Galapagos Species Database
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Neocalanus gracilis
Copépodo, Copepod
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)
- 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.