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 helgolandicus (Claus, 1863)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted
Name Status: alternate representation

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Children

Calanus helgolandicus helgolandicus (Claus, 1863)

Literature

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	Paffenhöfer, G.A. (1970). Cultivation of Calanus helgolandicus under controlled conditions. Helgoländer Wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen 20(1-4):346-359, figs. 1-3, tabs. 1-6. (v-1970)
additional source	Shoaib, F.M. & Q.B. Kazmi. (2021). Pelagic copepods collected by the northern Arabian Sea Naseer Cruise 1. Lambert Academic Publishing, Dodo Books Indian Ocean Ltd. 242 pp.
additional source	Minkina, N.I. & E.V. Pavlova. (1981). Velichiny gidrodinamicheskogo soprotivleniya i moshchosti pri raznykh rezhimakh plavaniya u Calanus helgolandicus. [Hydrodynamic drag and power at variable swimming in Calanus helgolandicus.]. Ekologiya Morya. 7:63-75, fig., tabs. 1-4. (16-vii-1981, Russian with English summary).
additional source	Paffenhöfer, G.A. (1976). Continuous and nocturnal feeding of the marine planctonic copepod Calanus helgolandicus. Bulletin of Marine Science 26(1):49-58, figs. 1-5, tabs. 1-3. (i-1976)
additional source	Puxeddu, M. (1973). Sul valore sistematico del 5 paio de pereiopodi di Calanus helgolandicus. [On the systematic value of the 5th pair of legs of Calanus helgolandicus.]. Bollentino de Adriatic Society of Natural Sciences. 58(1): 92-95, tab. 1.
additional source	Paulmier, G. (2014). Copepods Calanoida (Neocopepoda, Gymnoplea) in Normandy and Brittany waters of the English Channel and the Atlantic. Sections of Amphascandria and Isokerandria. Les copepodes Calanoida (Neocopepoda, Gymnoplea) dans les eaux normandes et bretonnes de la Manche et de l'Atlantiques. Sections of Amphascandria and Isokerandria. Bulletin de la Societe Linneenne de Bordeaux. 149, n. ser.42(1):1-22.
additional source	Lebedeva, M.N. (1959). Bakterialnye inti-vynesennye iz serovodorodnykh glubin Chernogo morya, kakhvozmozhnyi ob'ekt pitaniya zooplankterov filtratorov na primere Calanus helgolandicus. [Bacterial infiltrations from sulfur-damp depths of the Black Sea, a possible food source for zooplankton filter feeders, such as Calanus helgolandicus. Trudy Sevastopol'skoy Biologicheskoy Stantsii, Akademiya Nauk SSSR. 11:29-42, figs. 1-2, tabs. 1-5.
additional source	Heerkloss, R. & B.L. Gutelmacher. (1980). Selective intake of different sized particles by Calanus helgolandicus when fed on natural and artificial foods. In: Vinogradov, M.E. & R. Heerkloss (eds): Bioproduktivität des Pelagials im Schwarzen Meer. [Pelagic bioproductivity in the Black Sea.]. :53-59, fig. 1.
additional source	Paffenhöfer, G.A. (1976). Feeding, growth, and food conversion of the marine planktonic copepod Calanus helgolandicus. Limnology and Oceanography 21(1):39-50, figs. 1-3, tabs. 1-12.
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	Corner, E.D.S. (1961). On the nutrition and metabolism of zooplankton. 1. Preliminary observations of the feeding of the marine copepod, Calanus helgolandicus (Claus). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 41(1):5-16, tab. 1. (ii-1961)
additional source	Paffenhöfer, G.A. (1971). Einfluss von 'Rotschlamm' auf Mordalität und Körpergewicht von Jugendstadien des marinen planktischen Copepoden Calanus helgolandicus. [Influence of 'red mud' on mortality and body weight of juvenile stages of the marine planktic copepod Calanus helgolandicus. Naturwissenschaften. 58(12):625. (Xii-1971).
