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

Clausocalanus Giesbrecht, 1888

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Clausocalanus arcuicornis (Dana, 1849-1852)
Clausocalanus furcatus (Brady, 1883)
Clausocalanus jobei Frost & Fleminger, 1968
Clausocalanus lividus Frost & Fleminger, 1968
Clausocalanus mastigophorus (Claus, 1863)
Clausocalanus parapergens Frost & Fleminger, 1968
Clausocalanus paululus Farran, 1926
Clausocalanus pergens Farran, 1926

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: クラウソカラヌス属

Literature

original description	Giesbrecht, W. (1888). Elenco dei Copepodi pelagici raccolti dal Tenente di vascello Gaetano Chierchia durante il viaggio della R. Corvetta 'Vettor Pisani' negli anni 1882-1885 e dal Tenente di vascello Francesco Orsini nel Mar Rosso, nel 1884. [List of pelagic copepods collected by Lieutenant Gaetano Chierchia during the voyage of the Royal Corvette 'Vettor Pisani' in the years 1882-1885 and by Lieutenant Francesco Orsini in the Red Sea, in 1884.]. Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali Rendiconti. (4)4 sem. 2:284-287, 330-338.
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	Carli, A. & P. Cristafi. (1969). Le specie del genere Clausocalanus Giesbrecht 1888 (Copepoda: Calanoida) presenti nel Mar Ligure (Nota I). [The species of the genus Clausocalanus Giesbrecht 1888 (Copepoda: Calanoida) present in the Ligurian Sea (Note I).]. Atti della Società Peloritana di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali. 15(3-4):277-320, figs. 1-11, photographs 1-21, tab.
additional source	Frost, B.W. & A. Fleminger. (1968). A revision of the genus Clausocalanus (Copepoda: Calanoida) with remarks on distributional patterns in diagnostic characters. Bulletin of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Technical Series. 12:1-235, pls. 1-6, charts 1-16.
additional source	ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32.
additional source	Regner, D. (1976). Some new data on the genus Clausocalanus in the Central Adriatic. Rapports et Procès-Verbaux des Réunions de la Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration Scientifique de la Mer Mediterranée, Monaco. 23(9): 97-98, fig. 1.
additional source	Salman, S.D. & U. Brenning. (1977). Taxonomic ecological investigations of species belonging to the genus Clausocalanus (Copepoda, Calanoida) off the North West African coast. Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift der Wilhelm-Pieck-Universität, Rostock, Reihe Mathematische-Naturwissenschaftliche. 26(2):147-151, figs. 1-4, tabs. 1-3.

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Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Clausocalanus Giesbrecht, 1888. 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:104161