Scaphocalanus major
creator: Fondo, Esther
creator: Vanden Berghe, Edward
creator: Kouwenberg, Juliana
date: 2026-08-28
language: en
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publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
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subject: Scaphocalanus major (Scott T., 1894)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Scaphocalanus major (Scott T., 1894). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220879 on 2026-08-28
created: 2000-05-17T09:53:58Z
modified: 2008-05-15T17:11:54Z
replaces: 366182
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replaces: 360563
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Scaphocalanus major (Scott T., 1894)
class: Copepoda
family: Scolecitrichidae
genus: Scaphocalanus
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Farran, G.P. (1908). Second report on the Copepoda of the Irish Atlantic slope. Fisheries, Scientific Investigations, Ireland 1906(2): 1-104, pls. 1-11.
name published in: Scott, T. (1894). Report on Entomostraca from the Gulf of Guinea, collected by John Rattray, B.Sc. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 2, Zoology. 6(1):1-161, pls. 1-15.
name published in year: 1908
name published in year: 1894
order: Calanoida
parent name usage ID: 104228
phylum: Arthropoda
scientific name authorship: (Scott T., 1894)
specific epithet: major
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted