Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Paracalanus parvus parvus
Copepodo, Copepod
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Hexanauplia
Order
Calanoida
Family
Paracalanidae
Genus
Paracalanus
Species
parvus
Subspecies
parvus
Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa
Syn.: Calanus parvus Claus, 1863, Paracalanus lagunaris (Grandori, 1912), Paracalanus parvus (Claus, 1863), Piezocalanus lagunaris Grandori, 1912, Scolecithrix ancorarum Oliveira, 1946 (Horton et al., 2021)
- 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, Paracalanus parvus parvus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20468. Accessed 5 November 2026.