Family CLAUSOCALANIDAE Giesbrecht, 1893
Compiler and date details
15 May 2012 - Genefor Walker-Smith, Museum Victoria
30 June 2007 - Walker-Smith, G.K., Cook, K.N. & Chilton-Lahey, K.L.
- Clausocalanidae Giesbrecht, 1893.
Type genus:
Clausocalanus Giesbrecht, 1888. - Pseudocalanidae Sars, 1901.
Introduction
Species of the family Clausocalanidae are characteristically small (<1 mm) and are abundant in epipelagic oceanic waters, with fewer species found in coastal waters and the surf zone. There are seven genera and 37 species. See Boxshall & Halsey (2004: 91) for more details as well as a key to the genera.
General References
Boxshall, G.A. & Halsey, S.H. 2004. An Introduction to Copepod Diversity. London : The Ray Society 966 pp. (Key to the genera)
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 26-Jul-2012 | 26-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |