WoRMS taxon details
Acrocalanus gracilis Giesbrecht, 1888
220838 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220838)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Giesbrecht, W. (1888). Elenco dei Copepodi pelagici raccolti dal Tenente di vascello Gaetano Chierchia durante il viaggio della R. Corvetta 'Vettor Pisani' negli anni 1882-1885 e dal Tenente di vascello Francesco Orsini nel Mar Rosso, nel 1884. [List of pelagic copepods collected by Lieutenant Gaetano Chierchia during the voyage of the Royal Corvette 'Vettor Pisani' in the years 1882-1885 and by Lieutenant Francesco Orsini in the Red Sea, in 1884.]. <em>Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali Rendiconti.</em> (4)4 sem. 2:284-287, 330-338. [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Acrocalanus gracilis Giesbrecht, 1888. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220838 on 2025-07-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Giesbrecht, W. (1888). Elenco dei Copepodi pelagici raccolti dal Tenente di vascello Gaetano Chierchia durante il viaggio della R. Corvetta 'Vettor Pisani' negli anni 1882-1885 e dal Tenente di vascello Francesco Orsini nel Mar Rosso, nel 1884. [List of pelagic copepods collected by Lieutenant Gaetano Chierchia during the voyage of the Royal Corvette 'Vettor Pisani' in the years 1882-1885 and by Lieutenant Francesco Orsini in the Red Sea, in 1884.]. <em>Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali Rendiconti.</em> (4)4 sem. 2:284-287, 330-338. [details]
basis of record Revis, N. & E.N. Okemwa. (1988). Additional records of species of copepods and their distribution in the coastal and inshore waters of Kenya. <em>Kenya Journal of Sciences, Series B.</em> 9(1-2):123-127. [details]
basis of record Revis, N. & E.N. Okemwa. (1988). Additional records of species of copepods and their distribution in the coastal and inshore waters of Kenya. <em>Kenya Journal of Sciences, Series B.</em> 9(1-2):123-127. [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]
context source (HKRMS) Lee, C.N.W. (2002). The ecology of planktonic copepods and hyperbenthic communities in the Cape d'Aguilar Marine Reserve, Hong Kong. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. [details]
additional source Sewell, R.B.S. (1929). The Copepoda of Indian Seas. Calanoida. <em>Memoirs of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 10:1-221, figs. 1-81. (xii-1929). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Wolfenden, R.N. (1906). Notes on the collection of Copepoda. In: Stanley Gardiner, J. (ed.). The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes. University Press, Cambridge 2, suppl. 1: 989-1040, pls. 96-100. [details]
additional source Gusmão, L.F.M. & A.D. McKinnon. (2009). Sex ratios, intersexuality and sex change in copepods. <em>Journal of Plankton Research.</em> 31(9):1101-1117. [details] Available for editors [request]
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 Prusova, I.Y., S.L. Smith & E. Popova. 2012. Calanoid copepods of the Arabian Sea region. Sultan Qaboos University, Academic Publication Board, Muscat, Oman 240 pp., 240 figs. (2011). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Soh, H.Y., S.Y. Moon & J.H. Wi. (2013). Arthropoda: Maxillopoda: Copepoda: Calanoida, Cyclopoida, Marine Planktonic Copepods II. <em>Invertebrate Fauna of Korea, National Institute of Biological Resources, Ministry of Environment(Korea).</em> 21(28):157 pp.
