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

Xanthocalanus Giesbrecht, 1893

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Amallophora*	Scott T., 1894	synonym

Children

Xanthocalanus agilis Giesbrecht, 1893
Xanthocalanus claviger (Scott T., 1909)
Xanthocalanus echinatus Sars G.O., 1907
Xanthocalanus fallax Sars G.O., 1921
Xanthocalanus giesbrechti Thompson I.C., 1903
Xanthocalanus hirtipes Vanhöffen, 1897
Xanthocalanus incertus Sars G.O., 1920
Xanthocalanus minor Giesbrecht, 1893
Xanthocalanus mixtus Sars G.O., 1920
Xanthocalanus muticus Sars G.O., 1905
Xanthocalanus obtusus Farran, 1905
Xanthocalanus pinguis Farran, 1905
Xanthocalanus profundus Sars G.O., 1907
Xanthocalanus propinquus Sars G.O., 1902
Xanthocalanus rotundus (Grice & Hulsemann, 1970)
Xanthocalanus simplex Aurivillius, 1898
Xanthocalanus subagilis Wolfenden, 1904
Xanthocalanus tenuiremis Scott T., 1909
Xanthocalanus typicus (Scott T., 1894)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ザントカラヌス属

Literature

original description	Giesbrecht, W. (1892-1893). Systematik und Faunistik der pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. Systematics and faunistics of the pelagic copepods of the Gulf of Naples and the adjacent marine areas. Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der Angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte, Herausgegeben von der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel. 19:1-831, pls. 1-54.[published in sections over 2 years, 1892-1893]].
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	Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998.
additional source	Bradford, J.M. (1973). Revision of family and some generic definitions in the Phaennidae and Scolecithricidae (Copepoda: Calanoida). New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1-2):133-152, figs. 1-4.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Xanthocalanus Giesbrecht, 1893. 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:104204