WoRMS taxon details
Calanus propinquus Brady, 1883
342435 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:342435)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Brady, G.S. (1883). Report on the Copepoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the Years 1873-76, Zoology.</em> 8 (part 23): 1-142, pl. 1-55., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39439478#page/1/mode/1up
page(s): 34 [details]
page(s): 34 [details]
Depth range epipelagic, sometimes deeper.
Depth range epipelagic, sometimes deeper. [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Calanus propinquus Brady, 1883. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342435 on 2025-09-22
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Nomenclature
original description
Brady, G.S. (1883). Report on the Copepoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the Years 1873-76, Zoology.</em> 8 (part 23): 1-142, pl. 1-55., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39439478#page/1/mode/1up
page(s): 34 [details]
page(s): 34 [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. <em>Earth System Science Data.</em> 9(1):99-113., available online at https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-99-2017 [details] Available for editors 
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context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Wilson, C. B. (1936). Plankton of the Bermuda Oceanographic Expeditions IV. Notes on Copepoda . Zoologica Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society , New York, 21(7): 89-93 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kosobokova, K.N. (1992). Experimental study of the fecundity of the Antarctic copepod Calanus propinquus. <em>Okeanologiya (Oceanology).</em> 32(1):89-93. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hagen, W., G. Kattner & M. Graeve. (1993). Calanoides acutus and Calanus propinquus, Antarctic copepods with different lipid storage modes via wax esters or triacylglycerols. <em>Marine Ecology Progress Series.</em> 97: 135-142., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps097135 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bathmann, U.V., R.R. Makarov, V.A. Spiridonov & G. Rohardt. (1993). Winter distribution and overwintering strategies of the Antarctic copepod species Calanoides acutus, Rhincalanus gigas and Calanus propinquus (Crustacea, Calanoida) in the Weddell Sea. Polar Biology 13(5):333-346. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Chiba, S., T. Ishimaru, G.W. Hosie & M. Fukuchi. (2002). Spatio-temporal variability in life cycle strategy of four pelagic Antarctic copepods: Rhincalanus gigas, Calanoides acutus, Calanus propinquus and Metridia gerlachei. <em>Polar Bioscience.</em> 15: 27-44., available online at http://its-db.aad.gov.au/proms/pubn/pubshow.asp?pub_id=10080 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Drits, A.V., A.F. Pasternak & K.N. Kosobokova. (1993). Feeding, metabolism and body composition of the Antarctic copepod Calanus propinquus Brady with special reference to its life cycle. Polar Biology 13(1):13-21. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Drits, A.V., A.F. Pasternak & V.B. Tseitlin. (1990). Diel feeding rhythm in Antarctic copepod Calanus propinquus. <em>Okeanologiya.</em> 30(6):999-1005. (Russian with English summary.) [English 30(6):740-744]. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kattner, G., M. Graeve & W. Hagen. (1994). Ontogenetic and seasonal changes in lipid and fatty acid/alcohol compositions of the dominant Antarctic copepods Calanus propinquus, Calanoides acutus and Rhincalanus gigas. Marine Biology, Berlin 118(4):637-644, fig. 1, tabs 1-7. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kosobokova, K.N. (1992). Egg production of the Antarctic copepod Calanus propinquus in laboratory conditions. Okeanologiya 32(1):134-140. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kosobokova, K.N. (1994). Reproduction of the calanoid copepod Calanus propinquus in the southern Weddell Sea, Antarctica: observations in laboratory. In: Ferrari, F.D. & B.P. Bradley (eds.). Ecology and Morphology of Copepods. Developments in Hydrobiology 102, Hydrobiologia 292/293:219-227, fig.1-3, tab.1-4. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Marín, V.H. (1988). Qualitative models of the life cycles of Calanoides acutus, Calanus propinquus and Rhincalanus gigas. Polar Biology 8(6):439-446, figs. 1-6, tabs. 1-3. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pasternak, A.F. & S.B. Schnack-Schiel. (2001). Seasonal feeding patterns of the dominant Antarctic copepods Calanus propinquus and Calanoides acutus in the Weddell Sea. Polar Biology 24:771-784. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ramírez, F.C. (1966). Copépodos Calanoidos marinos del área de Mar del Plata con la descripción de Pontella marplatensis n. sp. [Marine Calanoid Copepods from the Mar del Plata area with the description of Pontella marplatensis n. sp.]. <em>Boletín del Instituto de Biologia Marina, Mar del Plata.</em> 11:1-24, pls. 1-7, tab. 1. (viii-1966). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Schnack-Schiel, S.B. & W. Hagen. (1995). Life-cycle strategies of Calanoides acutus, Calanus propinquus, and Metridia gerlachei (Copepoda: Calanoida) in the eastern Weddell Sea, Antarctica. ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) Journal of Marine Science 52(3-4):541-548. (v-viii.1995) Also issued as ICES Marine Science Symposia Vol. 200. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ward, P. & R.S. Shreeve. (1998). Egg hatching time of Antarctic copepods. Polar Biology 19:142-144. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lee, B.D. (1966). Distribution and abundance of pelagic copepods in the Drake Passage and off the coast of Argentina, with special reference to hydrology of these areas. Ph.D. Thesis, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 1-250, pls. 1-56. