Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Siphonostomatoida > Family Rataniidae > Genus Ratania

Ratania atlantica Farran, 1926

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ratania*	Giesbrecht, 1893	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Farran, G.P. (1926). Biscayan plankton collected during a cruise of H.M.S. 'Research', 1900. Part XIV. The Copepoda. Journal of the Linnean Society, Zoology 36(243):219-310, figs. 1-2, pls. 5-10, tabs. 1-2.
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	Heron, G.A. & D.M. Damkaer. (1969). Five species of deep-water cyclopoid copepods from the plankton of the Gulf of Alaska. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 20:1-24, figs. 1-28. (23-ix-1969)
additional source	Boxshall, G.A. (1979). The planktonic copepods of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean : Harpacticoida, Siphonostomatoida and Mormonilloida. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology. 35(3):201-264.
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. Ratania atlantica Farran, 1926. 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:136005