Galapagos Species Database

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Neocalanus gracilis (Dana, 1852)

Copépodo, Copepod

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Copepoda

Order
Calanoida

Family
Calanidae

Genus
Neocalanus

Species
gracilis

Taxon category: Accepted

Synonymised names Calanus americanus Herrick, 1887 (listed as probable synonym by Giesbrecht, 1893) Calanus gracilis Dana, 1852 Calanus longiremis (Claus, 1863) (listed as synonym by Giesbrecht, 1893) Cetochilus longiremis Claus, 1863 (synonym) Megacalanus gracilis (Dana, 1852)

Distribution

Distribution: Southeastern zone: San Cristóbal, Española, Floreana

References

  • Diego F. Figueroa (2021) Environmental forcing on zooplankton distribution in the coastal waters of the Galápagos Islands: spatial and seasonal patterns in the copepod community structure Vol. 661: 49–69, 2021 https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13617 https://www.int-res.com/articles/meps_oa/m661p049.pdf
  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Neocalanus gracilis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18943. Accessed 4 November 2026.