Description
Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -5,815 meters (0 to -19,078 feet).Mean = -977.300 meters (-3,206.365 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,238.570 based on 3,891 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- arthropods
- Class:
Maxillopoda
()
- Order:
Calanoida
()
- Family:
Noctuoidea
()
- Genus:
Calanus
()
- (Claus, 1863)
- Specific name:
finmarchicus
- (Gunner, 1765)
- Scientific name: - Calanus finmarchicus (Gunner, 1765)
- Specific name:
finmarchicus
- (Gunner, 1765)
- Genus:
Calanus
(
- Family:
Noctuoidea
(
- Order:
Calanoida
(
- Class:
Maxillopoda
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Calanus tonsus Brady, 1883
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 03-Nov-2005
Similar Species
Members of the genus Calanus
There are approximately 31 species in this genus:
C. acutus · C. affinis · C. agulhensis · C. australis · C. brevicornis · C. caroli · C. caudatus · C. chilensis · C. cristatus · C. darwini · C. finmarchicus · C. finmarchicus glacialis · C. glacialis · C. helgolandicus · C. hyperboreus · C. i-iv · C. iristatus · C. marshallae · C. minutus · C. pacificus · C. pacificus californicus · C. pacificus pacificus · C. pacificus v_vi · C. propinquus · C. quinqueannulatus · C. simillimus · C. sinicus · C. spitsbergensis · C. total traverse · C. v-vi total · C. vulgaris
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 15, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: A Biological Survey of the Waters of Woods Hole and Vacinity
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Atlantic Reference Centre (OBIS Canada)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bay of Fundy Species List (OBIS Canada)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Davis Strait and Baffin Bay Zooplankton (OBIS Canada)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Gwaii Haanas Invertebrates (OBIS Canada)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: NODC WOD01 Plankton Database
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Taxonomic Information Sytem for the Belgian coastal area
- National Museum of Natural History: NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Collections
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2698685
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-85272
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13796563
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 85272
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 514868
