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Paracalanus parvus (Claus, 1863) 
AphiaID: 104685

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Gymnoplea (Superorder) > Calanoida (Order) > Paracalanidae (Family) > Paracalanus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Paracalanus Boeck, 1865
Synonymised
taxa
  Calanus parvus Claus, 1863 (basionym)
Paracalanus lagunaris (Grandori, 1912) (synonym: listed as synonym by Vives & Shmeleva, 2007)
Paracalanus parvus var. borealis Wolfenden, 1906
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]

basis of record: Smith, S.L.. 1982. The northwestern Indian Ocean during the monsoons of 1979: distribution, abundance, and feeding of zooplankton. Deep Sea Research, Vol. 29. No. 11A 1331 - 1353. [details]

additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Suárez-Morales, E., J. W. Fleeger, and P. A. Montagna. 2009. Free-Living Copepoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 841–869 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Statio [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: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

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

basis of record (from synonym): van Breemen, P.J. (1906). Mariene copepoden [Marine copepods]. Fauna van Nederland, 1. E.J. Brill: Leiden, The Netherlands. 31 pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

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

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Direct child
taxa

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 Subspecies Paracalanus parvus borealis Wolfenden, 1906
Subspecies Paracalanus parvus indicus Wolfenden, 1906
Subspecies Paracalanus parvus major Tanaka, 1956
Subspecies Paracalanus parvus minor Tanaka, 1956

Variety Paracalanus parvus var. borealis Wolfenden, 1906 accepted as Paracalanus parvus (Claus, 1863)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Antarctic Ocean [details]
Bulgarian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Pacific part] [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
FAO fishing area 67 [details]
Georgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
North East Pacific [details]
North Pacific [details]
North Sea [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Oostende [details]
Red Sea [details]
Romanian Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Russian part of the Black Sea [details]
Somalia [details]
Subantarctic Waters [details]
Turkish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Ukrainian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Wadden Sea [details]
Westerschelde [details]
Wimereux [details]
Links Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls)
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To Antarctic Invertebrates
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (152 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: Labrador to Chesapeake Bay [details]

Distribution: Nearly cosmopolitan, except for Arctic. Locality records in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific are to be confirmed. [details]

Habitat: Known from the nearshore. [details]

Habitat: pelagic species (Surface and shallow waters) [details]

Identification: Confusions are possible with P. indicus and P. quasimodo  [details]
Images 
Paracalanus parvus and P. indicus
Paracalanus parvus and P. indicus
added on 2011-02-01 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Moira Galbraith ()
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Paracalanus parvus
Paracalanus parvus
added on 2011-02-01 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Moira Galbraith ()
qualitystatus: not checked

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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104685
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Boxshall, Geoff
2008-04-19 14:26:07Z  changed  Kouwenberg, Juliana
  
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  Citation: Kouwenberg, J.; Boxshall, G. (2013). Paracalanus parvus (Claus, 1863). 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=104685 on 2013-06-20
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