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Macrocalanus Sars G.O., 1905 
AphiaID: 347438

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Gymnoplea (Superorder) > Calanoida (Order) > Megacalanidae (Family)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (synonym)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Megacalanus Wolfenden, 1904
Rank Genus
Parent Megacalanidae Sewell, 1947
Sources  basis of record: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details]

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taxa
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Species Macrocalanus longicornis Sars G.O., 1905 accepted as Megacalanus longicornis (Sars G.O., 1905)
Species Macrocalanus princeps Sars G.O., 1905 accepted as Megacalanus princeps Wolfenden, 1904 represented as Megacalanus princeps princeps Wolfenden, 1904
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Link 3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Macrocalanus
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:347438
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-07-15 11:49:29Z  created  Walter, T. Chad
2008-08-04 10:50:30Z  changed  Walter, T. Chad
2008-09-06 11:40:36Z  changed  Walter, T. Chad
  
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  Citation: Walter, T. Chad (2013). Macrocalanus Sars G.O., 1905. 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=347438 on 2013-05-24
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