WoRMS name details
Paracalanus pygmaeus (Claus, 1863)
149722 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:149722)
uncertain
Species
Calanus pygmaeus Claus, 1863 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Calanus pygmaeus Claus, 1863) Claus, C. (1863). Die frei lebenden Copepoden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna Deutschlands, der Nordsee und des Mittelmeeres. [The free-living copepods with special consideration of the fauna of Germany, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 230 pp., pls. 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11820384 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Paracalanus pygmaeus (Claus, 1863). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=149722 on 2025-10-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Calanus pygmaeus Claus, 1863) Claus, C. (1863). Die frei lebenden Copepoden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna Deutschlands, der Nordsee und des Mittelmeeres. [The free-living copepods with special consideration of the fauna of Germany, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.]. <em>Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig.</em> 230 pp., pls. 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11820384 [details]
basis of record ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]
basis of record ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [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]
additional source Scott, T. (1894). Report on Entomostraca from the Gulf of Guinea, collected by John Rattray, B.Sc. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 2, Zoology.</em> 6(1):1-161, pls. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8598493 [details]
additional source Suárez-Morales, E., J.W. Fleeger & P.A. Montagna. (2009). Free-living Copepoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D. L. & D.K. Camp [Eds]. Gulf of Mexico: origin, waters, and biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 1393 pp.</em> Chapter pagination: 841-869. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Scott, T. (1894). Report on Entomostraca from the Gulf of Guinea, collected by John Rattray, B.Sc. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 2, Zoology.</em> 6(1):1-161, pls. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8598493 [details]
additional source Suárez-Morales, E., J.W. Fleeger & P.A. Montagna. (2009). Free-living Copepoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D. L. & D.K. Camp [Eds]. Gulf of Mexico: origin, waters, and biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 1393 pp.</em> Chapter pagination: 841-869. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Validity Doubtful species. Cf. Parvocalanus scotti or Paracalanus denudatus [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records)
To ITIS
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records)
To ITIS
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