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Megacalanus Wolfenden, 1904 
AphiaID: 104187

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Gymnoplea (Superorder) > Calanoida (Order) > Megacalanidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Megacalanidae Sewell, 1947
Synonymised
taxa		  Macrocalanus Sars G.O., 1905 (synonym)
Sources  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 IMIS) [details]

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

from synonym: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Megacalanus gracilis (Dana, 1849)
Species Megacalanus longicornis (Sars G.O., 1905)
Species Megacalanus robustior (Giesbrecht, 1888)
Species Megacalanus sarsi Farran, 1939
Species Megacalanus typicus (Scott A., 1909)

Species Megacalanus princeps Wolfenden, 1904 represented as Megacalanus princeps princeps Wolfenden, 1904 (alternate representation)

Species Megacalanus bradyi Wolfenden, 1905 accepted as Bathycalanus bradyi (Wolfenden, 1905) accepted as Bathycalanus richardi Sars G.O., 1905
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Links 3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Megacalanus
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104187
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Boxshall, Geoff
  
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  Citation: Boxshall, G. (2013). Megacalanus Wolfenden, 1904. In: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2013). World of Copepods database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104187 on 2013-05-21
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