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

Xanthocalanus obtusus Farran, 1905

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Xanthocalanus*	Giesbrecht, 1893	accepted genus name
*Amallophora*	Scott T., 1894	synonym

Literature

original description	Farran, G.P. (1905). Report on the Copepoda of the Atlantic slope off counties Mayo and Galway. Scientific Investigations of the Fisheries Branch of Ireland. 1902-1903(2), appendix 2:23-52, pls. 3-13.
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	Grice, G.D. & K. Hulsemann. (1967). Bathypelagic calanoid copepods of the western Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 122(3583):1-67, figs. 1-319.
additional source	Farran, G.P. (1905). Some new Copepoda from the Atlantic slopes. In: Report of the 24th meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. D:602-603.
additional source	Sars, G.O. (1925). Copépodes particulièrement bathypélagiques provenant des campagnes scientifiques du Prince Albert Ier de Monaco. [Particularly bathypelagic copepods from the scientific campaigns of Prince Albert I of Monaco.]. Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques du Prince Albert Ier de Monaco. 69(1924-1925): text= 1-408. (1925), pls. 1-127 (1924),.
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. Xanthocalanus obtusus Farran, 1905. 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:104711