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	Lauritano, C., M. Borra, Y. Carotenuto, E. Biffali, A. Miralto, G. Procaccini & A. Ianora. (2011). Molecular evidence of the toxic effects of diatom diets on gene expression patterns in copepods. PLoS One. 6(10):1-8. e26850.
additional source	Hallberg, E. & H.J. Hirche. (1980). Differentiation of mid-gut in adults and over-wintering copepodids of Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus) and C. helgolandicus. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 48(3):283-295, figs. 1-9, tab. 1. (23-xii-1980).
additional source	Vucetic, T. (1965). Quelques données sur la longueur des adultes de Calanus helgolandicus Claus provenant de Veliko Jezero (Ile de Miljet). [Some data on the length of adults of Calanus helgolandicus Claus from Veliko Jezero (Miljet Island).]. Rapports et Procès-Verbaux des Réunions de la Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration Scientifique de la Mer Mediterranée, Monaco. 18(2): 431-438, figs. 1-4, tab. 1.
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	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	Harding, J.P. (1963). The chromosomes of Calanus finmarchicus and C. helgolandicus. Crustaceana, Leiden 6(2):81-88, figs. 1-4, pls. 5-6. (19-ix-1963)
additional source	Paffenhöfer, G.A. & J.D.H. Strickland. (1970). A note on the feeding of Calanus helgolandicus on detritus. Marine Biology, Berlin 5(2):97-99, tab. 1. (ii-1970)
additional source	Petipa, T.S. (1965). Izbiratel'naya cpocobnost' v pitanii u Calanus helgolandicus (Claus). [Selective feeding ability of Calanus helgolandicus (Claus).]. In: Issledovaniya Planktona Chernogo i Azovskogo Morei. (Investigations of the Plankton of the Black and Azov Seas). Akademiya Nauk Ukrainian SSR. :102-110, figs., tabs. 1-5. (Russian.).
additional source	Mordukhai-Boltovskoy, F.D., ed. (1969). Rakoobraznye. (Crustacea). Opredetel' fauny Chernogo i Azovskogo more, 2. Svobodnozhivushchie bespozvonochnye. [Crustacea. Identification key to the fauna of the Black and Azov Seas, 2. Freeliving invertebrates.]. Institut Biologii Yuzh'nykh Morei, Akademiya Nauk USSR, Naukova Dumka, Kiev. 536 pp. (In Russian.).
additional source	Paffenhöfer, G.A. (1971). Grazing and ingestion rates of nauplii, copepodids and adults of the marine planktonic copepod Calanus helgolandicus. Marine Biology, Berlin 11(3):286-298, figs. 1-7, tabs. 1-7.
additional source	Alameda de la Mora, G. (1980). Sistemática y distribución de los copépodos (Crustacea) del Golfo de Tehuantepec (México). [Sistemática y distribución de los copépodos (Crustacea) del Golfo de Tehuantepec (México).]. Tesis Profesional, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónomo de México, Mexico City. 397 pp. + 126 pls.
additional source	Woodhead, P.M.J. & J.D. Riley. (1957). The separation of potential males and females in stage-V copepodites of Calanus helgolandicus. Journal du Conseil International pour l'Exploration de la Mer 23:47-50, figs. 1-2. (x-1957)
additional source	Mauchline, J. (1956). Notes on the differences between Calanus finmarchicus (Gunn.) and Calanus helgolandicus (Claus). Bulletin of Marine Ecology 4(33):135-140, tabs. 1-3. (iii-1956)
additional source	Williams, R. & D.V.P. Conway. (1980). Vertical distribution of Calanus finmarchicus and C. helgolandicus (Crustacea: Copepoda). Marine Biology, Berlin 60(1):57-61, figs. 1-2. (xii-1980)
additional source	Bonnet, D., A. Richardson, R. Harris, A. Hirst, G. Beaugrand, M. Edwards, S. Ceballos, R. Diekman, A. López-Urrutia, L. Valdes, F. Carlotti, J.C. Molinero, H. Weikert, W. Greve, D. Lucic, A. Albaina, N. Daly Yahia, S, Fonda Umani, A. Miranda, A. dos Santos, K. Cook, S. Robinson & M.L. de Fernandez de Puelles. (2005). An overview of Calanus helgolandicus ecology in European waters. Progress In Oceanography. 65:1-53.
