Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Cyclopoida > Suborder Ergasilida > Family Corycaeidae > Genus Farranula

Farranula gracilis (Dana, 1849-1852)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Corycaeus Dana, 1849

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Farranula*	Wilson C.B., 1932	accepted genus name
*Corycella*	Farran, 1911	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Dana, J.D. (1849-1852). Conspectus crustaceorum, quae in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes, e classe Reipublicae foederatae duce, lexit et descripsit Jacobus D. Dana. Pars II. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 2: 9-61. [Vol. II,. from May 1848-May 1852]. no figures or plates just verbal.
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	Suárez-Morales, E., J.W. Fleeger & P.A. Montagna. (2009). Free-living Copepoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D. L. & D.K. Camp [Eds]. Gulf of Mexico: origin, waters, and biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 1393 pp. Chapter pagination: 841-869.
additional source	Radhika, S.R. & S.B. Nandan [S. Bijoy Nandan]. (2020). Morpho-taxonomy of Corycaeid Cyclopoids from Lakshadweep Sea, South Eastern Arabian Sea—A Part of the Indian Ocean. In: Pandey D., M. Ravichandran & N.Nair (eds) Dynamics of the Earth System: Evolution, Processes and Interactions. Society of Earth Scientists Series. Springer, Cham. : 141-191. Apr 2020.
additional source	Fuentes-Reinés, J.M. & E. Suárez-Morales. (2017). New records of poecilostomatoid copepods (Crustacea) from a coastal system in the Colombian Caribbean with notes on morphology. Checklist, the Jornal of Biodiversity Data. 13(5):513-523.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	González, J.G. & T.E. Bowman. (1965). Planktonic copepods from Bahía Fosforescente, Puerto Rico, and adjacent waters. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 117(3513):241-303. (24-viii-1965)
source of synonymy	Boxshall, G.A. & S.H. Halsey. (2004). An introduction to copepod diversity. Ray Society, London. 166(Part II):422-966. (2 volume set).
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. Farranula gracilis (Dana, 1849-1852). 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:128813