Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Gymnoplea > Order Calanoida

Paracalanidae Giesbrecht, 1893

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*Calocalanidae*	Bernard, 1958	synonym
*Mecynoceridae*	Andronov, 1973	synonym

Children

Acrocalanus Giesbrecht, 1888
Calocalanus Giesbrecht, 1888
Delius Andronov in Vives & Shmeleva, 2007
Mecynocera Thompson I.C., 1888
Paracalanus Boeck, 1865

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: パラカラヌス科

Literature

original description	Giesbrecht, W. (1893). Mittheilungen über Copepoden 1-6. [Communications on Copepods 1-6.]. Mitteilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel. 11(1):56-106, pls.5-7. (25-ix-1893).
basis of record	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
additional source	ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32.
additional source	Soh, H.Y., S.Y. Moon & J.H. Wi. (2013). Arthropoda: Maxillopoda: Copepoda: Calanoida, Cyclopoida, Marine Planktonic Copepods II. Invertebrate Fauna of Korea, National Institute of Biological Resources, Ministry of Environment(Korea). 21(28):157 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Paracalanidae Giesbrecht, 1893. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104093