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

Paracalanus Boeck, 1865

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Paracalanus aculeatus Giesbrecht, 1888
Paracalanus denudatus Sewell, 1929
Paracalanus indicus Wolfenden, 1906
Paracalanus nanus Sars G.O., 1925
Paracalanus parvus (Claus, 1863)
Paracalanus pygmaeus (Claus, 1863)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: パラカラヌス属

Literature

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.]. Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania. 1864: 226-282 [for 1864 however published in 1865].
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	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.]. Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift der Wilhelm-Pieck-Universität, Rostock, 31, Mathematische-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe (6) (= Meeresbiol. Beiträge Sektion Biologie. (6) (= Meeresbiol. Beiträge Sektion Biologie, 10):1-9, figs. 1-10, tabs. 1-6.
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)
additional source	Cho, K.H., W.C. Lee & S. Kim. (2003). Sexual Dimorphism on the Genus Paracalanus (Copepoda: Paracalanidae) in Korean Waters. Proceedings of the Korea Society of Environmental Biology Conference. 2003.11a:116-120.
additional source	ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Paracalanus Boeck, 1865. 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:104196