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

Calanus glacialis Jaschnov, 1955

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Calanus*	Leach, 1816	accepted genus name
*Cetochilus*	Roussel de Vauzeme, 1834	synonym

Literature

original description	Jaschnov, V.A. (1955). Morfologiya rasprostranenie i sistematika Calanus finmarchicus s.l. [Morphology, distribution and systematics of Calanus finmarchus s.l. ]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal. 34(6):1210-1223, figs. 1-6. (15-xi-1955, Russian with English summary).
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	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Matthews, J.B.L. (1966). The systematic status of Calanus finmarchicus, C. helgolandicus and C. glacialis. Reports of the Challenger Society 3(18):40.
additional source	Matthews, J.B.L. (1966). Experimental investigations of the systematic status of Calanus finmarchicus and C. glacialis (Crustacea, Copepoda). In: Barnes, H. (ed.). Some contemporary studies in marine science. George Allen & Unwin Ltd., London :479-492.
additional source	Choquet, M., G. Burckard, S. Skreslet, G. Hoarau & J.E. Soreide. (2021). No evidence for hybridization between Calanus finmarchicus and Calanus glacialis in a subarctic area of sympatry. Limnology and Oceanography. 66:314-325. JAN 2021.
additional source	Balazy, K.. E. Trudnowska, K. Wojczulanis-Jakubas, D. Jakubas, K. Praebel, M. Choquet, M.M. Brandner, M. Schultz, J. Bitz-Thorsen, R. Boehnke, M. Szeligowska, S. Descamps, H.Strom & K. Blachowiak-Samolyk. (2023). Molecular tools prove little auks from Svalbard are extremely selective for Calanus glacialis even when exposed to Atlantification. Scientific Reports. 13(1): 1-15. Aug 2023.
additional source	Yurikova D.A., K.N. Kosobokova & A.V. Savchenko. (2023). Investigation of the reproductive system in calanoid copepods: A new approach using 3D reconstructions from serial semi-thin crosssections in Calanus glacialis and Metridia longa. Arthropod Structure & Development. 73(12-14):1-9. 101249.
additional source	Matthews, J.B.L. (1967). Calanus finmarchicus s.l., in the North Atlantic. The relationships between Calanus finmarchicus s. str., C. glacialis and C. helgolandicus. Bulletin of Marine Ecology 6:159-179, figs. 1-15, pl. 67.
additional source	Grainger, E.H. (1961). The copepods Calanus glacialis Jaschnov and Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus) in Canadian Arctic-Subarctic waters. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 18(5): 663-678. (ix-1961).
additional source	Frost, B.W. (1971). Taxonomic status of Calanus finmarchicus and C. glacialis (Copepoda), with special reference to adult males. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 28(1):23-30, figs. 1-6, tab. 1. (i-1971)
additional source	Choquet, M., H.J.A. Monteiro, J. Bengtsson-Palme & G. Hoarau. (2017). The complete mitochondrial genome of the copepod Calanus glacialis. Mitochondrial Dna Part B-Resources, 2(2):506-507.
additional source	Schmid, M. (2017). The race for lipids : ontogeny of the fine-scale vertical co-distribution of arctic calanoid copepods and their phytoplankton food as elucidated by artificial intelligence coupled with an imaging profiler. Thèse de Doctorat, Université Laval, Montréal, Québec, Canada. 131 pp.
additional source	Choquet, M., K. Kosobokova, A. Kwasniewski, M. Hatlebakk, A.K.S. Dhanasiri, W. Melle, M. Daase, C. Svensen, J.E. Soreide & G. Hoarau (2018). Can morphology reliably distinguish between the copepods Calanus finmarchicus and C. glacialis, or is DNA the only way? Limnology And Oceanography Methods. 16(4):237-252.
additional source	Williams, R. (1972). A further character for identification of the adult females of Calanus finmarchicus, C. helgolandicus and C. glacialis (Crustacea: Copepoda). Bulletin of Marine Ecology 8(1):53-60, pls. 17-19, figs. 1-4. (ix-1972)
additional source	Brodsky, K.A. (1961). Comparison of Calanus species (Copepoda) from the southern and northern hemispheres. Contributions of the New Zealand Oceanographic Institute [Translation of part of Brodsky, K.A. 1959. Zool. Zh. 33:1537-1552.] 95:5-22, pls. 1-4, tab. 1. (Also as:Inf. Ser. Dep. scient. ind. Res. N.Z., 33).
additional source	Sushkina, A.P. (1962). Skorost raskhodovaniya Zhira pri razlichnoi temperature i zhiznennyi tsikl u Calanus finmarchicus (Gunn.) o C. glacialis Jashn. [Rate of fat consumption at various temperatures and life cycle of Calanus finmarchicus (Gunn) and C. glacialis Jaschn.]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal (also translation by Joint Publications Research Service #20,502 into English 6 Aug 1963, OTS: 63-31457). 41(7):1004-1012. (28-vi-1962, Russian with English summary).
additional source	Parent, G. (2013). Hybridation entre Calanus finmarchicus et C. glacialis (Copepoda). [Hybridization between Calanus finmarchicus and C. glacialis (Copepoda).]. Ph.D. Thesis, Université Laval, Québec City, Québec, Canada. 110 pp. [In French; English abstract].
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
additional source	Jaschnov, V.A. (1972). On the systematic status of Calanus glacialis, Calanus finmarchicus and Calanus helgolandicus. Crustaceana, Leiden 22(3):279-284, figs. 1-3, tab. 1. (1-vi-1972)
additional source	Perueva, E.G. & V.Y. Vilenkin. (1970). Pitanie Calanus glacialis (Yashnov) Pri Raznoi Kontsentratsii Vodoroslei. [Feeding of Calanus glacialis (Jashnov) under Various Concentrations of Algae.]. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, (Translation in: Dokl. (Proc.) Acad. Sci. USSR, Biol. Sci. Sect., 194: 547-549, figs. 1-2, tab. 1). 194(4): 943-945, figs. 1-2, tab. 1. (2-X-1970, Russian).
additional source	Jaschnov, V.A. (1974). O sistematicheskom statuse tikhookeanskikh Calanus glacialis, Calanus sinicus i Calanus orientalis. [On the systematic status of Pacific Calanus glacialis, C. sinicus and C. orientalis sp. n.]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal. 54(1):32-39, figs. 1-4. (30-xii-1974, Russian with English summary).
additional source	Hatlebakk, M., B. Niehoff, M. Choquet, H. Hop, A. Wold, G. Hoarau & J.E. Søreide. (2022). Seasonal Enzyme Activities of Sympatric Calanus glacialis and C. finmarchicus in the High-Arctic. Frontiers In Marine Science. 9:1-13. 877904 . Jun 2022.
ecology source	Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. Earth System Science Data. 9(1):99-113.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Calanus glacialis Jaschnov, 1955. 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:104465