WoRMS taxon details
Spinocalanus magnus Wolfenden, 1904
104853 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104853)
accepted
Species
Spinocalanus heterocaudatus Rose, 1937 · unaccepted (synonym according to Damkaer, 1975)
Spinocalanus latifrons Sars G.O., 1907 · unaccepted (synonym according to Damkaer, 1975)
Spinocalanus pacificus Mori, 1942 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Wolfenden, R.N. (1904). Notes on the Copepoda of the North Atlantic Sea and the Faröe Channel. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom n. ser. 7:110-146, fig. 1, pl. 9. (iv-1904), available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400072805 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Spinocalanus magnus Wolfenden, 1904. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104853 on 2026-11-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Wolfenden, R.N. (1904). Notes on the Copepoda of the North Atlantic Sea and the Faröe Channel. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom n. ser. 7:110-146, fig. 1, pl. 9. (iv-1904), available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400072805 [details]
original description (of Spinocalanus pacificus Mori, 1942) Mori, T. (1942). Systematic studies of the plankton organisms occurring in Iwayama Bay, Palao. IV. Copepoda from the bay and adjacent waters. Palao Tropical Biological Station Studies 2(3):549-580, pls. 8-14. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Spinocalanus heterocaudatus Rose, 1937) Rose, M. (1937). Copépodes bathypélagiques de la baie d'Alger. Description d'espèces nouvelles. [Bathypelagic copepods of the Bay of Algiers. Description of new species.]. <em>Annales de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco, Nouvelle Série.</em> n. ser. 17:151-174, figs. 1-12. (18-vi-1937). [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Spinocalanus latifrons Sars G.O., 1907) Sars, G.O. (1907). Notes supplémentaires sur les Calanoïdes de la Princesse-Alice. (Corrections et additions). Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco 101:1-27. (30-iv-1907) [details]
original description (of Spinocalanus pacificus Mori, 1942) Mori, T. (1942). Systematic studies of the plankton organisms occurring in Iwayama Bay, Palao. IV. Copepoda from the bay and adjacent waters. Palao Tropical Biological Station Studies 2(3):549-580, pls. 8-14. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Spinocalanus heterocaudatus Rose, 1937) Rose, M. (1937). Copépodes bathypélagiques de la baie d'Alger. Description d'espèces nouvelles. [Bathypelagic copepods of the Bay of Algiers. Description of new species.]. <em>Annales de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco, Nouvelle Série.</em> n. ser. 17:151-174, figs. 1-12. (18-vi-1937). [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Spinocalanus latifrons Sars G.O., 1907) Sars, G.O. (1907). Notes supplémentaires sur les Calanoïdes de la Princesse-Alice. (Corrections et additions). Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco 101:1-27. (30-iv-1907) [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 [request]
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context source (Bermuda)
Deevey, G.B. & A.L. Brooks. (1977). Copepods of the Sargasso Sea off Bermuda: species composition, and vertical and seasonal distribution between the surface and 2000 m. Bulletin of Marine Science 27(2):256-291, figs. 1-14, tabs. 1-7. (iv-1977) [details] Available for editors [request]
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 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 Farran, G.P. (1905). Report on the Copepoda of the Atlantic slope off counties Mayo and Galway. Scientific Investigations of the Fisheries Branch of Ireland. 1902-1903(2), appendix 2:23-52, pls. 3-13. [details]
additional source Grice, G.D. & K. Hulsemann. (1967). Bathypelagic calanoid copepods of the western Indian Ocean. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 122(3583):1-67, figs. 1-319., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.122-3583.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Park, T. (1970). Calanoid copepods from the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. 2. New species and new records from plankton samples. Bulletin of Marine Science 20(2):472-546, figs. 1-402. (vi-1970) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Sano, M., R. Kaneko, S. Yoshizawa, S. Ohtsuka & S. Nishida. (2026). Species-specific gut bacterial communities in mesopelagic calanoid copepods: relationships with marine snow feeding and gut morphology. <em>Plankton & Benthos Research.</em> 21(3):209-219. Aug 2026., available online at https://doi.org/10.3800/pbr.21.209 [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
[request]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 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 Farran, G.P. (1905). Report on the Copepoda of the Atlantic slope off counties Mayo and Galway. Scientific Investigations of the Fisheries Branch of Ireland. 1902-1903(2), appendix 2:23-52, pls. 3-13. [details]
additional source Grice, G.D. & K. Hulsemann. (1967). Bathypelagic calanoid copepods of the western Indian Ocean. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 122(3583):1-67, figs. 1-319., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.122-3583.1 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Park, T. (1970). Calanoid copepods from the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. 2. New species and new records from plankton samples. Bulletin of Marine Science 20(2):472-546, figs. 1-402. (vi-1970) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sano, M., R. Kaneko, S. Yoshizawa, S. Ohtsuka & S. Nishida. (2026). Species-specific gut bacterial communities in mesopelagic calanoid copepods: relationships with marine snow feeding and gut morphology. <em>Plankton & Benthos Research.</em> 21(3):209-219. Aug 2026., available online at https://doi.org/10.3800/pbr.21.209 [details] Available for editors
[request]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
Unreviewed
Habitat Mesopelagic [details]
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Spinocalanus heterocaudatus Rose, 1937)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spinocalanus magnus)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (31 records)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Spinocalanus heterocaudatus Rose, 1937)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spinocalanus magnus)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (31 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
