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

Calanus hyperboreus Krøyer, 1838

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Calanus*	Leach, 1816	accepted genus name
*Cetochilus*	Roussel de Vauzeme, 1834	synonym

Literature

original description	Krøyer, H. (1838-1840). Danmarks Fiske. Copenhagen, S. Triers. 1: i-cii, 1-616.
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	Conover, R.J. (1966). Feeding on large particles by Calanus hyperboreus (Kröyer). In: Barnes, H. (ed.). Some Contemporary Studies in Marine Science. Allen and Unwin, Ltd., New York :187-194, figs. 1-3.
additional source	Schmid, M. (2017). The race for lipids : ontogeny of the fine-scale vertical co-distribution of arctic calanoid copepods and their phytoplankton food as elucidated by artificial intelligence coupled with an imaging profiler. Thèse de Doctorat, Université Laval, Montréal, Québec, Canada. 131 pp.
additional source	Conover, R.J. (1965). An intersex in Calanus hyperboreus. Crustaceana, Leiden 8(2):153-158, figs. 1-2, pl. 2. (29-iii-1965)
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Roff, J.C. (1978). A guide to the marine flora and fauna of the Bay of Fundy: Copepoda: Calanoida. Fisheries and Marine Service Technical Report 823. 27 p.
additional source	Brennan, C.E., F. Maps, D. Lavoie, S. Plourde & C.T. Johnson. (2024). Modelling the complete life cycle of an arctic copepod reveals complex trade-offs between concurrent life cycle strategies. Progress In Oceanography. 229: 1-29. Dec 2024.
additional source	Conover, R.J. (1967). Reproductive cycle, early development, and fecundity in laboratory populations of the copepod Calanus hyperboreus. Crustaceana, Leiden 13(1):61-72, figs. 1-5, pl. 3. (12-v-1967)
additional source	Conover, R.J. (1965). Notes on the molting cycle, development of sexual characters and sex ratio in Calanus hyperboreus. Crustaceana, Leiden 8(3):308-320, figs. 1-4, pl. 4, tabs. 1-2. (3-v-1965)
additional source	Lee, R.F. (1974). Lipid composition of the copepod Calanus hyperboreus from the Arctic Ocean. Changes with depth and season. Marine Biology, Berlin 26(4):313-318, fig. 1, tabs. 2-4. (16-ix-1974)
additional source	Stephensen, K. (1917). Zoogeographical investigation of certain fjords in southern Greenland, with special reference to Crustacea, Pycnogonida and Echinodermata including a list of Alcyonaria and Pisces. Meddelelser om Grønland. 53:229-378 ( for 1916).
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
additional source	Krøyer, H. (1848). Karcinologiste Bidrag (Forsaettelse). [Carcinologist Contributions (Continued)]. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. II. 2(5): 527-560.
additional source	ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32.
additional source	Linko, A.K. (1907). Untersuchungen über das Plankton des Barents Meeres. [Investigations on the plankton of the Barents Sea.]. Wissenschaftlich praktische Murman Expedition, St. Petersburg. :1-247, figs.1-21.
additional source	Conover, R.J. (1962). Metabolism and growth in Calanus hyperboreus in relation to its life cycle. Rapports et Procès-Verbaux des Réunions de la Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration Scientifique de la Mer Mediterranée, Monaco. 153:190-197, figs. 1-3, tabs. 1-2. (ix-1962).
additional source	Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41.
additional source	Jespersen, P. (1937). On the size of Calanus hyperboreus Kroyer in West Greenland waters. Internationale Revue der Gesamten Hydrobiologie 34: 102-107, figs. 1-3.
additional source	Dawson, J.K. (1978). Vertical distribution of Calanus hyperboreus in the central Arctic Ocean. Limnology and Oceanography 23(5):950-957, figs. 1-3. (ix-1978)
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. Calanus hyperboreus Krøyer, 1838. 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:104467