Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Candacia elongata (Boeck, 1873). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104477 on 2026-03-24
accepted
Valid name (ICZN) or name considered to be taxonomically correct (ICBN)
Species
Nye Slaegter og Arter af Saltvands-Copepoder. [New Genera and Species of Saltwater Copepods.
Boeck, A. (1873). Nye Slaegter og Arter af Saltvands-Copepoder. [New Genera and Species of Saltwater Copepods. Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania. 1872:35-60. [meddelt i modet den: announced in the fashion for 1872].
Report on plankton collected by Mr. Thorild Wulff during a voyage to and from Bombay.
Cleve, P.T. (1904). Report on plankton collected by Mr. Thorild Wulff during a voyage to and from Bombay. Arkiv för Zoologi 1:329-381, pls. 16-19.
Liste préliminaire des Calanoides recueillis pendant les campagnes de S.A.S. le Prince Albert de Monaco, avec diagnoses des genres et des espéces nouvelles. (2 e partie). [Preliminary list of Calanoides collected during the campaigns of H.S.H. Prince Albert of Monaco, with diagnoses of the new genera and species. (Part 2).]
Sars, G.O. (1905). Liste préliminaire des Calanoides recueillis pendant les campagnes de S.A.S. le Prince Albert de Monaco, avec diagnoses des genres et des espéces nouvelles. (2 e partie). [Preliminary list of Calanoides collected during the campaigns of H.S.H. Prince Albert of Monaco, with diagnoses of the new genera and species. (Part 2).]. Bulletin du Musée Océanographique de Monaco. 40:1-24.
Notes on the Copepoda of the North Atlantic Sea and the Faröe Channel.
Wolfenden, R.N. (1904). Notes on the Copepoda of the North Atlantic Sea and the Faröe Channel. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom n. ser. 7:110-146, fig. 1, pl. 9. (iv-1904)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)
Copepods of the Sargasso Sea off Bermuda: species composition, and vertical and seasonal distribution between the surface and 2000 m.
Deevey, G.B. & A.L. Brooks. (1977). Copepods of the Sargasso Sea off Bermuda: species composition, and vertical and seasonal distribution between the surface and 2000 m. Bulletin of Marine Science 27(2):256-291, figs. 1-14, tabs. 1-7. (iv-1977)
Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 252-268
Bathypelagic calanoid copepods of the western Indian Ocean.
Grice, G.D. & K. Hulsemann. (1967). Bathypelagic calanoid copepods of the western Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 122(3583):1-67, figs. 1-319.
Contribuição para o reconhecimento dos Copépodes marinhos da Costa Ocidental de África, entre São Tomé e Cabo Frio - V. [Contribution to the recognition of the marine copepods of the west coast of Africa, between São Tomé and Cabo Frio - V.]
Baessa de Aguiar, O. (1993). Contribuição para o reconhecimento dos Copépodes marinhos da Costa Ocidental de África, entre São Tomé e Cabo Frio - V. [Contribution to the recognition of the marine copepods of the west coast of Africa, between São Tomé and Cabo Frio - V.]. Garcia de Orta, Série de Zoologia, Lisbon. 18(1-2):95-100. [In Portuguese.] (for 1991).
Contribuiçao para o conhecimento dos copépodes marinhos da costa ocidental de Africa, entre Sao Tomé e Cabo Frio. VI. [Contribution to the knowledge of marine copepods on the west coast of Africa, between Sao Tome and Cabo Frio. VI.]
Baessa de Aguiar, O. (1993). Contribuiçao para o conhecimento dos copépodes marinhos da costa ocidental de Africa, entre Sao Tomé e Cabo Frio. VI. [Contribution to the knowledge of marine copepods on the west coast of Africa, between Sao Tome and Cabo Frio. VI.]. Garcia de Orta, Série de Zoologia, Lisbon. 18(1-2):101-109. (for 1991).
Records of pelagic copepods off Kaikoura, New Zealand.
Bradford, J.M. (1970). Records of pelagic copepods off Kaikoura, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 4(4):351-363, figs. 1-81. (xii-1970)
The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Pelagic Calanoid Copepoda: Bathypontiidae, Arietellidae, Augaptilidae, Heterorhabdidae, Lucicutiidae, Metrodinidae, Phyllopodidae, Centropagidae, Pseudodiaptomidae, Temoridae, Candaciidae, Pontellidae, Sulcanidae, Acartiidae, Tortanidae.
Bradford-Grieve, J.M. (1999). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Pelagic Calanoid Copepoda: Bathypontiidae, Arietellidae, Augaptilidae, Heterorhabdidae, Lucicutiidae, Metrodinidae, Phyllopodidae, Centropagidae, Pseudodiaptomidae, Temoridae, Candaciidae, Pontellidae, Sulcanidae, Acartiid National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) Biodiversity Memoir, Wellington 111:1-268.
Calanoid copepods from midwater trawls in the North Pacific along 160 E.
Morris, B. (1970). Calanoid copepods from midwater trawls in the North Pacific along 160 E. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada. 27(12):2297-2321, figs. 1-11.
Pelagic Copepoda. Part II. Copepoda Calanoida of the families Phaennidae up to and including Acartiidae, containing the description of a new species of Aetideidae.
Vervoort, W. (1965). Pelagic Copepoda. Part II. Copepoda Calanoida of the families Phaennidae up to and including Acartiidae, containing the description of a new species of Aetideidae. Atlantide Report, Danish Expedition to Coasts of Tropical West Africa 1945-1946 8:9-216.
ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32.
Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. Earth System Science Data. 9(1):99-113.
Sars, G.O. (1924). Copépodes particulièrement bathypélagiques provenant des campagnes scientifiques du Prince Albert Ier de Monaco. Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques du Prince Albert Ier de Monaco. 69(1924-1925):pls. 1-127
Distribution for Candacia elongata (Boeck, 1873) - European waters (ERMS scope)
Taxon Description Body size for Taxon denoted by name 104477
Taxon Description Supporting structure & enclosure for Taxon denoted by name 1080
Taxon Description Functional group for Taxon denoted by name 104080
Taxon Description Body size (qualitative) for Taxon denoted by name 104080
Taxon Description Nomenclature code for Taxon denoted by name 2
Specification Context: Unit mm
Specification Context: Type minimum
Specification Context: Dimension length
Specification Context: Life stage adult
Specification Context: Sex female
Specification Context: Sex male
Specification Context: Type maximum
Specification Context: Structure Solid
Specification Context: Composition Chitinous
Specification Context: Locality (MRGID) 8455
Specification Context: Type mean