79(3):371-374., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854006776759581 [details] Available for editors
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
original description (of Amallophora Scott T., 1894) Scott, T. (1894). Report on Entomostraca from the Gulf of Guinea, collected by John Rattray, B.Sc. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 2, Zoology.</em> 6(1):1-161, pls. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8598493 [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 Bradford, J.M. (1973). Revision of family and some generic definitions in the Phaennidae and Scolecithricidae (Copepoda: Calanoida). New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1-2):133-152, figs. 1-4., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.1973.9515460 [details] Available for editors
additional source Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Holthuis, L.B. & W. Vervoort. (2006). The date of publication of Wilhelm Giesbrecht's "Pelagische Copepoden", in Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel, volume 19. <em>Crustaceana (Leiden).</em> 79(3):371-374., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854006776759581 [details] Available for editors
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
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
