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Paracalanus Boeck, 1865

Paracalanus parvus and P. indicus
Paracalanus parvus and P. indicus

104196  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104196)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Copepoda (Class)
  7. Neocopepoda (Infraclass)
  8. Gymnoplea (Superorder)
  9. Calanoida (Order)
  10. Paracalanidae (Family)
  11. Paracalanus (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Paracalanus parvus (Claus, 1863) represented as Paracalanus parvus parvus (Claus, 1863) (type by original designation)
Piezocalanus Grandori, 1912 · unaccepted (synonym)

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  1. Species Paracalanus brasiliensis Vieira-Menezes, Dias, Cornils, Silva & Bonecker, 2021
  2. Species Paracalanus campaneri Björnberg T.K.S., 1982
  3. Species Paracalanus denudatus Sewell, 1929
  4. Species Paracalanus gracilis Chen & Zhang, 1965
  5. Species Paracalanus indicus Wolfenden, 1906
  6. Species Paracalanus intermedius Shen & Bai, 1956
  7. Species Paracalanus nanus Sars G.O., 1925
  8. Species Paracalanus orientalis Itoh & Ueda, 2022 In: Ueda, Itoh, Hirai & Hidaka, 2022
  9. Species Paracalanus quasimodo Bowman, 1971
  10. Species Paracalanus serrulus Shen & Lee, 1963
  11. Species Paracalanus tropicus Andronov, 1977
  12. Species Paracalanus arabiensis Kesarkar & Anil, 2010 accepted as Parvocalanus arabiensis (Kesarkar & Anil, 2010)
  13. Species Paracalanus brevispinatus Shen & Lee, 1966 accepted as Parvocalanus brevispinatus (Shen & Lee, 1966) accepted as Parvocalanus crassirostris (Dahl F., 1894)
  14. Species Paracalanus clevei Carl, 1907 accepted as Paracalanus aculeatus Giesbrecht, 1888 represented as Paracalanus aculeatus aculeatus Giesbrecht, 1888
  15. Species Paracalanus crassipes Apstein, 1912 accepted as Paracalanus crassirostris Dahl F., 1894 accepted as Parvocalanus crassirostris (Dahl F., 1894)
  16. Species Paracalanus crassirostris Dahl F., 1894 accepted as Parvocalanus crassirostris (Dahl F., 1894)
  17. Species Paracalanus dubia Sewell, 1912 accepted as Parvocalanus dubia (Sewell, 1912)
  18. Species Paracalanus elegans (Andronov, 1972) accepted as Parvocalanus elegans Andronov, 1972
  19. Species Paracalanus elongatus (Dana, 1849-1852) accepted as Eucalanus elongatus (Dana, 1849-1852) represented as Eucalanus elongatus elongatus (Dana, 1849-1852)
  20. 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
  21. 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)
  22. Species Paracalanus latus (Andronov, 1972) accepted as Parvocalanus latus Andronov, 1972
  23. Species Paracalanus nudus Sewell, 1929 accepted as Delius nudus (Sewell, 1929) (synonym)
  24. Species Paracalanus scotti Fruchtl, 1924 accepted as Parvocalanus scotti (Früchtl, 1924)
  25. Species Paracalanus serratipes Sewell, 1912 accepted as Parvocalanus serratipes (Sewell, 1912)
  26. Species Paracalanus aculeatus Giesbrecht, 1888 represented as Paracalanus aculeatus aculeatus Giesbrecht, 1888
  27. Species Paracalanus parvus (Claus, 1863) represented as Paracalanus parvus parvus (Claus, 1863)
  28. Species Paracalanus mariae Brady, 1918 (uncertain)
  29. 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] OpenAccess publication
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 2025-07-15
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Boxshall, Geoff
2008-08-06 13:32:15Z
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Walter, T. Chad
2015-09-03 06:24:32Z
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Walter, T. Chad
2021-08-06 11:19:42Z
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Walter, T. Chad

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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] OpenAccess publication

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] OpenAccess publication

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  PDF available [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  PDF available [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  PDF available [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  PDF available [request]

additional source ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details] 

 
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Japanese パラカラヌス属  [details]
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Paracalanus Document hosted within WoRMS 
3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Piezocalanus Document hosted within WoRMS (from synonym Piezocalanus Grandori, 1912)
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paracalanus) 
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