RAS taxon details
Scaphocalanus Sars G.O., 1900
104228 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104228)
accepted
Genus
Scaphocalanus magnus (Scott T., 1894) (type by original designation)
- Species Scaphocalanus affinis (Sars G.O., 1905)
- Species Scaphocalanus antarcticus Park, 1982
- Species Scaphocalanus brevicornis (Sars G.O., 1900)
- Species Scaphocalanus curtus (Farran, 1926)
- Species Scaphocalanus echinatus (Farran, 1905)
- Species Scaphocalanus elongatus Scott A., 1909
- Species Scaphocalanus farrani Park, 1982
- Species Scaphocalanus impar (Wolfenden, 1911)
- Species Scaphocalanus magnus (Scott T., 1894)
- Species Scaphocalanus major (Scott T., 1894)
- Species Scaphocalanus medius (Sars G.O., 1907)
- Species Scaphocalanus parantarcticus Park, 1982
- Species Scaphocalanus subbrevicornis (Wolfenden, 1911)
- Species Scaphocalanus vervoorti Park, 1982
- Species Scaphocalanus robustus (Scott T., 1894) accepted as Amallothrix robusta (Scott T., 1894)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Sars, G.O. (1900). Crustacea. <em>In: Nansen, F. (ed.). The Norwegian North Polar Expedition 1893-1896., Scientific Results.</em> 1(5): 1-141, Plates 1-36., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17104697#page/9/mode/1up [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Scaphocalanus Sars G.O., 1900. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104228 on 2025-09-12
RAS (Eds.) (2025). Register of Antarctic Species. Scaphocalanus Sars G.O., 1900. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104228 on 2025-09-12
Date
action
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original description
Sars, G.O. (1900). Crustacea. <em>In: Nansen, F. (ed.). The Norwegian North Polar Expedition 1893-1896., Scientific Results.</em> 1(5): 1-141, Plates 1-36., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17104697#page/9/mode/1up [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. [details] Available for editors
additional source Vervoort, W. (1965). Pelagic Copepoda. Part II. Copepoda Calanoida of the families Phaennidae up to and including Acartiidae, containing the description of a new species of Aetideidae. Atlantide Report, Danish Expedition to Coasts of Tropical West Africa 1945-1946 8:9-216. [details] Available for editors
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. [details] Available for editors
additional source Vervoort, W. (1965). Pelagic Copepoda. Part II. Copepoda Calanoida of the families Phaennidae up to and including Acartiidae, containing the description of a new species of Aetideidae. Atlantide Report, Danish Expedition to Coasts of Tropical West Africa 1945-1946 8:9-216. [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Scaphocalanus 
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scaphocalanus)
To Genbank
To ITIS
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scaphocalanus)
To Genbank
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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