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

Megacalanidae Sewell, 1947

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Bathycalanus Sars G.O., 1905
Bradycalanus Scott A., 1909
Elenacalanus Bradford-Grieve, Blanco-Bercial & Boxshall, 2017
Megacalanus Wolfenden, 1904

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: メガカラヌス科

Literature

original description	Sewell, R.B.S. (1947). The free-swimming planktonic Copepoda. Systematic account. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition 1933-1934, British Museum of natural History 8(1):1-303, figs. 1-71. (20-iii-1947)
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	Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp.
additional source	ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32.
taxonomy source	Bradford-Grieve, J.M., L. Blanco-Bercial & G.A. Boxshall. (2017). Revision of Family Megacalanidae (Copepoda: Calanoida). Zootaxa. 4229(1):1-183.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Megacalanidae Sewell, 1947. 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:104090