Calanus finmarchicus   (Gunner, 1765)


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Calanus finmarchicus  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Copepoda | Calanoida | Calanidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Pelagic; brackish; depth range 0 - 3000 m (Ref. 78136).  Polar; 83°N - 35°N, 180°W - 180°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Arctic and Atlantic Ocean. Boreal to polar.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Min depth from Ref. 78136 and max depth was indicated for males (Ref. 78136). In the North Sea, considered one of the largest and important boreal copepod, whose densities are highly influenced by sea surface temperature changes (Ref. 95710). Various stages of the species is present up to depths of 3000 m (males Ref. 78136) and different copepodite stages occupy different depth ranges (4th and 5th copepodite at depths 50-300 m from Ref. 78125). This species displays diel vertical migration and is concentrated in the upper water at night (Ref. 96408). Also from Refs. 78130 and 78143.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the subclass Copepoda are gonochoric and sexually dimorphic. During copulation, male glues spermatophores to the female's venter. Life cycle: Eggs undergo six naupliar and five larval stages before becoming an adult.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Markowski, S. 1962. (Ref. 2802)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 1 - 9.6, mean 4.5 (based on 446 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.