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Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770) 
AphiaID: 104464

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Gymnoplea (Superorder) > Calanoida (Order) > Calanidae (Family) > Calanus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Calanus Leach, 1816
Synonymised
taxa
  Calanus arietis Templeton, 1836
Calanus borealis Lubbock, 1854
Calanus elegans Lubbock, 1854
Calanus finmarchicus helgolandicus Tanaka, 1956
Calanus finmarchicus telezkensis Stalberg, 1931
Calanus mundus Dana, 1849 (Giesbrecht, 1893:89)
Calanus perspicax Dana, 1852
Calanus quinqueannulatus Kroyer, 1842
Calanus recticornis Dana, 1849 (Giesbrecht, 1893:89)
Calanus sanguineus Dana, 1849
Calanus sanguineus perspicax Dana, 1852
Calanus septentrionalis (Goodsir, 1843)
Calanus spitzbergensis Kroyer, 1843
Cetochilus finmarchicus (Gunner, 1765) (synonym)
Cetochilus septentrionalis Goodsir, 1843 (synonym)
Monoculus finmarchicus Gunner, 1765 (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: Brunel, P., L. Bosse, and G. Lamarche. 1998. Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p. [details]

additional source: Roff, J.C. 1978. A guide to the marine flora and fauna of the Bay of Fundy: Copepoda: Calanoida. Fisheries and Marine Service Technical Report 823. 27 p. [details]

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

Direct child
taxa
 Subspecies Calanus finmarchicus helgolandicus Tanaka, 1956 accepted as Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770)
Subspecies Calanus finmarchicus pontica Karavaev, 1894 accepted as Calanus ponticus Kritchagin, 1873
Subspecies Calanus finmarchicus telezkensis Stalberg, 1931 accepted as Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
North Sea [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Links Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls)
To GenBank
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To ITIS
Notes  DistributionC. helgolandicus, a congener species of C. finmarchicus, might have a more southern distribution. [details]

Distribution: Arctic to West Indies [details]

Habitat: upper and glacial epipelagic regions of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Images 
Calanus finmarchicus, Calanus glacialis and Calanus hyperboreus
Calanus finmarchicus, Calanus glacialis and Calanus hyperboreus
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Calanus finmarchicus and Calanus hyperboreus, low mag, 2,25x
Calanus finmarchicus and Calanus hyperboreus, low mag, 2,25x
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Calanus finmarchicus, sexy, 3,25x
Calanus finmarchicus, sexy, 3,25x
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Calanus finmarchicus, spermatophores, high mag, 8,5x
Calanus finmarchicus, spermatophores, high mag, 8,5x
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Calanus finmarchicus
Calanus finmarchicus
added on 2010-03-08 - author: Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada ()
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Edit
history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Boxshall, Geoff
2008-08-06 13:32:15Z  changed  Walter, T. Chad
2009-11-29 21:58:33Z  changed  Walter, T. Chad
2010-06-28 13:28:09Z  changed  Walter, T. Chad
  
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  Citation: Walter, T. Chad; Boxshall, G. (2010). Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770). In: Walter, T.C., Boxshall, G. (Eds) (2010). World Copepoda database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104464 on 2010-09-02
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