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

Spinocalanus Giesbrecht, 1888

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Spinocalanus abruptus Grice & Hulsemann, 1965
Spinocalanus abyssalis Giesbrecht, 1888
Spinocalanus angusticeps Sars G.O., 1920
Spinocalanus brevicaudatus Brodsky, 1950
Spinocalanus caudatus Sars G.O., 1920
Spinocalanus hirtus Sars G.O., 1907
Spinocalanus horridus Wolfenden, 1911
Spinocalanus longicornis Sars G.O., 1900
Spinocalanus magnus Wolfenden, 1904
Spinocalanus oligospinosus Park, 1970
Spinocalanus polaris Brodsky, 1950
Spinocalanus spinosus Farran, 1908
Spinocalanus validus Sars G.O., 1920

Literature

original description	Giesbrecht, W. (1888). Elenco dei Copepodi pelagici raccolti dal Tenente di vascello Gaetano Chierchia durante il viaggio della R. Corvetta 'Vettor Pisani' negli anni 1882-1885 e dal Tenente di vascello Francesco Orsini nel Mar Rosso, nel 1884. [List of pelagic copepods collected by Lieutenant Gaetano Chierchia during the voyage of the Royal Corvette 'Vettor Pisani' in the years 1882-1885 and by Lieutenant Francesco Orsini in the Red Sea, in 1884.]. Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali Rendiconti. (4)4 sem. 2:284-287, 330-338.
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.
additional source	Roe, H.S.J. (1975). Some new and rare species of calanoid copepods from the northeastern Atlantic. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology 28(7):295-372, figs. 1-33. (5-xi-1975)

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Spinocalanus Giesbrecht, 1888. 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:104236