RAS taxon details
Calanus Leach, 1816
104152 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104152)
accepted
Genus
Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770) (type by original designation)
- Species Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770)
- Species Calanus propinquus Brady, 1883
- Species Calanus simillimus Giesbrecht, 1902
- Species Calanus australis Brodsky, 1959 represented as Calanus australis australis Brodsky, 1959
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Leach, W.E. (1816). Annulosa. <em>In Book Series: Encyclopedia Britannica, vol 1 of 5, supplement to the fourth, fifth and sixth editions.</em> 1(2): 401-453, pls. 20-26. (June1816)., available online at https://digital.nls.uk/encyclopaedia-britannica/archive/193057498 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Calanus Leach, 1816. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104152 on 2025-09-13
RAS (Eds.) (2025). Register of Antarctic Species. Calanus Leach, 1816. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104152 on 2025-09-13
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Leach, W.E. (1816). Annulosa. <em>In Book Series: Encyclopedia Britannica, vol 1 of 5, supplement to the fourth, fifth and sixth editions.</em> 1(2): 401-453, pls. 20-26. (June1816)., available online at https://digital.nls.uk/encyclopaedia-britannica/archive/193057498 [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 Brodsky, K.A. (1972). Phylogeny of the fam. Calanidae (Copepoda) on the basis of comparative morphological analysis of its characters. Filogeniya semeistva Calanidae (Copepoda) na osnove sravnitel'no-morfologicheskogo analiza priznakov. <em>In: Geograficheskaya i Sezonnaya Izmenchivost' Morskogo Planktona (Geographical and Seasonal Variability of Marine Planktonic Organisms.). Issledovaniya Fauny Morei (Explorations of the Fauna of the Seas).</em> 12(20):5-110, figs. 1-123, tabs. 1-21. (Russian.). (1975 English translation 127 pp.). [details] Available for editors
additional source Brodsky, K.A. (1964). Rasprostranenie i nekotorye morfologicheskie osobennosti Antarkticheskikh vidov roda Calanus (Copepoda). [Distribution and some morphological features of the Antarctic species of the genus Calanus (Copepoda).]. <em>In: Res. Biol. Issled. Sov. Antarkt. Ekped.(1955-1958 gg), 2, Moskva, Akad. Nauk SSSR, Zool. Inst. Issledovaniya Fauny Morei.</em> 2(10):189-251, figs. 1-32, tabs. (Russian.). [details] Available for editors
additional source Brodsky, K.A. (1967). Tipy genitalii samki i geterogennost' roda Calanus (Copepoda). [Types of female genitalia and heterogenity in the genus Calanus (Copepoda).]. <em>Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR.</em> 176:222-225, figs. 1-2. (Russian, translation in:Dokl. (Proc.) Acad. Sci. USSS, Biol. Sci. Sect. [details] Available for editors
additional source Huntley, M.E. (1988). Feeding biology of Calanus: new perspective. <em>In: Boxshall, G.A. & H.K. Schminke (eds.). Biology of Copepods. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Copepoda. Developments in Hydrobiolology 47, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Hydrobiologia.</em> 47(167/168):83-99, figs. 1-5, tabs. 1-2. [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. [details] Available for editors
additional source Krøyer, H. (1848). Karcinologiste Bidrag (Forsaettelse). [Carcinologist Contributions (Continued)]. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. II.</em> 2(5): 527-560. [details]
additional source ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [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 Brodsky, K.A. (1972). Phylogeny of the fam. Calanidae (Copepoda) on the basis of comparative morphological analysis of its characters. Filogeniya semeistva Calanidae (Copepoda) na osnove sravnitel'no-morfologicheskogo analiza priznakov. <em>In: Geograficheskaya i Sezonnaya Izmenchivost' Morskogo Planktona (Geographical and Seasonal Variability of Marine Planktonic Organisms.). Issledovaniya Fauny Morei (Explorations of the Fauna of the Seas).</em> 12(20):5-110, figs. 1-123, tabs. 1-21. (Russian.). (1975 English translation 127 pp.). [details] Available for editors
additional source Brodsky, K.A. (1964). Rasprostranenie i nekotorye morfologicheskie osobennosti Antarkticheskikh vidov roda Calanus (Copepoda). [Distribution and some morphological features of the Antarctic species of the genus Calanus (Copepoda).]. <em>In: Res. Biol. Issled. Sov. Antarkt. Ekped.(1955-1958 gg), 2, Moskva, Akad. Nauk SSSR, Zool. Inst. Issledovaniya Fauny Morei.</em> 2(10):189-251, figs. 1-32, tabs. (Russian.). [details] Available for editors
additional source Brodsky, K.A. (1967). Tipy genitalii samki i geterogennost' roda Calanus (Copepoda). [Types of female genitalia and heterogenity in the genus Calanus (Copepoda).]. <em>Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR.</em> 176:222-225, figs. 1-2. (Russian, translation in:Dokl. (Proc.) Acad. Sci. USSS, Biol. Sci. Sect. [details] Available for editors
additional source Huntley, M.E. (1988). Feeding biology of Calanus: new perspective. <em>In: Boxshall, G.A. & H.K. Schminke (eds.). Biology of Copepods. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Copepoda. Developments in Hydrobiolology 47, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Hydrobiologia.</em> 47(167/168):83-99, figs. 1-5, tabs. 1-2. [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. [details] Available for editors
additional source Krøyer, H. (1848). Karcinologiste Bidrag (Forsaettelse). [Carcinologist Contributions (Continued)]. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. II.</em> 2(5): 527-560. [details]
additional source ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Calanus 
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Calanus)
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (4 traits)
To ITIS
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Calanus)
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (4 traits)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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