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Pseudocalanus minutus (Krøyer, 1845) 
AphiaID: 104517

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Gymnoplea (Superorder) > Calanoida (Order) > Clausocalanidae (Family) > Pseudocalanus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
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Rank Species
Parent Pseudocalanus Boeck, 1872
Synonymised
taxa
  Calanus minutus Kroyer, 1845
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: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

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

Direct child
taxa
 Subspecies Pseudocalanus minutus elongatus (Boeck, 1865)
Subspecies Pseudocalanus minutus gracilis Farran & Vervoort, 1951
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Links Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls)
To GenBank
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To ITIS
Notes  Authority: Kröyer, 1842 [details]

Distribution: Saguenay Fjord, northern Gaspe waters, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley), downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary, Magdalen Islands (from Eastern Bradelle valley to the west, as far as Cape North, including the Cape Breton Channel), lower St. Lawrence estuary, Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway), Upper Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone off Sept- Iles), middle North Shore (from Sept- Iles to Cape Whittle, including the Mingan Islands), Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Honguedo Strait), lower North Shore, Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Esquiman Channel), lower Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone as far as Cabot Strait: Cape North, N.S., St. Paul Island to Cape Ray, NL.), North slope of Anticosti Island; western slope of Newfoundland, including the southern part of the Strait of Belle Isle but excluding the upper 50m in the area southwest of Newfoundland [details]

Habitat: upper mesopelagic, and upper epipelagic of the Gulf and estuary [details]
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Pseudocalanus acuspes and Pseudocalanus minutus
Pseudocalanus acuspes and Pseudocalanus minutus
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  Citation: Boxshall, G. (2009). Pseudocalanus minutus (Krøyer, 1845). In: Walter, T.C., Boxshall, G. (Eds) (2009). World Copepoda database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104517 on 2010-09-02
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