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

Calocalanus elegans Shmeleva, 1965

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Calocalanus*	Giesbrecht, 1888	accepted genus name
*Ischnocalanus*	Bernard, 1963	synonym

Literature

original description	Shmeleva, A.A. (1965). New species of the planktonic copepods from the Adriatic Sea. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco 65(1358):1-15, figs. 1-8. (French and Russian summaries.)
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	ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32.
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. Calocalanus elegans Shmeleva, 1965. 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:104652