Copepoda taxon details
Paracalanidae Giesbrecht, 1893
104093 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104093)
accepted
Family
Calocalanidae Bernard, 1958 · unaccepted (synonym (see Andronov (1970) and...)
synonym (see Andronov (1970) and Bradford-Grieve (1994)
Mecynoceridae Andronov, 1973 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Genus Acrocalanus Giesbrecht, 1888
- Genus Bestiolina Andronov, 1991
- Genus Calocalanus Giesbrecht, 1888
- Genus Delius Andronov in Vives & Shmeleva, 2007
- Genus Mecynocera Thompson I.C., 1888
- Genus Paracalanus Boeck, 1865
- Genus Parvocalanus Andronov, 1970
- Genus Andronovius Özdikmen, 2008 accepted as Delius Andronov in Vives & Shmeleva, 2007
- Genus Bestiola Andronov, 1972 accepted as Bestiolina Andronov, 1991 (preoccupied by Bestiola Nikols'kaya, 1963 (Hymenoptera))
- Genus Delius Andronov, 1972 accepted as Delius Andronov in Vives & Shmeleva, 2007 (preoccupied)
- Genus Dolichocera Bernard, 1958 accepted as Calocalanus Giesbrecht, 1888
- Genus Ischnocalanus Bernard, 1963 accepted as Calocalanus Giesbrecht, 1888 (synonym)
- Genus Leptocalanus Bernard, 1958 accepted as Mecynocera Thompson I.C., 1888 (synonym)
- Genus Piezocalanus Grandori, 1912 accepted as Paracalanus Boeck, 1865 (synonym)
- Genus Dolichocerea Bernard, 1963 represented as Dolichocera Bernard, 1958 accepted as Calocalanus Giesbrecht, 1888 (incorrect year attributed to the author 1958 is the correct year)
- Genus Pseudoparacalanus Robinson, 1948 accepted as Parvocalanus Andronov, 1970 (uncertain, Drawings resemble the genus Parvocalanus, especially the Rostrum and the fifth leg (P5))
marine
Giesbrecht, W. (1893). Mittheilungen über Copepoden 1-6. [Communications on Copepods 1-6.]. <em>Mitteilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel.</em> 11(1):56-106, pls.5-7. (25-ix-1893). [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Paracalanidae Giesbrecht, 1893. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104093 on 2025-07-09
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Giesbrecht, W. (1893). Mittheilungen über Copepoden 1-6. [Communications on Copepods 1-6.]. <em>Mitteilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel.</em> 11(1):56-106, pls.5-7. (25-ix-1893). [details]
original description (of Mecynoceridae Andronov, 1973) Andronov, V.N. (1973). Sistematicheskoe polozhenie Mecynocera clausi Thompson (Copepoda, Calanoida). [Taxonomic status of Mecynocera clausi Thompson (Copepoda, Calanoida).]. <em>Zoologicheskii Zhurnal.</em> 52(11):1719-1721, fig. 1, tab. 1. (2-xi-1973, Russian with English summary). [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Calocalanidae Bernard, 1958) Bernard, M. (1958). Révision des Calocalanus (Copépodes Calanoida) avec description d'un genre nouveau et deux espèces nouvelles. [Revision of Calocalanus (Calanoida Copepods) with description of a new genus and two new species.]. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 83:1-15, figs. 1-16. [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [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. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Soh, H.Y., S.Y. Moon & J.H. Wi. (2013). Arthropoda: Maxillopoda: Copepoda: Calanoida, Cyclopoida, Marine Planktonic Copepods II. <em>Invertebrate Fauna of Korea, National Institute of Biological Resources, Ministry of Environment(Korea).</em> 21(28):157 pp.
page(s): 46 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Mecynoceridae Andronov, 1973) Andronov, V.N. (1973). Sistematicheskoe polozhenie Mecynocera clausi Thompson (Copepoda, Calanoida). [Taxonomic status of Mecynocera clausi Thompson (Copepoda, Calanoida).]. <em>Zoologicheskii Zhurnal.</em> 52(11):1719-1721, fig. 1, tab. 1. (2-xi-1973, Russian with English summary). [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Calocalanidae Bernard, 1958) Bernard, M. (1958). Révision des Calocalanus (Copépodes Calanoida) avec description d'un genre nouveau et deux espèces nouvelles. [Revision of Calocalanus (Calanoida Copepods) with description of a new genus and two new species.]. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 83:1-15, figs. 1-16. [details] Available for editors
[request]context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [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. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Soh, H.Y., S.Y. Moon & J.H. Wi. (2013). Arthropoda: Maxillopoda: Copepoda: Calanoida, Cyclopoida, Marine Planktonic Copepods II. <em>Invertebrate Fauna of Korea, National Institute of Biological Resources, Ministry of Environment(Korea).</em> 21(28):157 pp.
page(s): 46 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | メシノセラ科 [from synonym]パラカラヌス科カロカラヌス科 [from synonym] | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Mecynoceridae Andronov, 1973)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Calocalanidae Bernard, 1958)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Calocalanidae) (from synonym Calocalanidae Bernard, 1958)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mecynoceridae) (from synonym Mecynoceridae Andronov, 1973)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paracalanidae)
To Genbank (from synonym Calocalanidae Bernard, 1958)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Mecynoceridae Andronov, 1973)
To ITIS
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Calocalanidae Bernard, 1958)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Calocalanidae) (from synonym Calocalanidae Bernard, 1958)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mecynoceridae) (from synonym Mecynoceridae Andronov, 1973)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paracalanidae)
To Genbank (from synonym Calocalanidae Bernard, 1958)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Mecynoceridae Andronov, 1973)
To ITIS
