List species and varieties by family
Clausocalanidae Giesbrecht, 1892 ( Clausocalanoidea )
(1) Clausocalanus Giesbrecht, 1888
Rem.: type: Calanus mastigophorus Claus,1863. The species identification before 1968 is often questionable and the geographical distributions are determined after Frost & Fleminger (1968), completed by later authors.
13 spp.
Frost & Fleminger (1968, p.17, 29, 44, 66) define 3 groups:
Groupe 1: C. mastigophorus, C. lividus, C. ingens and C. laticeps.
Groupe 2: C. arcuicornis, C. farrani, C. jobei, C. minor, C. paululus.
Groupe 3: C. pergens, C. brevipes, C. parapergens, C. furcatus.

[1] Clausocalanus arcuicornis  (Dana, 1849)   (F,M)    [Figs]

[2] Clausocalanus brevipes  Frost & Fleminger, 1968   (F,M)    [Figs]

Clausocalanus dubius    Brodsky, 1950   (M)
Ref.: Brodsky, 1950 (1967) (p.120, Descr.M, figs.M); Frost & Fleminger, 1968 (p.82, Rem.); Morioka, 1972 a (p.134); Brodsky & al., 1983 (p.234, figs.M)
Loc: Pacif. NW, off Hokkaido SE
Lg.: (22) M: 1,8
Rem.: Frost & Fleminger (1968) estiment que cette forme n'est pas un Clausocalanus. Cf. Groupe. inc. sed.

[3] Clausocalanus farrani  Sewell, 1929   (F,M)    [Figs]

[4] Clausocalanus furcatus  (Brady, 1883)   (F,M)    [Figs]

[5] Clausocalanus ingens  Frost & Fleminger, 1968   (F,M)    [Figs]

[6] Clausocalanus jobei  Frost & Fleminger, 1968   (F,M)    [Figs]

[7] Clausocalanus laticeps  Farran, 1929   (F,M)    [Figs]

Clausocalanus latipes    T. Scott, 1894   (juv. M)
Ref.: T. Scott, 1894 b (p.72, Descr.F, figs.F); Giesbrecht & Schmeil, 1898 (p.28); Frost & Fleminger, 1968 (p.82, Rem.)
Loc: G. de Guinée
Rem.: sp. inc. sedis. Cf. ? C. arcuicornis juv.M

[8] Clausocalanus lividus  Frost & Fleminger, 1968   (F,M)    [Figs]

[9] Clausocalanus mastigophorus  (Claus, 1863)   (F,M)    [Figs]

[10] Clausocalanus minor  Sewell, 1929   (F,M)    [Figs]

[11] Clausocalanus parapergens  Frost & Fleminger, 1968   (F,M)    [Figs]

[12] Clausocalanus paululus  Farran, 1926   (F,M)    [Figs]

[13] Clausocalanus pergens  Farran, 1926   (F,M)    [Figs]
(2) Ctenocalanus Giesbrecht, 1888
Rem.: Type poorly specified: Ctenocalanus vanus Giesbrecht,1888.
Total: 5 species.

[1] Ctenocalanus campaneri  Prado-Por, 1984   (F,M)    [Figs]

[2] Ctenocalanus citer  Heron & Bowman, 1971       [Figs]

[3] Ctenocalanus heronae  Vega-Perez & Bowman, 1992   (F)    [Figs]

Ctenocalanus longicornis    Mori, 1937   (F)
Ref.: Mori, 1937 (1964) (p.37, Descr.F, figs.F)
Loc: Japon S, Mer Rouge
Lg.: (91) F: 1,23
Rem.: ? Cf. Ctenocalanus vanus

[4] Ctenocalanus tageae  Prado-Por, 1984   (F,M)    [Figs]

[5] Ctenocalanus vanus  Giesbrecht, 1888   (F,M)    [Figs]
Drepanopsis Wolfenden, 1911
Rem.: type: Drepanopsis frigidus Wolfenden,1911. nom. préoc. Cf. Farrania
Drepanopsis frigidus    Wolfenden, 1911   (F)
Ref.: Wolfenden, 1911 (p.245, Descr.F, figs.F); Tanaka, 1956 c (p.399, figs.F, Rem.)
Rem.: Cf. Farrania frigida
Drepanopsis lyra    Rose, 1937   (F)
Ref.: Rose, 1937 (p.157, Descr.F, figs.F)
Loc: Alger
Rem.: Cf. Farrania lyra
Drepanopsis pacificus    Brodsky, 1950   (F)
Ref.: Brodsky, 1950 (1967) (p.141, Descr.F, figs.F); Brodsky & al., 1983 (p.241, figs.F, Rem.)
Rem.: Cf. Farrania pacifica
(3) Drepanopus Brady, 1883 (part.)
Rem.: type: Drepanopus pectinatus Brady,1883.
Total: 4 species.