additional source	Muxagata, E.M. & J.A. Williams. (2004). The Mesozooplankton of the Solent-Southampton Water system: a photographic guide. Southampton Oceanography Centre, Southampton, U.K. 103 pp.
additional source	Vucetic, T. (1965). Sur la reproduction du Copépode Calanus helgolandicus Claus à Veliko Jezero (Ile de Mijlet). [On the reproduction of the copepod Calanus helgolandicus Claus in Veliko Jezero (Mijlet Island).]. Rapports et Procès-Verbaux des Réunions de la Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration Scientifique de la Mer Mediterranée, Monaco. 18(2): 425-430, figs. 1-4.
additional source	Manwell, C., C.M.A. Barker, P.A. Ashton & E.D.C. Corner. (1967). Biochemical differences between Calanus finmarchicus and C. helgolandicus. Esterases, malate and triosephosphate dehydrogenase, aldolase, peptidases and other enzymes. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 47(1):145-170, pls. 1-4, figs. 1-4.
additional source	Ong, J.E. & P.S. Lake. (1970). The ultrastructural morphology of the midgut diverticulum of calanoid copepod Calanus helgolandicus (Claus) (Crustacea). Australian Journal of Zoology 18:9-20, figs. 1-10. (iii-1970)
additional source	Williams, R. & D.V.P. Conway. (1982). Population growth and vertical distribution of Calanus helgolandicus in the Celtic Sea. In: Dynamic aspects of marine ecosystems. Proceedings XVI. European Symposium on marine Biology. Netherlands Journal of Sea Research 16:185-194, figs. 1-4. (xii-1982)
additional source	Mullin, M.M. & E.R. Brooks. (1970). The effect of concentration of food on body weight, cumulative ingestion, and rate of growth of the marine copepod Calanus helgolandicus. Limnology and Oceanography. 15(5):748-755.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Lauritano, C., M. Borra, Y. Carotenuto, E. Biffali, A. Miralto, G. Procaccini & A. Ianora. (2011). First molecular evidence of diatom effects in the copepod Calanus helgolandicus. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 404(1-2):79-86.
additional source	Schultz, M., M. Choquet, V. Tverberg & G. Hoarau. (2022). Calanus helgolandicus - more than a guest in the north?. Journal of Plankton Research. 45(1):33-36. FEB 2023.
additional source	Mullin, C.H. (1968). Egg-laying in the planktonic copepod Calanus helgolandicus (Claus). Crustaceana, Supplement, Leiden. 1:29-34, figs. 1-4, tab. 1.
additional source	Tanaka, O. (1957). Notes on Calanus helgolandicus and Calanus plumchrus. Information Bulletin on Planktology in Japan 4:9-10.
additional source	Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Sazhina, L.I. (1985). Naupliusy massovykh vidov pelagickeskikh kopepod Mirovogo okeana. (Naupliuses of mass species of the world's oceans.) Naukova Dumka, Kiev 238pp.
additional source	Richman, S. & J.N. Rogers. (1969). The feeding of Calanus helgolandicus on synchronously growing populations of the marine diatom Ditylum brightwellii. Limnology and Oceanography 14(5):701-709, figs. 1-5. (ix-1969)
additional source	Vucetic, T. (1966). Prilog poznavanju biologije kopepoda Calanus helgolandicus (Claus) iz Velikog jezera na otoku Mljeta. [On the biology of Calanus helgolandicus (Claus) from the Veliko Jezero I. Mljet.]. Acta Adriatica. 6(11):1-94, figs. 1-26, tabs. 1-19. (Serbo-Croatian with English summary).
additional source	Hirche, H.J. (1981). Digestive enzymes of copepods and adults of Calanus finmarchicus and C. helgolandicus in relation to particulate matter. In: Lower organisms and their role in the food web. Proceedings XV. European Marine Biology Symposium. Kieler Meeresforschungen, Sonderheft 5:174-185, figs. 1-7, tab. 1.
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 helgolandicus (Claus, 1863). 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:104466