page(s): 48 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Mulyadi. (2004). Calanoid copepods in Indonesian waters. The pelagic calanoid copeods of the families Acartiidae, Aetideidae, Augaptilidae, Calanidae, Calocalnidae, Candaciidea, Centropagidae, Clausocalanidae, Eucalanidae, Euchaetidae, Heterorhabdidae, Pseudodiaptomidae, Scolecithridae, and Tortanidae in Indonesian waters. <em>Research Center for Biology, Indonesia Institute of Sciences, Bogor, Indonesia.</em> 193 pp. Jan 2004. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Nawaz, M.A., S. Kandhasamy & B. Gurunathan. (2023). Impact of Variation in Environmental Parameters on Abundance of Paracalanidae (Calanoida: Copepoda) from the Tropical Coast of India, Bay of Bengal. <em>Russian Journal of Marine Biology.</em> 49(5):391-400., available online at https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063074023050073 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Greenwood, J.G. (1976). Calanoid copepods of Moreton Bay (Queensland). I. Families Calanidae, Eucalanidae, and Paracalanidae. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 87:1-28, figs. 1-8. (30-vi-1976) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Koga, F. (1984). Morphology, ecology, classification and specialization of copepods nauplius. Bulletin of the Nansei Regional Fisheries Research Laboratory 16:95-229, figs. 1-62, tabs. 1-3. (1-1984, Japanese with English summary). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Scott, A. (1909). The Copepoda of the Siboga Expedition. Part I. Free-swimming, littoral and semi-parasitic Copepoda. <em>Siboga Expeditie, Monograph, Leiden.</em> 29:1-323, pls. 1-69., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2191407#page/11/mode/1up
page(s): 29 [details]
additional source Brodsky, K.A. (1962). K faune i raspredeleniyu veslonogikh rachkov Calanoida poverkhnostnykh vod severo-zapadnoi chasti Tikhogo okeana. [On the fauna and distribution of the calanoid copepods from the surface waters of the north-western Pacific Ocean.]. <em>Issledovaniya dal'nevost. Morei SSSR.</em> 8:91-166, figs. 1-60. (Russian). [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (HKRMS) Lee, C.N.W. (2002). The ecology of planktonic copepods and hyperbenthic communities in the Cape d'Aguilar Marine Reserve, Hong Kong. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. [details]
additional source Sewell, R.B.S. (1929). The Copepoda of Indian Seas. Calanoida. <em>Memoirs of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 10:1-221, figs. 1-81. (xii-1929). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Wolfenden, R.N. (1906). Notes on the collection of Copepoda. In: Stanley Gardiner, J. (ed.). The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes. University Press, Cambridge 2, suppl. 1: 989-1040, pls. 96-100. [details]
additional source Gusmão, L.F.M. & A.D. McKinnon. (2009). Sex ratios, intersexuality and sex change in copepods. <em>Journal of Plankton Research.</em> 31(9):1101-1117. [details] Available for editors
[request]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 Prusova, I.Y., S.L. Smith & E. Popova. 2012. Calanoid copepods of the Arabian Sea region. Sultan Qaboos University, Academic Publication Board, Muscat, Oman 240 pp., 240 figs. (2011). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Soh, H.Y., S.Y. Moon & J.H. Wi. (2013). Arthropoda: Maxillopoda: Copepoda: Calanoida, Cyclopoida, Marine Planktonic Copepods II. <em>Invertebrate Fauna of Korea, National Institute of Biological Resources, Ministry of Environment(Korea).</em> 21(28):157 pp.
page(s): 48 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Mulyadi. (2004). Calanoid copepods in Indonesian waters. The pelagic calanoid copeods of the families Acartiidae, Aetideidae, Augaptilidae, Calanidae, Calocalnidae, Candaciidea, Centropagidae, Clausocalanidae, Eucalanidae, Euchaetidae, Heterorhabdidae, Pseudodiaptomidae, Scolecithridae, and Tortanidae in Indonesian waters. <em>Research Center for Biology, Indonesia Institute of Sciences, Bogor, Indonesia.</em> 193 pp. Jan 2004. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Nawaz, M.A., S. Kandhasamy & B. Gurunathan. (2023). Impact of Variation in Environmental Parameters on Abundance of Paracalanidae (Calanoida: Copepoda) from the Tropical Coast of India, Bay of Bengal. <em>Russian Journal of Marine Biology.</em> 49(5):391-400., available online at https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063074023050073 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Greenwood, J.G. (1976). Calanoid copepods of Moreton Bay (Queensland). I. Families Calanidae, Eucalanidae, and Paracalanidae. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 87:1-28, figs. 1-8. (30-vi-1976) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Koga, F. (1984). Morphology, ecology, classification and specialization of copepods nauplius. Bulletin of the Nansei Regional Fisheries Research Laboratory 16:95-229, figs. 1-62, tabs. 1-3. (1-1984, Japanese with English summary). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Scott, A. (1909). The Copepoda of the Siboga Expedition. Part I. Free-swimming, littoral and semi-parasitic Copepoda. <em>Siboga Expeditie, Monograph, Leiden.</em> 29:1-323, pls. 1-69., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2191407#page/11/mode/1up
page(s): 29 [details]
additional source Brodsky, K.A. (1962). K faune i raspredeleniyu veslonogikh rachkov Calanoida poverkhnostnykh vod severo-zapadnoi chasti Tikhogo okeana. [On the fauna and distribution of the calanoid copepods from the surface waters of the north-western Pacific Ocean.]. <em>Issledovaniya dal'nevost. Morei SSSR.</em> 8:91-166, figs. 1-60. (Russian). [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acrocalanus gracilis)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (24 records)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acrocalanus gracilis)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (24 records)
To ITIS
