MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Calanus Leach, 1816

ERMS taxon details

Calanus Leach, 1816

Calanus finmarchicus, Calanus glacialis and Calanus hyperboreus

AphiaID

104152 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104152)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770) (type by original designation)

Parent

Calanidae Dana, 1846

Original name

Calanus Leach, 1816

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Species Calanus euxinus Hulsemann, 1991
Species Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770)
Species Calanus glacialis Jaschnov, 1955
Species Calanus hyperboreus Krøyer, 1838
Species Calanus propinquus Brady, 1883
Species Calanus minor (Claus, 1863) accepted as Nannocalanus minor (Claus, 1863)
Species Calanus helgolandicus (Claus, 1863) represented as Calanus helgolandicus helgolandicus (Claus, 1863)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Leach, W.E. (1816). Annulosa. In Book Series: Encyclopedia Britannica, vol 1 of 5, supplement to the fourth, fifth and sixth editions. 1(2): 401-453, pls. 20-26. (June1816)., available online at https://digital.nls.uk/encyclopaedia-britannica/archive/193057498 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2024). World of Copepods Database. Calanus Leach, 1816. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2024) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104152 on 2025-04-14

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Calanus Leach, 1816. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104152 on 2025-04-14

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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2008-08-06 13:32:15Z

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original description Leach, W.E. (1816). Annulosa. In Book Series: Encyclopedia Britannica, vol 1 of 5, supplement to the fourth, fifth and sixth editions. 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), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in RoR) [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. 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). 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).]. In: Res. Biol. Issled. Sov. Antarkt. Ekped.(1955-1958 gg), 2, Moskva, Akad. Nauk SSSR, Zool. Inst. Issledovaniya Fauny Morei. 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).]. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR. 176:222-225, figs. 1-2. (Russian, translation in:Dokl. (Proc.) Acad. Sci. USSS, Biol. Sci. Sect. [details] Available for editors

additional source Krøyer, H. (1848). Karcinologiste Bidrag (Forsaettelse). [Carcinologist Contributions (Continued)]. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. II. 2(5): 527-560. [details]

additional source ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]