Calanus finmarchicus
creator: Boxshall, Geoff
creator: Walter, T. Chad
date: 2026-08-02
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104464 on 2026-08-02
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2020-10-06T17:25:25Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770)
class: Copepoda
family: Calanidae
genus: Calanus
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Gunnerus, J.E. [Gunner / Gunneri]. (1770). Nogle smaa rare og meestendeelen nye Norske Soedyr. [Some nice little and mostly new Norwegian Sea animals.]. Skrifter, som udi det Kiöbenhavnske Selskabets af laerdoms og Videnskabers Elskere, 1765-1769 (Actae Havniae). 10:166-176, pl. 1.
name published in: Templeton, R. (1836). Description of some undescribed exotic Crustacea. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1:185-198, figs. 14-15, pls. 20-22.
name published in: Lubbock, J. (1854). On some arctic species of Calanidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (2)14:125-129, pl. 5. (viii-1854)
name published in: Dana, J.D. (1853 - 1855). Crustacea. Part II. In: United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes. U. S. N., C. Sherman Printer, Philadelphia. 14: 691-1618. [1855, folio atlas pls. 1-96.].
name published in: Krøyer, H. (1842-1845). Zoologie. Crustacés. [Zoology. Crustacea.]. In: Gaimard, P. (Ed), Voyages de la Commission Scientifique du Nord en Scandinavie, en Laponie au Spitzberg et aux Faröe pendant les années 1838, 1839 et 1840 sur la corvette la recherche commandée par M. Fabvre Lieutenant de vasseau, Arthus Bertrand, Paris. 86 Plates. "1-43" [only pls. 1-5, 5a, 6-11, 11b, 13-20, 22-31, 35-43 were issued (40 plates total); no text].
name published in: Krøyer, H. (1843 - 1845). Danmarks Fiske. [Denmark's fisheries.]. Copenhagen, S. Triers. 2: 1-644.
name published in: Müller, O.F. (1776). Synonymen aus dem unsichtbaren Thierreiche. [Synonyms from the invisible animal kingdom]. Naturforscher. 9: 206-214.
name published in: Tanaka, O. (1956). The pelagic copepods of the Izu region, Middle Japan. Systematic account I. Families Calanidae and Eucalanidae. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 5(2):251-272, figs. 1-5. (30-vi-1956)
name published in: Goodsir, H.D.S. (1843). The Genus Cetochilus belonging to the Order Copepoda and the family Pontia of M. Edwards. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 35:336-339, pl.6.
name published in: Rafinesque, C.S. (1817). Synopsis of four new genera and ten new species of Crustacea, found in the United States. The American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review. 2: 41-44.
name published in: Stalberg, G. (1931). Eine Calanus-Form aus dem Telezker-See im Altai. [A Calanus form from Lake Teletsker in Altai.]. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 95(9-10):209-220, figs. 1-13. (20-vii-1931).
name published in year: 1770
name published in year: 1836
name published in year: 1854
name published in year: 1853 - 1855
name published in year: 1842-1845
name published in year: 1843 - 1845
name published in year: 1776
name published in year: 1956
name published in year: 1843
name published in year: 1817
name published in year: 1931
order: Calanoida
parent name usage ID: 104152
phylum: Arthropoda
scientific name authorship: (Gunnerus, 1770)
specific epithet: finmarchicus
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted