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

Clausocalanus mastigophorus (Claus, 1863)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Clausocalanus*	Giesbrecht, 1888	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Calanus mastigophorus*	Claus, 1863	synonym

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	Prusova, I.Y., S.L. Smith & E. Popova. 2012. Calanoid copepods of the Arabian Sea region. Sultan Qaboos University, Academic Publication Board, Muscat, Oman 240 pp., 240 figs. (2011).
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	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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.
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. Clausocalanus mastigophorus (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:104506