WoRMS name details
Megacalanus princeps Wolfenden, 1904
104622 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104622)
alternative representation
Species
Macrocalanus princeps Sars G.O., 1905 · unaccepted > unjustified emendation (Sars, 1905 did not describe this...)
Sars, 1905 did not describe this species
Megacalanus longicornis (Sars G.O., 1905) · unaccepted (synonym according to...)
synonym according to Bradford-Grieve, 1994
- Subspecies Megacalanus princeps inermis Sewell, 1947
- Subspecies Megacalanus princeps princeps Wolfenden, 1904
- Subspecies Megacalanus princeps varius Guérédrat, 1969
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Wolfenden, R.N. (1904). Notes on the Copepoda of the North Atlantic Sea and the Faröe Channel. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom n. ser. 7:110-146, fig. 1, pl. 9. (iv-1904)
page(s): 112 [details]
page(s): 112 [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Megacalanus princeps Wolfenden, 1904. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104622 on 2025-05-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Wolfenden, R.N. (1904). Notes on the Copepoda of the North Atlantic Sea and the Faröe Channel. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom n. ser. 7:110-146, fig. 1, pl. 9. (iv-1904)
page(s): 112 [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): 112 [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]
Ecology
ecology source
Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. <em>Earth System Science Data.</em> 9(1):99-113., available online at https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-99-2017 [details] Available for editors 
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context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Wilson, C. B. (1936). Plankton of the Bermuda Oceanographic Expeditions IV. Notes on Copepoda . Zoologica Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society , New York, 21(7): 89-93 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Grice, G.D. & K. Hulsemann. (1967). Bathypelagic calanoid copepods of the western Indian Ocean. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 122(3583):1-67, figs. 1-319., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.122-3583.1 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Michel, H.B. (1994). Antarctic Megacalanidae (Copepoda: Calanoida) and the distribution of the family. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 74(1):175-192, tabs 1-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315400035748 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Vervoort, W. (1963). Pelagic Copepoda. Part I. Copepoda Calanoida of the families Calanidae up to and including Euchaetidae. Atlantide Report No.7: Scientific Results of the Danish Expedition to the Coasts of Tropical West Africa 1945-1946. 7:77-194, figs. 1-23. (30-xii-1963) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Wolfenden, R.N. (1905). Plankton Studies: preliminary notes upon new or interesting species. Part 1. Copepoda. Rebman Limited, London & New York. [The original edition was withdrawn by Wolfenden and an amended edition was being circulated. Vide: Farran, G.P., 1939.] :1-24, pls. 1-7. [Part 2, 1906, Copepoda: 25-44, pls. 8-14.] [details]
additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Suárez-Morales, E., J.W. Fleeger & P.A. Montagna. (2009). Free-living Copepoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D. L. & D.K. Camp [Eds]. Gulf of Mexico: origin, waters, and biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 1393 pp.</em> Chapter pagination: 841-869. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]
additional source Scott, A. (1909). The Copepoda of the Siboga Expedition. Part I. Free-swimming, littoral and semi-parasitic Copepoda. <em>Siboga Expeditie, Monograph, Leiden.</em> 29:1-323, pls. 1-69., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2191407#page/11/mode/1up
page(s): 13 [details]
additional source Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41. [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Bermuda) Wilson, C. B. (1936). Plankton of the Bermuda Oceanographic Expeditions IV. Notes on Copepoda . Zoologica Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society , New York, 21(7): 89-93 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Grice, G.D. & K. Hulsemann. (1967). Bathypelagic calanoid copepods of the western Indian Ocean. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 122(3583):1-67, figs. 1-319., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.122-3583.1 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Michel, H.B. (1994). Antarctic Megacalanidae (Copepoda: Calanoida) and the distribution of the family. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 74(1):175-192, tabs 1-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315400035748 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Vervoort, W. (1963). Pelagic Copepoda. Part I. Copepoda Calanoida of the families Calanidae up to and including Euchaetidae. Atlantide Report No.7: Scientific Results of the Danish Expedition to the Coasts of Tropical West Africa 1945-1946. 7:77-194, figs. 1-23. (30-xii-1963) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Wolfenden, R.N. (1905). Plankton Studies: preliminary notes upon new or interesting species. Part 1. Copepoda. Rebman Limited, London & New York. [The original edition was withdrawn by Wolfenden and an amended edition was being circulated. Vide: Farran, G.P., 1939.] :1-24, pls. 1-7. [Part 2, 1906, Copepoda: 25-44, pls. 8-14.] [details]
additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Suárez-Morales, E., J.W. Fleeger & P.A. Montagna. (2009). Free-living Copepoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D. L. & D.K. Camp [Eds]. Gulf of Mexico: origin, waters, and biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 1393 pp.</em> Chapter pagination: 841-869. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32. [details]
additional source Scott, A. (1909). The Copepoda of the Siboga Expedition. Part I. Free-swimming, littoral and semi-parasitic Copepoda. <em>Siboga Expeditie, Monograph, Leiden.</em> 29:1-323, pls. 1-69., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2191407#page/11/mode/1up
page(s): 13 [details]
additional source Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Bathypelagic [details]
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list (from synonym Megacalanus longicornis (Sars G.O., 1905))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Megacalanus longicornis (Sars G.O., 1905))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Megacalanus princeps)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Macrocalanus princeps Sars G.O., 1905)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Megacalanus longicornis (Sars G.O., 1905))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Megacalanus longicornis (Sars G.O., 1905))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (49 records)
To ITIS
Marine Planktonic Copepods (Banyuls/OOB/UPMC/CNRS) Note: Including taxonomic identification plates, remarks, geographic distribution, ecological information & reference list (from synonym Megacalanus longicornis (Sars G.O., 1905))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Megacalanus longicornis (Sars G.O., 1905))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Megacalanus princeps)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Macrocalanus princeps Sars G.O., 1905)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Megacalanus longicornis (Sars G.O., 1905))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Megacalanus longicornis (Sars G.O., 1905))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (49 records)
To ITIS
