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Calanus helgolandicus (Claus, 1863)
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Copepoda | Calanoida | Calanidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Benthic. Temperate
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Northern Atlantic: Ireland and UK.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
In the North Sea, considered one of the largest and important warm-temperate copepod, whose densities are highly influenced by sea surface temperature changes (Ref. 95710).
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
Bottrell, H.H. and D.B. Robins 1984 Seasonal variations in length, dry weight, carbon and nitrogen of Calanus helgolandicus from the Celtic Sea. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 14:259-268. (Ref. 7754)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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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
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(Ref. 80766):
Unknown.