[1] Drepanopus bispinosus  Bayly, 1982   (F,M)    [Figs]

[2] Drepanopus bungei  Sars, 1898   (F,M)    [Figs]

[3] Drepanopus forcipatus  Giesbrecht, 1888   (F,M)    [Figs]

Drepanopus furcatus    Brady, 1883   (F)
Ref.: Brady, 1883 (p.77, Descr.F, figs.F)
Rem.: Cf. Clausocalanus furcatus

[4] Drepanopus pectinatus  Brady, 1883   (F,M)    [Figs]
(4) Farrania Sars, 1920
Rem.: Type: Farrania oblonga Sars,1920. 5 spp. (of which 1 doubtful) + 1 unidentified.:

[1] Farrania frigida  (Wolfenden, 1911)   (F,M)    [Figs]

[2] Farrania lyra  Rose, 1937   (F)    [Figs]

[3] Farrania oblonga  Sars, 1920   (F)    [Figs]

[4] Farrania orba  (Tanaka, 1956)   (F,M)    [Figs]

[5] Farrania pacifica  (Brodsky, 1950)   (F)    [Figs]

[6] Farrania sp.  Séret, 1979   (F)
(5) Microcalanus Sars, 1901
Rem.: type: Pseudocalanus pygmaeus Sars,1900.
Total: 1 species (with 2 varieties) or 2 species (according to the authors) + 2 unidentified.

[1] Microcalanus pusillus  Sars, 1903   (F,M)    [Figs]

[2] Microcalanus pygmaeus  (Sars, 1900)   (F,M)    [Figs]

Microcalanus pygmaeus pusillus    Sars, 1903   (F,M)
Syn.: M. pusillus Sars,1903
Ref.: Farran & Vervoort, 1951 e (p.3, figs.F); Falconetti & Seguin, 1977 (p.188); Gardner & Szabo, 1982 (p.176, figs.F,M); Bradford-Grieve, 1994 (p.130: figs.M)
Loc: Norvège (fjords), baie de Lübeck
Rem.: Cf. Micocalanus pusillus.

Microcalanus pygmaeus pygmaeus    Sars, 1900   (F,M)
Syn.: Pseudocalanus pygmaeus Sars, 1900 (p.73)
Ref.: Farran & Vervoort, 1951 e (p.3, figs.F); Vervoort, 1957 (p.36); Tanaka, 1960 (p.35); Bradford-Grieve, 1994 (p.130, figs.F)
Loc: Antarct., Arct. (Archipel de Nouvelle-Sibérie)
Rem.: Cf. Cf. Microcalanus pygmaeus

[3] Microcalanus sp. A  Vidal, 1971   (F,M)

[4] Microcalanus sp. B  Vidal, 1971   (F,M)
(6) Pseudocalanus Boeck, 1872
Rem.: Type: Clausia elongata Boeck,1872.
This genus comprises 7 species that have often been confused because of their weak morphological differentiation (Cf. Frost, 1989, p.529) + 1 unidentified.
I have restricted the distribution to the most reliable.

[1] Pseudocalanus acuspes  (Giesbrecht, 1881)   (F,M)    [Figs]

Pseudocalanus armatus    Boeck, 1872   (F,M)
Ref.: Brady, 1878 (p.46, figs.F,M, Rem.)
Rem.: Cf. Aetideus armatus

Pseudocalanus clausii    Brady, 1865   
Syn.: P. elongatus Brady,1865
Ref.: Corkett & McLaren, 1978 (p.5); Frost, 1989 (p.535)
Loc: Mer du Nord.
Rem.: Cf. Pseudocalanus elongatus

[2] Pseudocalanus elongatus  (Boeck, 1865)   (F,M)    [Figs]

Pseudocalanus feildeni    Norman, 1878   
Ref.: Giesbrecht, 1892 (p.302)
Rem.: genre douteux. Cf. ?

Pseudocalanus gracilis    Sars, 1903   (F,M)
Syn.: P. minutus Geletin,1977
Ref.: Sars, 1903 (p.154, figs.F,M); With, 1915 (p.57, Rem.); Corkett & McLaren, 1978 (p.6); Brodsky & al., 1983 (p.222, figs.F,M)
Loc: Finmark-Bear Island
Rem.: Cf. Pseudocalanus minutus

[3] Pseudocalanus major  Sars, 1900   (F,M)    [Figs]

[4] Pseudocalanus mimus  Frost, 1989   (F,M)    [Figs]

[5] Pseudocalanus minutus  (Kröyer, 1845)   (F,M)    [Figs]

Pseudocalanus minutus elongatus    Boeck, 1864   (F,M)
Ref.: Marques,1966 (p.3); Frost, 1989 (p.535)
Rem.: Cf. P. elongatus

Pseudocalanus minutus gracilis    Sars, 1903   (F,M)
Syn.: P. gracilis Sars,1903 (p.154); P. minutus Geletin, 1977
Ref.: Frost, 1989 (p.530)
Rem.: Cf. Pseudocalanus minutus

Pseudocalanus minutus major    Sars, 1900   
Syn.: P. major Sars,1900
Ref.: Frost, 1989 (p.539)
Rem.: Cf. Pseudocalanus major

[6] Pseudocalanus moultoni  Frost, 1989   (F,M)    [Figs]

[7] Pseudocalanus newmani  Frost, 1989   (F,M)    [Figs]

Pseudocalanus pygmaeus    Sars, 1900   (F)
Ref.: Sars, 1900 (p.73, Descr.F, figs.F); Mrazek, 1902 (p.508, figs.F,M, Rem.: G. douteux); Giesbrecht,1902 (p.20, figs.F)
Loc: Archipel de Nouvelle-Sibérie
Rem.: Cf.: Microcalanus pygmaeus

[8] Pseudocalanus sp.  Vidal, 1971   (F,M)
(7) Spicipes Grice & Hulsemann, 1965
Rem.: type: Spicipes nanseni.
Total: 1 species

[1] Spicipes nanseni  Grice & Hulseman, 1965   (F)    [Figs]

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