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

Scaphocalanus curtus (Farran, 1926)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Scaphocalanus*	Sars G.O., 1900	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Scaphocalanus similis*	Hure & Scotto di Carlo, 1968	synonym
*Scolecithrix curta*	Farran, 1926	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	Mazzocchi, M.G., G. Zagami, A. Ianora, L. Guglielmo, N. Crescenti & J. Hure. (1995). Copepods. In: Guglielmo, L. & A. Ianora (eds.). Atlas of Marine Zooplankton, Straits of Magellan. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, New York. 279 pp.
additional source	Vyshkvartzeva, N.V. (1993). On the systematics of 4 Scaphocalanus species (Copepoda Calanoida Scolecithricidae), the females of which have no fifth leg. K sistematike 4 vidov Scaphocalanus (Copepoda, Calanoida: Scolecithricidae), imeyushchikh samku bez 5 pary nog. In: Stepan'yants, S.D. (ed.). Morskoi plankton. Sistematika, ekologiya, raspredelenie, II. Marine plankton. Taxonomy, ecology, distribution [filed under Stepanyants, S.D.]. 2:7-29, figs 1-5, tabs 1-3. (Russian with English summary.).
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	Vervoort, W. (1965). Pelagic Copepoda. Part II. Copepoda Calanoida of the families Phaennidae up to and including Acartiidae, containing the description of a new species of Aetideidae. Atlantide Report, Danish Expedition to Coasts of Tropical West Africa 1945-1946 8:9-216.
additional source	Campaner, A.F. (1984). Scaphocalanus and Scolecithricella (Copepoda, Calanoida, Scolecithricidae) from the epipelagial off southern Brazil: a taxonomic and distributional survey. Boletim de Zoologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo 8:165-187, figs. 1-9, tab. 1.
additional source	Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.).
additional source	Park, T. (1970). Calanoid copepods from the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. 2. New species and new records from plankton samples. Bulletin of Marine Science 20(2):472-546, figs. 1-402. (vi-1970)
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.
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. Scaphocalanus curtus (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:104792