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

Racovitzanus Giesbrecht, 1902

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Racovitzanus antarcticus Giesbrecht, 1902
Racovitzanus levis Tanaka, 1961

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ラコヴィツァヌス属

Literature

original description	Giesbrecht, W. (1902). Zoologie Copepoden. In: Résultats du voyage du S.Y. Belgica en 1897-1898-1899. Rapports scientifiques publiés aux frais du Government Belge. :1-49, pls. 1-13.
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	Bradford, J.M., L. Haakonssen & J.B. Jillett. (1983). The marine fauna of New Zealand: pelagic calanoid copepods:families Euchaetidae, Phaennidae, Scolecithricidae, Diaixidae, and Tharybidae. Memoirs of the New Zealand Oceanographic Institute 90:1-150, figs. 1-103.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Park, T. (1983). Calanoid copepods of some scolecithricid genera from Antarctic and subantarctic waters. Biology of the Antarctic Seas, XIII. Antarctic Research Series, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC. 38(3):165-213, figs. 1-25.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Racovitzanus Giesbrecht, 1902. 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:104227