World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

WoRMS taxon details

Metacalanus Cleve, 1901

AphiaID

104132 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104132)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Metacalanus aurivillii Cleve, 1901 (type by original designation)

Parent

Arietellidae Sars G.O., 1902

Original name

Metacalanus Cleve, 1901

Synonymised names

Scottula Sars G.O., 1902 · unaccepted

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Species Metacalanus acutioperculum Ohtsuka, 1984
Species Metacalanus adriaticus Kršinić & Boxshall, 2021
Species Metacalanus aurivillii Cleve, 1901
Species Metacalanus curvirostris Ohtsuka, 1985
Species Metacalanus inaequicornis (Sars G.O., 1903)
Species Metacalanus abyssalis (Sars G.O., 1905) accepted as Sarsarietellus abyssalis (Sars G.O., 1905)
Species Metacalanus ambariakae (Binet & Dessier, 1968) accepted as Metacalanus aurivillii Cleve, 1901
Species Metacalanus aurivilli Cleve, 1901 represented as Metacalanus aurivillii Cleve, 1901

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Cleve, P.T. (1901). Plankton from the Indian Ocean and the Malay Archipelago. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, Stockholm. 35(5):1-58, pls. 1-8. [copepods]. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2024). World of Copepods Database. Metacalanus Cleve, 1901. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104132 on 2024-12-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Boxshall, Geoff

2006-09-25 06:54:45Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2010-07-28 20:41:46Z

checked

Walter, T. Chad

2015-07-13 11:03:02Z

changed

Walter, T. Chad

2024-07-21 12:05:51Z

changed

Walter, T. Chad

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original description Cleve, P.T. (1901). Plankton from the Indian Ocean and the Malay Archipelago. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, Stockholm. 35(5):1-58, pls. 1-8. [copepods]. [details]

original description (of Scottula Sars G.O., 1902) Sars, G.O. (1902). Copepoda Calanoida, Parts XI & XII, Heterorhabdidae (continued), Arietellidae, Pseudocyclopidae, Candaciidae, Pontellidae. An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum. 4: 121-171 pls. 81-96. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 252-268 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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Language	Name
Japanese	メタカラヌス属	[details]

3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Metacalanus

3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Scottula

(from synonym Scottula Sars G.O., 1902)
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