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WoRMS taxon details
Clausocalanidae Giesbrecht, 1893
104082 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104082)
accepted
Family
Pseudocalanidae Sars G.O., 1901 · unaccepted (ICZN 1988:228-229, not given...)
ICZN 1988:228-229, not given precedence over Clausocalanidae Giesbrecht 1893
- Genus Clausocalanus Giesbrecht, 1888
- Genus Ctenocalanus Giesbrecht, 1888
- Genus Drepanopus Brady, 1883
- Genus Microcalanus Sars G.O., 1903
- Genus Peniculoides Markhaseva & Renz, 2015
- Genus Pseudocalanus Boeck, 1873
- Genus Spicipes Grice & Hulsemann, 1965
- Genus Clausia Boeck, 1865 accepted as Pseudocalanus Boeck, 1873 (synonym)
- Genus Drepanopsis Wolfenden, 1911 accepted as Farrania Sars G.O., 1920 (synonym)
- Genus Lucullus Giesbrecht, 1881 accepted as Pseudocalanus Boeck, 1873 (synonym)
- Genus Streptocalanus Brady, 1918 accepted as Pseudocalanus Boeck, 1873
marine
Giesbrecht, W. (1893). Systematik und Faunistik der pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. [Systematics and faunistics of the pelagic copepods of the Gulf of Naples and the adjacent marine areas.]. <em>Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der Angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte, Herausgegeben von der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel.</em> 19:1-831, pls. 1-54. [published text and plates in sections over 2 years, 1892-1893]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/798364 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Clausocalanidae Giesbrecht, 1893. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104082 on 2026-09-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Giesbrecht, W. (1893). Systematik und Faunistik der pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. [Systematics and faunistics of the pelagic copepods of the Gulf of Naples and the adjacent marine areas.]. <em>Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der Angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte, Herausgegeben von der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel.</em> 19:1-831, pls. 1-54. [published text and plates in sections over 2 years, 1892-1893]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/798364 [details]
original description (of Pseudocalanidae Sars G.O., 1901) Sars, G.O. (1901). Copepoda Calanoida, Parts I & II. Calanidae, Eucalanidae, Paracalanidae , Pseudocalanidae, Aetideidae (part). <em>An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum.</em> 4:1-26, pls. 1-16. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Pseudocalanidae Sars G.O., 1901) Sars, G.O. (1901). Copepoda Calanoida, Parts I & II. Calanidae, Eucalanidae, Paracalanidae , Pseudocalanidae, Aetideidae (part). <em>An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum.</em> 4:1-26, pls. 1-16. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France.</em> 463 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Holthuis, L.B. & W. Vervoort. (2006). The date of publication of Wilhelm Giesbrecht's "Pelagische Copepoden", in Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel, volume 19. <em>Crustaceana (Leiden).</em> 79(3):371-374., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854006776759581 [details] Available for editors
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additional source International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. (1988). Opinion 1503: Pseudocalanidae Sars, 1901 (Crustacea, Copepoda) not to be given precedence over Clausocalanidae Giesbrecht 1892. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 45(3):228-229. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. <em>Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA).</em> 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Mauchline, J. (1988). Taxonomic value of pore pattern in the integument of calanoid copepods (Crustacea). Journal of Zoology, London 214(4):697-749., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1988.tb03768.x [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France.</em> 463 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Holthuis, L.B. & W. Vervoort. (2006). The date of publication of Wilhelm Giesbrecht's "Pelagische Copepoden", in Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel, volume 19. <em>Crustaceana (Leiden).</em> 79(3):371-374., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/156854006776759581 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. (1988). Opinion 1503: Pseudocalanidae Sars, 1901 (Crustacea, Copepoda) not to be given precedence over Clausocalanidae Giesbrecht 1892. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 45(3):228-229. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. <em>Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA).</em> 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Mauchline, J. (1988). Taxonomic value of pore pattern in the integument of calanoid copepods (Crustacea). Journal of Zoology, London 214(4):697-749., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1988.tb03768.x [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Synonymy Family Clausocalanidae was used by Bowman and Abele (1982) to replace Family Pseudocalanidae used by Wilson (1959). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | クラウソカラヌス科 | [details] |
