WoRMS taxon details
Megacalanidae Sewell, 1947
104090 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104090)
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Family
- Genus Bathycalanus Sars G.O., 1905
- Genus Bradycalanus Scott A., 1909
- Genus Elenacalanus Bradford-Grieve, Blanco-Bercial & Boxshall, 2017
- Genus Megacalanus Wolfenden, 1904
- Genus Heterocalanus sensu Wolfenden, 1906 accepted as Elenacalanus Bradford-Grieve, Blanco-Bercial & Boxshall, 2017
- Genus Macrocalanus Sars G.O., 1905 accepted as Megacalanus Wolfenden, 1904 (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Sewell, R.B.S. (1947). The free-swimming planktonic Copepoda. Systematic account. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition 1933-1934, British Museum of natural History 8(1):1-303, figs. 1-71. (20-iii-1947) [details] Available for editors 
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Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2024). World of Copepods Database. Megacalanidae Sewell, 1947. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104090 on 2024-11-22
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Sewell, R.B.S. (1947). The free-swimming planktonic Copepoda. Systematic account. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition 1933-1934, British Museum of natural History 8(1):1-303, figs. 1-71. (20-iii-1947) [details] Available for editors [request]
taxonomy source Bradford-Grieve, J.M., L. Blanco-Bercial & G.A. Boxshall. (2017). Revision of Family Megacalanidae (Copepoda: Calanoida). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4229(1):1-183., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4229.1.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
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 Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. <em>Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA).</em> 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]
[request]taxonomy source Bradford-Grieve, J.M., L. Blanco-Bercial & G.A. Boxshall. (2017). Revision of Family Megacalanidae (Copepoda: Calanoida). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4229(1):1-183., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4229.1.1 [details] Available for editors
[request]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 Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. <em>Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA).</em> 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | メガカラヌス科 | [details] |
