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 rotundus (Grice & Hulsemann, 1970)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Species group names

*Amallophora rotunda*	Grice & Hulsemann, 1970	synonym

Literature

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 rotundus (Grice & Hulsemann, 1970). 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:360772

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Occurrence

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Native

Introduced

Naturalised

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Managed

No data

Environment

marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex V EU Habitat Directive Annex V: Species of community interest whose taking in the wild and exploitation may be subject to management measures.