Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Maxillopoda > Subclass Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Gymnoplea > Order Calanoida > Family Clausocalanidae > Genus Microcalanus

Microcalanus pygmaeus (Sars G.O., 1900)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Microcalanus*	Sars G.O., 1903	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Sars, G.O. (1900). Crustacea. Scientific Results of the Norwegian North Polar Expedition 1893-1896 1(5):1-141, pls. 1-36.
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	ITIS database
additional source	Ices Zooplankton sheet n° 32:Copepoda
additional source	Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
additional source	Suárez-Morales, E., J. W. Fleeger, and P. A. Montagna. 2009. Free-Living Copepoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 841–869 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Statio

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Copepod Collection
GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Walter, T. Chad; Boxshall, G. (2014). Microcalanus pygmaeus (Sars G.O., 1900). In: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2014). World of Copepods database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104513