WoRMS taxon details
Paracalanus Boeck, 1865
104196 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104196)
accepted
Genus
Paracalanus parvus (Claus, 1863) represented as Paracalanus parvus parvus (Claus, 1863) (type by original designation)
Piezocalanus Grandori, 1912 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Paracalanus brasiliensis Vieira-Menezes, Dias, Cornils, Silva & Bonecker, 2021
- Species Paracalanus campaneri Björnberg T.K.S., 1982
- Species Paracalanus denudatus Sewell, 1929
- Species Paracalanus gracilis Chen & Zhang, 1965
- Species Paracalanus indicus Wolfenden, 1906
- Species Paracalanus intermedius Shen & Bai, 1956
- Species Paracalanus nanus Sars G.O., 1925
- Species Paracalanus orientalis Itoh & Ueda, 2022 In: Ueda, Itoh, Hirai & Hidaka, 2022
- Species Paracalanus quasimodo Bowman, 1971
- Species Paracalanus serrulus Shen & Lee, 1963
- Species Paracalanus tropicus Andronov, 1977
- Species Paracalanus arabiensis Kesarkar & Anil, 2010 accepted as Parvocalanus arabiensis (Kesarkar & Anil, 2010)
- Species Paracalanus brevispinatus Shen & Lee, 1966 accepted as Parvocalanus brevispinatus (Shen & Lee, 1966) accepted as Parvocalanus crassirostris (Dahl F., 1894)
- Species Paracalanus clevei Carl, 1907 accepted as Paracalanus aculeatus Giesbrecht, 1888 represented as Paracalanus aculeatus aculeatus Giesbrecht, 1888
- Species Paracalanus crassipes Apstein, 1912 accepted as Paracalanus crassirostris Dahl F., 1894 accepted as Parvocalanus crassirostris (Dahl F., 1894)
- Species Paracalanus crassirostris Dahl F., 1894 accepted as Parvocalanus crassirostris (Dahl F., 1894)
- Species Paracalanus dubia Sewell, 1912 accepted as Parvocalanus dubia (Sewell, 1912)
- Species Paracalanus elegans (Andronov, 1972) accepted as Parvocalanus elegans Andronov, 1972
- Species Paracalanus elongatus (Dana, 1849-1852) accepted as Eucalanus elongatus (Dana, 1849-1852) represented as Eucalanus elongatus elongatus (Dana, 1849-1852
- Species Paracalanus hibernicus Brady & Robertson, 1873 accepted as Metridia hibernica (Brady & Robertson, 1873) accepted as Metridia lucens Boeck, 1865 represented as Metridia lucens lucens Boeck, 1865
- Species Paracalanus lagunaris (Grandori, 1912) accepted as Paracalanus parvus (Claus, 1863) represented as Paracalanus parvus parvus (Claus, 1863) (synonym: listed as synonym by Vives & Shmeleva, 2007)
- Species Paracalanus latus (Andronov, 1972) accepted as Parvocalanus latus Andronov, 1972
- Species Paracalanus nudus Sewell, 1929 accepted as Delius nudus (Sewell, 1929) (synonym)
- Species Paracalanus scotti Fruchtl, 1924 accepted as Parvocalanus scotti (Früchtl, 1924)
- Species Paracalanus serratipes Sewell, 1912 accepted as Parvocalanus serratipes (Sewell, 1912)
- Species Paracalanus aculeatus Giesbrecht, 1888 represented as Paracalanus aculeatus aculeatus Giesbrecht, 1888
- Species Paracalanus parvus (Claus, 1863) represented as Paracalanus parvus parvus (Claus, 1863)
- Species Paracalanus mariae Brady, 1918 (uncertain)
- Species Paracalanus pygmaeus (Claus, 1863) (uncertain)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Boeck, A. (1865). Oversigt over de ved Norges Kyster jagttagne Copepoder henhorende til Calanidernes, Cyclopidernes og Harpactidernes Familier. [Overview of the Copepods hunted on the coast of Norway belonging to the families Calanoidae, Cyclopoidae and Harpacticodidae.]. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1864: 226-282 [for 1864 however published in 1865].
page(s): 232 [details]
page(s): 232 [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Paracalanus Boeck, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104196 on 2025-05-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Boeck, A. (1865). Oversigt over de ved Norges Kyster jagttagne Copepoder henhorende til Calanidernes, Cyclopidernes og Harpactidernes Familier. [Overview of the Copepods hunted on the coast of Norway belonging to the families Calanoidae, Cyclopoidae and Harpacticodidae.]. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1864: 226-282 [for 1864 however published in 1865].
page(s): 232 [details]
original description (of Piezocalanus Grandori, 1912) Grandori, R. (1912). 1. Due nuove specie di Copepodi. [1. Two new species of Copepoda.]. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 39(3):97-111, figs. 1-30. (30-i-1912). [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]
page(s): 232 [details]
original description (of Piezocalanus Grandori, 1912) Grandori, R. (1912). 1. Due nuove specie di Copepodi. [1. Two new species of Copepoda.]. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 39(3):97-111, figs. 1-30. (30-i-1912). [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]
Other
additional source
Brenning, U. (1982). Beiträge zur Calanoidenfauna (Crustacea, Copepoda) vor Nordwest- und Südwestafrika. III. Die Vertreter der Familien Paracalanidae und Calocalanidae. [Contributions to the Calanoid Fauna (Crustacea, Copepoda) off Northwest and Southwest Africa. III. Representatives of the Families Paracalanidae and Calocalanidae.]. <em>Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift der Wilhelm-Pieck-Universität, Rostock, 31, Mathematische-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe (6) (= Meeresbiol. Beiträge Sektion Biologie.</em> (6) (= Meeresbiol. Beiträge Sektion Biologie, 10):1-9, figs. 1-10, tabs. 1-6. [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. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Vervoort, W. (1962). Report on some Copepoda collected during the Melanesia Expedition of the Osaka Museum of Natural History. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 10(2):393-470, figs. 1-32. (31-xii-1962) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cho, K.H., W.C. Lee & S. Kim. (2003). Sexual Dimorphism on the Genus Paracalanus (Copepoda: Paracalanidae) in Korean Waters. <em>Proceedings of the Korea Society of Environmental Biology Conference.</em> 2003.11a:116-120. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]
[request]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. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Vervoort, W. (1962). Report on some Copepoda collected during the Melanesia Expedition of the Osaka Museum of Natural History. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 10(2):393-470, figs. 1-32. (31-xii-1962) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cho, K.H., W.C. Lee & S. Kim. (2003). Sexual Dimorphism on the Genus Paracalanus (Copepoda: Paracalanidae) in Korean Waters. <em>Proceedings of the Korea Society of Environmental Biology Conference.</em> 2003.11a:116-120. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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| Japanese | パラカラヌス属 | [details] |