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Michels, J. & S.N. Gorb. (2015). Mandibular gnathobases of marine planktonic copepods - feeding tools with complex micro- and nanoscale composite architectures. <em>Beilstein Journal Of Nanotechnology.</em> 6 :74-685., available online at https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.6.68 [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Bermuda) Wilson, C. B. (1936). Plankton of the Bermuda Oceanographic Expeditions IV. Notes on Copepoda . Zoologica Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society , New York, 21(7): 89-93 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kosobokova, K.N. (1992). Experimental study of the fecundity of the Antarctic copepod Calanus propinquus. <em>Okeanologiya (Oceanology).</em> 32(1):89-93. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hagen, W., G. Kattner & M. Graeve. (1993). Calanoides acutus and Calanus propinquus, Antarctic copepods with different lipid storage modes via wax esters or triacylglycerols. <em>Marine Ecology Progress Series.</em> 97: 135-142., available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps097135 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bathmann, U.V., R.R. Makarov, V.A. Spiridonov & G. Rohardt. (1993). Winter distribution and overwintering strategies of the Antarctic copepod species Calanoides acutus, Rhincalanus gigas and Calanus propinquus (Crustacea, Calanoida) in the Weddell Sea. Polar Biology 13(5):333-346. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Chiba, S., T. Ishimaru, G.W. Hosie & M. Fukuchi. (2002). Spatio-temporal variability in life cycle strategy of four pelagic Antarctic copepods: Rhincalanus gigas, Calanoides acutus, Calanus propinquus and Metridia gerlachei. <em>Polar Bioscience.</em> 15: 27-44., available online at http://its-db.aad.gov.au/proms/pubn/pubshow.asp?pub_id=10080 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Drits, A.V., A.F. Pasternak & K.N. Kosobokova. (1993). Feeding, metabolism and body composition of the Antarctic copepod Calanus propinquus Brady with special reference to its life cycle. Polar Biology 13(1):13-21. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Drits, A.V., A.F. Pasternak & V.B. Tseitlin. (1990). Diel feeding rhythm in Antarctic copepod Calanus propinquus. <em>Okeanologiya.</em> 30(6):999-1005. (Russian with English summary.) [English 30(6):740-744]. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kattner, G., M. Graeve & W. Hagen. (1994). Ontogenetic and seasonal changes in lipid and fatty acid/alcohol compositions of the dominant Antarctic copepods Calanus propinquus, Calanoides acutus and Rhincalanus gigas. Marine Biology, Berlin 118(4):637-644, fig. 1, tabs 1-7. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kosobokova, K.N. (1992). Egg production of the Antarctic copepod Calanus propinquus in laboratory conditions. Okeanologiya 32(1):134-140. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kosobokova, K.N. (1994). Reproduction of the calanoid copepod Calanus propinquus in the southern Weddell Sea, Antarctica: observations in laboratory. In: Ferrari, F.D. & B.P. Bradley (eds.). Ecology and Morphology of Copepods. Developments in Hydrobiology 102, Hydrobiologia 292/293:219-227, fig.1-3, tab.1-4. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Marín, V.H. (1988). Qualitative models of the life cycles of Calanoides acutus, Calanus propinquus and Rhincalanus gigas. Polar Biology 8(6):439-446, figs. 1-6, tabs. 1-3. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Pasternak, A.F. & S.B. Schnack-Schiel. (2001). Seasonal feeding patterns of the dominant Antarctic copepods Calanus propinquus and Calanoides acutus in the Weddell Sea. Polar Biology 24:771-784. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ramírez, F.C. (1966). Copépodos Calanoidos marinos del área de Mar del Plata con la descripción de Pontella marplatensis n. sp. [Marine Calanoid Copepods from the Mar del Plata area with the description of Pontella marplatensis n. sp.]. <em>Boletín del Instituto de Biologia Marina, Mar del Plata.</em> 11:1-24, pls. 1-7, tab. 1. (viii-1966). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Schnack-Schiel, S.B. & W. Hagen. (1995). Life-cycle strategies of Calanoides acutus, Calanus propinquus, and Metridia gerlachei (Copepoda: Calanoida) in the eastern Weddell Sea, Antarctica. ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) Journal of Marine Science 52(3-4):541-548. (v-viii.1995) Also issued as ICES Marine Science Symposia Vol. 200. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ward, P. & R.S. Shreeve. (1998). Egg hatching time of Antarctic copepods. Polar Biology 19:142-144. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lee, B.D. (1966). Distribution and abundance of pelagic copepods in the Drake Passage and off the coast of Argentina, with special reference to hydrology of these areas. Ph.D. Thesis, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 1-250, pls. 1-56. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Michels, J. & S.N. Gorb. (2015). Mandibular gnathobases of marine planktonic copepods - feeding tools with complex micro- and nanoscale composite architectures. <em>Beilstein Journal Of Nanotechnology.</em> 6 :74-685., available online at https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.6.68 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Depth range epipelagic, sometimes deeper. [details]Morphology Sometimes confused with Calanus simillimus, but of larger size. [details]
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (55 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Calanus propinquus)
To GenBank (84 nucleotides; 57 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (10 records)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (55 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Calanus propinquus)
To GenBank (84 nucleotides; 57 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (10 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
