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

Calocalanus contractus Farran, 1926

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Calocalanus*	Giesbrecht, 1888	accepted genus name
*Ischnocalanus*	Bernard, 1963	synonym

Literature

original description	Farran, G.P. (1926). Biscayan plankton collected during a cruise of H.M.S. 'Research', 1900. Part XIV. The Copepoda. Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology 36(243):219-310, figs. 1-2, pls. 5-10, tabs. 1-2.
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	Grice, G.D. & K. Hulsemann. (1967). Bathypelagic calanoid copepods of the western Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 122(3583):1-67, figs. 1-319.
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	Suárez-Morales, E., J.W. Fleeger & P.A. Montagna. (2009). Free-living Copepoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico. 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. Chapter pagination: 841-869.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32.
additional source	Sewell, R.B.S. (1929). The Copepoda of Indian Seas. Calanoida. Memoirs of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 10:1-221, figs. 1-81. (xii-1929).
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. Calocalanus contractus Farran, 1926. 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:104651