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), available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400072805 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). 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 2026-07-08
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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 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). [Preliminary list of Calanoides collected during the campaigns of H.S.H. Prince Albert of Monaco, with diagnoses of the genera and new species. (Part 1).]. <em>Bulletin du Musée Océanographique de Monaco.</em> 26:1-22. (20-iii-1905).
page(s): 7 [details]
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]
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). [Preliminary list of Calanoides collected during the campaigns of H.S.H. Prince Albert of Monaco, with diagnoses of the genera and new species. (Part 1).]. <em>Bulletin du Musée Océanographique de Monaco.</em> 26:1-22. (20-iii-1905).
page(s): 7 [details]
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]
Taxonomy
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 
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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 ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]
[request]additional source ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| 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
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Megacalanus)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Megacalanus princeps, USNM 262492, lateral)
To ITIS
(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
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