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

Metacalanus Cleve, 1901

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Scottula*	Sars G.O., 1902	synonym

Children

Metacalanus acutioperculum Ohtsuka, 1984
Metacalanus adriaticus Kršinić & Boxshall, 2021
Metacalanus inaequicornis (Sars G.O., 1903)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: メタカラヌス属

Literature

original description	Cleve, P.T. (1901). Plankton from the Indian Ocean and the Malay Archipelago. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, Stockholm. 35(5):1-58, pls. 1-8. [copepods].
additional source	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	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Metacalanus Cleve, 1901. 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:104132