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

Calanus propinquus Brady, 1883

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Calanus*	Leach, 1816	accepted genus name
*Cetochilus*	Roussel de Vauzeme, 1834	synonym

Literature

original description	Brady, G.S. (1883). Report on the Copepoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the Years 1873-76, Zoology. 8 (part 23): 1-142, pl. 1-55.
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	Ramírez, F.C. (1966). Copépodos Calanoidos marinos del área de Mar del Plata con la descripción de Pontella marplatensis n. sp. [Marine Calanoid Copepods from the Mar del Plata area with the description of Pontella marplatensis n. sp.]. Boletín del Instituto de Biologia Marina, Mar del Plata. 11:1-24, pls. 1-7, tab. 1. (viii-1966).
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. Calanus propinquus Brady, 1883. 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:342435