Acrocalanus gracilis
creator: Fondo, Esther
creator: Walter, T. Chad
date: 2026-08-31
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: Acrocalanus gracilis Giesbrecht, 1888
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). 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 2026-08-30
created: 1998-03-24T08:39:37Z
modified: 2010-06-30T13:19:04Z
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Acrocalanus gracilis Giesbrecht, 1888
class: Copepoda
family: Paracalanidae
genus: Acrocalanus
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: 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.]. Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali Rendiconti. (4)4 sem. 2:284-287, 330-338.
name published in year: 1888
order: Calanoida
parent name usage ID: 104192
phylum: Arthropoda
scientific name authorship: Giesbrecht, 1888
specific epithet: gracilis
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted