WoRMS taxon details
Megacalanus Wolfenden, 1904
104187 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104187)
accepted
Genus
Megacalanus princeps princeps Wolfenden, 1904 (type by original designation)
Macrocalanus Sars G.O., 1905 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Megacalanus ericae Bradford-Grieve, Blanco-Bercial & Boxshall, 2017
- Species Megacalanus frosti Bradford-Grieve, Blanco-Bercial & Boxshall, 2017
- Species Megacalanus ohmani Bradford-Grieve, Blanco-Bercial & Boxshall, 2017
- Species Megacalanus bradyi Wolfenden, 1905 accepted as Bathycalanus bradyi (Wolfenden, 1905)
- Species Megacalanus gracilis (Dana, 1852) accepted as Neocalanus gracilis (Dana, 1849-1852)
- Species Megacalanus longicornis (Sars G.O., 1905) accepted as Megacalanus princeps Wolfenden, 1904 represented as Megacalanus princeps princeps Wolfenden, 1904 (synonym according to Bradford-Grieve, 1994)
- Species Megacalanus robustior (Giesbrecht, 1888) accepted as Neocalanus robustior (Giesbrecht, 1888)
- Species Megacalanus sarsi Farran, 1939 accepted as Bradycalanus typicus Scott A., 1909
- Species Megacalanus typicus (Scott A., 1909) accepted as Bradycalanus typicus Scott A., 1909
- Species Megacalanus princeps Wolfenden, 1904 represented as Megacalanus princeps princeps Wolfenden, 1904
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) [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2024). World of Copepods Database. Megacalanus Wolfenden, 1904. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104187 on 2024-09-22
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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) [details]
original description (of Macrocalanus Sars G.O., 1905) Sars, G.O. (1905). Liste préliminaire des Calanoides recueillis pendant les campagnes de S.A.S. le Prince Albert de Monaco, avec diagnoses des genres et des espéces nouvelles. (1 re partie). <em>Bulletin du Musée Océanographique de Monaco.</em> 26:1-22. (20-iii-1905). [details]
taxonomy source Bradford-Grieve, J.M., L. Blanco-Bercial & G.A. Boxshall. (2017). Revision of Family Megacalanidae (Copepoda: Calanoida). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4229(1):1-183., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4229.1.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record 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 Ices Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]
original description (of Macrocalanus Sars G.O., 1905) Sars, G.O. (1905). Liste préliminaire des Calanoides recueillis pendant les campagnes de S.A.S. le Prince Albert de Monaco, avec diagnoses des genres et des espéces nouvelles. (1 re partie). <em>Bulletin du Musée Océanographique de Monaco.</em> 26:1-22. (20-iii-1905). [details]
taxonomy source Bradford-Grieve, J.M., L. Blanco-Bercial & G.A. Boxshall. (2017). Revision of Family Megacalanidae (Copepoda: Calanoida). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4229(1):1-183., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4229.1.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record 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 Ices Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]
Language | Name | |
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Japanese | メガカラヌス属 | [details] |
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Macrocalanus (from synonym Macrocalanus Sars G.O., 1905)
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Megacalanus
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Megacalanus)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Megacalanus princeps, USNM 262492, lateral)
To ITIS
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Megacalanus
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Megacalanus)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Megacalanus princeps, USNM 262492, lateral)
To ITIS