ERMS 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 claviger (Scott T., 1909)
- Species Xanthocalanus echinatus Sars G.O., 1907
- Species Xanthocalanus fallax Sars G.O., 1921
- Species Xanthocalanus giesbrechti Thompson I.C., 1903
- Species Xanthocalanus hirtipes Vanhöffen, 1897
- Species Xanthocalanus incertus Sars G.O., 1920
- Species Xanthocalanus minor Giesbrecht, 1893
- Species Xanthocalanus mixtus Sars G.O., 1920
- Species Xanthocalanus muticus Sars G.O., 1905
- Species Xanthocalanus obtusus Farran, 1905
- Species Xanthocalanus pinguis Farran, 1905
- Species Xanthocalanus profundus Sars G.O., 1907
- Species Xanthocalanus propinquus Sars G.O., 1902
- Species Xanthocalanus rotundus (Grice & Hulsemann, 1970)
- Species Xanthocalanus simplex Aurivillius, 1898
- Species Xanthocalanus subagilis Wolfenden, 1904
- Species Xanthocalanus tenuiremis Scott T., 1909
- Species Xanthocalanus typicus (Scott T., 1894)
- Species Xanthocalanus borealis Sars G.O., 1900 accepted as Xanthocalanus hirtipes Vanhöffen, 1897
- Species Xanthocalanus difficilis Grice & Hulsemann, 1965 accepted as Scolecitrichopsis difficilis (Grice & Hulsemann, 1965)
- Species Xanthocalanus fragilis Aurivillius, 1898 accepted as Xanthocalanus minor Giesbrecht, 1893
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Giesbrecht, W. (1892-1893). 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 in sections over 2 years, 1892-1893]]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/798364 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Xanthocalanus Giesbrecht, 1893. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org//marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104204 on 2025-05-21
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Xanthocalanus Giesbrecht, 1893. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104204 on 2025-05-21
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Giesbrecht, W. (1892-1893). 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 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 RoR) [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. [details] Available for editors
additional source Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998. (look up in RoR) [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
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 RoR) [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. [details] Available for editors
additional source Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998. (look up in RoR) [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
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
