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

Pseudocalanus minutus (Krøyer, 1845)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pseudocalanus*	Boeck, 1873	accepted genus name
*Clausia*	Boeck, 1865	synonym
*Lucullus*	Giesbrecht, 1881	synonym

Species group names

*Calanus minutus*	Krøyer, 1845	synonym

Literature

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	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
additional source	Lischka, S., L. Giménez, W. Hagen & B. Überschär. (2007). Seasonal changes in digestive enzyme (trypsin) activity of the copepods Pseudocalanus minutus (Calanoida) and Oithona similis (Cyclopoida) in the Arctic Kongsfjorden (Svalbard). Polar Biology. 30(10):1331-1341.
additional source	Poulet, S.A. (1974). Seasonal grazing of Pseudocalanus minutus on particles. Marine Biology, Berlin 25(2):109-123, figs. 1-9, tab. 1. (30-v-1974)
additional source	Frost, B.W. (1989). A taxonomy of the marine calanoid copepod genus Pseudocalanus. Canadian Journal of Zoology 67(3):525-551. (French summary.)
additional source	Poulet, S.A. (1976). Feeding of Pseudocalanus minutus on living and non-living particles. Marine Biology, Berlin. 34(2):117-125. (13-ii-1976).
additional source	ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32.
additional source	Dvoretsky, V.G. & A.G. Dvoretsky. (2013). Morphometric differentiation of Pseudocalanus minutus populations in the Barents Sea. Acta Zoologica. 94(2):203-214.
additional source	Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Sazhina, L.I. (1985). Naupliusy massovykh vidov pelagickeskikh kopepod Mirovogo okeana. (Naupliuses of mass species of the world's oceans.) Naukova Dumka, Kiev 238pp.
additional source	Carter, J.C.H. (1965). The ecology of the calanoid copepod Pseudocalanus minutus Kroyer in Tessiarsuk, a coastal meromictic lake of northern Labrador. Limnology and Oceanography 10:345-353, figs. 1-8. (vii-1965)
additional source	Fontaine, M. (1954). The planktonic copepods (Calanoida, Cyclopoida, Monstrilloida) of Ungava Bay, with special reference to the biology of Pseudocalanus minutus and Calanus finmarchicus. M.Sc. Thesis, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada. 214 pp.
additional source	Furuhashi, K. (1975). Studies on the boreal water species of copepods found in the Japan Sea. Part 1. The path of Pseudocalanus minutus Kröyer (Copepoda) found in the heart of the Maizuru Bay from the boreal waters n the Japan SE\ea. Maizuru Marine Observatory. 51(1):35-39.
additional source	Cairns, A.A. (1965). The life cycle of Pseudocalanus minutus (Kroyer) (Copepoda, Calanoida), in Tanquary Fjord, Ellesmere Island. M.Sc. Thesis, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada. 56 pp.
additional source	Corkett, C.J. & I.A. McLaren. (1969). Egg production and oil storage by the copepod Pseudocalanus in the laboratory. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 3(1):90-105, figs. 1-6, tab. 1. (i-1969)
additional source	Yamada, Y. (2022). Geographical differences in abundance and body size of calanoid copepods Pseudocalanus newmani and P. minutus in the Sanriku coast, Japan, during spring. Coastal Marine Science. 45(1):1-10.
additional source	Lock, A.R. (1968). A laboratory and field study of the role of temperature in vertical migrations of the copepod Pseudocalanus minutus. M.Sc. Thesis, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
additional source	Poulet, S.A. & J.P. Chanut. (1975). Nonselective feeding of Pseudocalanus minutus. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 32(5): 706-713, figs. 1-3, tabs. 1-2. (v-1975).
additional source	Astad, S.S. (2022). A spatial and temporal study of Pseudocalanus acuspes, P. minutus and P. moultoni in the Svalbard – Barents Sea region and their potential as environmental indicator species in a changing Arctic. Master's Thesis, University Centre in Svalbard, University of Tromsø - UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway. 64 pp.
additional source	Park, T. (1968). Calanoid Copepods from the Central North Pacific Ocean. Fishery Bulletin, United States National Marine Fisheries Service 66(3): 527-572, pls. 1-13. (III-1968).
additional source	Lee, B.D. (1966). Distribution and abundance of pelagic copepods in the Drake Passage and off the coast of Argentina, with special reference to hydrology of these areas. Ph.D. Thesis, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 1-250, pls. 1-56.
additional source	McLaren, I.A., D.A. Walker & C.J. Corkett. (1968). Effects of salinity on mortality and development rate of eggs of the copepod Pseudocalanus minutus. Canadian Journal of Zoology 46:1067-1069, tab. 1. (xi-1968)
ecology source	Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. Earth System Science Data. 9(1):99-113.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Pseudocalanus minutus (Krøyer, 1845). 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:104517