Megacalanidae Family - Marine Planktonic Copepods

Calanoida ( Order )	details
Calanoidea ( Superfamily )	details

Abbreviations or symbols

Megacalanidae Sewell, 1947 ( Calanoidea )

Ref.:

Sewell, 1947 (p.20, clé des G & spp. ); Farran & Vervoort, 1951 a (n°33, p.3); Johnson, 1958 a (p.257); Vervoort, 1963 b (p.85, Rev.); Andronov, 1974 a (p.1005); Razouls, 1982 (p.84); Bowman & Abele, 1982 (p.10); Brodsky & al., 1983 (p.142, 146, 190); Mauchline, 1988 (p.718: pores cuticulaires); Nishida, 1989 (p.175); Bradford-Grieve, 1994 (p.17, Déf.); Michel, 1994 (p.175, clé des G.); Chihara & Murano, 1997 (p.834); Barthélémy, 1999 a (p.30); Bradford-Grieve & al., 1999 (p.877, 902, 904, 905, clé des G.); Ohtsuka & Huys, 2001 (p.445, 461); Boxshall & Halsey, 2004 (p.13: 49; 139: Def.; p.140: Clé des Genres); Vives & Shmeleva, 2007 (p.909, Key G.); Blanco-Bercial & al., 2011 (p.103, Table 1, Fig.2, 3, 4, Biol. mol, phylogeny)
Bradford-Grieve J.M., (2002 onwards). Key to calanoid copepod families. Version 1 : 2 oct 2002. http://www.crustacea.net/crustace/calanoida/index.htm

Rem.:

3 G.: Bathycalanus, Bradycalanus, Megacalanus.

(1) Bathycalanus Sars, 1905

Species, varieties and details

Syn.:

Heterocalanus Wolfenden, 1906 (p.26); 1911 (p.201)

Ref.:

Sars, 1905 b (p.8); 1925 (p.16); Wolfenden, 1911 (p.198); Sars, 1920 c (p.1); 1925 (p.16); Sewell, 1929 (p.30); Rose, 1929 (p.11, Rem.); 1933 a (p.65); Farran, 1939 (p.359); Vervoort, 1946 (p.63); Sewell, 1947 (p.32); Brodsky, 1950 (1967) (p.97); Farran & Vervoort, 1951 a (n°33, p.3); Tanaka, 1956 (p.264); Vervoort, 1963 b (p.85); Razouls, 1982 (p.86); Brodsky & al., 1983 (p.193, clé spp.,); Mauchline, 1988 (p.718); Razouls, 1993 (p.308); Bradford-Grieve, 1994 (p.18, Déf.); Michel, 1994 (p.188, clé spp.); Chihara & Murano, 1997 (p.834); Mauchline, 1998 (p.71); Boxshall & Halsey, 2004 (p.140)

Rem.:

type: Bathycalanus richardi Sars,1905. 8 spp.

(2) Bradycalanus A. Scott, 1909

Species, varieties and details

Ref.:

A. Scott, 1909 (p.14); Farran, 1939 (p.359); Vervoort, 1946 (p.47, 48, 49); Sewell, 1947 (p.27); Farran & Vervoort, 1951 a (n°33, p.3); Tanaka, 1956 (p.264); Vervoort, 1963 b (p.85); Owre & Foyo, 1964 (p.343, Rem.); 1967 (p.34); Razouls, 1982 (p.88); Brodsky & al., 1983 (p.198); Mauchline, 1988 (p.718); Razouls, 1993 (p.308); Bradford-Grieve, 1994 (p.20, Déf.); Michel, 1994 (p.188, clé spp.); Mauchline, 1998 (p.71); Bradford-Grieve & al., 1999 (p.905, 906: clé spp.); Boxshall & Halsey, 2004 (p.140); Vives & Shmeleva, 2007 (p.911)

Rem.:

type: Bradycalanus typicus A. Scott,1909. 4 spp. (of which 1 doubtful).
For Owre & Foyo (1964) this genus is synonymous with Megacalanus, a position that will be given up by the authors in 1967.

Heterocalanus Wolfenden, 1906

Liste des variétés

Ref.:

Wolfenden, 1906 (p.26); 1911 (p.211); Farran, 1908 b (p.21); Vervoort, 1946 (p.63); 1963 b (p.85, Rem.); Razouls, 1982 (p.88)

Rem.:

Cf. Bathycalanus

Macrocalanus Sars, 1905

Liste des variétés

Ref.:

Sars, 1905 b (p.7); With, 1915 (p.36, clé G); Farran, 1939 (p.359, Rem.)

Rem.:

Cf. Megacalanus

(3) Megacalanus Wolfenden, 1904

Species, varieties and details

Syn.:

Macrocalanus Sars, 1905 b (p.7); With, 1915 (p.36)

Ref.:

Wolfenden, 1904 (p.112); 1905 a (p.1); van Breemen, 1908 a (p.13); A. Scott, 1909 (p.10); Wolfenden, 1911 (p.195); With, 1915 (p.40); Sars, 1925 (p.10, Rem.); Sewell, 1929 (p.27, Rem.); Wilson, 1932 a (p.26); Rose, 1933 a (p.63); Farran, 1939 (p.355, Rem.); Vervoort, 1946 (p.47, Rem.); Sewell, 1947 (p.20, Rem.); Farran & Vervoort, 1951 a (n°33, p.3); Tanaka, 1956 (p.262); Vervoort, 1963 b (p.85); Guérédrat, 1969 (p.67, Rem.); Razouls, 1982 (p.84); Brodsky & al., 1983 (p.191); Mauchline, 1988 (p.717); Razouls, 1993 (p.308); Bradford-Grieve, 1994 (p.17, Déf.); Michel, 1994 (p.187, clé spp.); Chihara & Murano, 1997 (p.834); Mauchline, 1998 (p.71); Boxshall & Halsey, 2004 (p.140); Vives & Shmeleva, 2007 (p.911)

Rem.:

type: Megacalanus princeps Wolfenden,1904. 1 sp.