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

Pseudocalanus acuspes (Giesbrecht, 1881)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pseudocalanus*	Boeck, 1873	accepted genus name
*Clausia*	Boeck, 1865	synonym
*Lucullus*	Giesbrecht, 1881	synonym

Species group names

*Lucullus acuspes*	Giesbrecht, 1881	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	Frost, B.W. (1989). A taxonomy of the marine calanoid copepod genus Pseudocalanus. Canadian Journal of Zoology 67(3):525-551. (French summary.)
additional source	Astad, S.S. (2022). A spatial and temporal study of Pseudocalanus acuspes, P. minutus and P. moultoni in the Svalbard – Barents Sea region and their potential as environmental indicator species in a changing Arctic. Master's Thesis, University Centre in Svalbard, University of Tromsø - UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway. 64 pp.
additional source	Sars, G.O. (1901). Copepoda Calanoida, Parts I & II. Calanidae, Eucalanidae, Paracalanidae , Pseudocalanidae, Aetideidae (part). An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum. 4:1-26, pls. 1-16.
additional source	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]].
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. Pseudocalanus acuspes (Giesbrecht, 1881). 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:104514