WoRMS taxon details
Paracalanus indicus Wolfenden, 1906
104683 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104683)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Wolfenden, R.N. (1906). Notes on the collection of Copepoda. In: Stanley Gardiner, J. (ed.). The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes. University Press, Cambridge 2, suppl. 1: 989-1040, pls. 96-100.
page(s): 998 [details]
(of Paracalanus parvus indicus Wolfenden, 1906) Wolfenden, R.N. (1906). Notes on the collection of Copepoda. In: Stanley Gardiner, J. (ed.). The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes. University Press, Cambridge 2, suppl. 1: 989-1040, pls. 96-100. [details]
page(s): 998 [details]
(of Paracalanus parvus indicus Wolfenden, 1906) Wolfenden, R.N. (1906). Notes on the collection of Copepoda. In: Stanley Gardiner, J. (ed.). The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes. University Press, Cambridge 2, suppl. 1: 989-1040, pls. 96-100. [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Paracalanus indicus Wolfenden, 1906. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104683 on 2025-07-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Wolfenden, R.N. (1906). Notes on the collection of Copepoda. In: Stanley Gardiner, J. (ed.). The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes. University Press, Cambridge 2, suppl. 1: 989-1040, pls. 96-100.
page(s): 998 [details]
original description (of Paracalanus parvus indicus Wolfenden, 1906) Wolfenden, R.N. (1906). Notes on the collection of Copepoda. In: Stanley Gardiner, J. (ed.). The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes. University Press, Cambridge 2, suppl. 1: 989-1040, pls. 96-100. [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]
page(s): 998 [details]
original description (of Paracalanus parvus indicus Wolfenden, 1906) Wolfenden, R.N. (1906). Notes on the collection of Copepoda. In: Stanley Gardiner, J. (ed.). The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes. University Press, Cambridge 2, suppl. 1: 989-1040, pls. 96-100. [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]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Bradford, J.M. (1978). Paracalanus indicus Wolfenden and Corycaeus aucklandicus Kraemer, two neritic pelagic copepods from New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 8(2):133-141, figs. 1-5, tab. 1. (vi-1978) [details] Available for editors 
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[request]Ecology
ecology source
Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. <em>Earth System Science Data.</em> 9(1):99-113., available online at https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-99-2017 [details] Available for editors [request]
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context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Okemwa, E.N. (1992). A long-term sampling study of copepods across a tropical creek in Mombasa, Kenya. <em>East African Agriculture and Forestry Journal.</em> 57(4):199-215. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bowman, T.E. (1971). The distribution of calanoid copepods off the southeastern United States between Cape Hatteras and southern Florida. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 96:1-58, figs. 1-51. (21-v-1971) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
additional source Prusova, I.Y., S.L. Smith & E. Popova. 2012. Calanoid copepods of the Arabian Sea region. Sultan Qaboos University, Academic Publication Board, Muscat, Oman 240 pp., 240 figs. (2011). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Al-Yamani, F.Y., V. Skryabin, A. Gubanova, S. Khvorov & I. Prusova. (2011). Marine Zooplankton Practical Guide for the Northwestern Arabian Gulf. Volume 2. <em>Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Safat Kuwait.</em> 196 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kang, Y.S. (1996). Redescription of Paracalanus parvus and P. indicus (Copepoda: Paracalanidae) recorded in the Korean waters. Journal of the Korean Fisheries Society 29(3):409-413. (In Korean.) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kimmerer, W.J. & A.D. McKinnon. (1990). High mortality in a copepod population caused by a parasitic dinoflagellate. Marine Biology, Berlin 107(3):449-452. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Wolfenden, R.N. (1904). Notes on the Copepoda of the North Atlantic Sea and the Faröe Channel. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom n. ser. 7:110-146, fig. 1, pl. 9. (iv-1904) [details]
additional source Cho, K.H., W.C. Lee & S. Kim. (2003). Sexual Dimorphism on the Genus Paracalanus (Copepoda: Paracalanidae) in Korean Waters. <em>Proceedings of the Korea Society of Environmental Biology Conference.</em> 2003.11a:116-120. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Okemwa, E.N. (1992). A long-term sampling study of copepods across a tropical creek in Mombasa, Kenya. <em>East African Agriculture and Forestry Journal.</em> 57(4):199-215. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bowman, T.E. (1971). The distribution of calanoid copepods off the southeastern United States between Cape Hatteras and southern Florida. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 96:1-58, figs. 1-51. (21-v-1971) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
additional source Prusova, I.Y., S.L. Smith & E. Popova. 2012. Calanoid copepods of the Arabian Sea region. Sultan Qaboos University, Academic Publication Board, Muscat, Oman 240 pp., 240 figs. (2011). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Al-Yamani, F.Y., V. Skryabin, A. Gubanova, S. Khvorov & I. Prusova. (2011). Marine Zooplankton Practical Guide for the Northwestern Arabian Gulf. Volume 2. <em>Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Safat Kuwait.</em> 196 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kang, Y.S. (1996). Redescription of Paracalanus parvus and P. indicus (Copepoda: Paracalanidae) recorded in the Korean waters. Journal of the Korean Fisheries Society 29(3):409-413. (In Korean.) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kimmerer, W.J. & A.D. McKinnon. (1990). High mortality in a copepod population caused by a parasitic dinoflagellate. Marine Biology, Berlin 107(3):449-452. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Wolfenden, R.N. (1904). Notes on the Copepoda of the North Atlantic Sea and the Faröe Channel. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom n. ser. 7:110-146, fig. 1, pl. 9. (iv-1904) [details]
additional source Cho, K.H., W.C. Lee & S. Kim. (2003). Sexual Dimorphism on the Genus Paracalanus (Copepoda: Paracalanidae) in Korean Waters. <em>Proceedings of the Korea Society of Environmental Biology Conference.</em> 2003.11a:116-120. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal in Alboran Sea (IHO Sea Area) : Shipping [details]
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Barcode of Life (164 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paracalanus indicus)
To GenBank (94 nucleotides; 90 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (164 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paracalanus indicus)
To GenBank (94 nucleotides; 90 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
