Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Microcalanus pygmaeus (Sars G.O., 1900). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104513 on 2026-06-09
accepted
Valid name (ICZN) or name considered to be taxonomically correct (ICBN)
Species
Sars, G.O. (1900). Crustacea. In: Nansen, F. (ed.). The Norwegian North Polar Expedition 1893-1896., Scientific Results. 1(5): 1-141, Plates 1-36.
Copepoda Calanoida, Parts XIII & XIV, Parapontellidae, Acartiidae, supplement.
Sars, G.O. (1903). Copepoda Calanoida, Parts XIII & XIV, Parapontellidae, Acartiidae, supplement. An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum. 4:145-171, pls. 97-102, suppl. pls. 1-6.
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)
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
Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32.
Mazzocchi, M.G., G. Zagami, A. Ianora, L. Guglielmo, N. Crescenti & J. Hure. (1995). Copepods. In: Guglielmo, L. & A. Ianora (eds.). Atlas of Marine Zooplankton, Straits of Magellan. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, New York. 279 pp.
Seasonal and diel changes in the vertical distribution in relation to the age structure of Microcalanus pygmaeus Sars and Ctenocalanus citer Bowman & Heron, (Pseudocalanidae, Copepoda) from Croker Passage (Antarctic Peninsula).
Zmijewska, M.I., L. Bielecka & A. Grabowska. (2000). Seasonal and diel changes in the vertical distribution in relation to the age structure of Microcalanus pygmaeus Sars and Ctenocalanus citer Bowman & Heron, (Pseudocalanidae, Copepoda) from Croker Passage (Antarctic Peninsula). Oceanologia 52(1):89-103.
Free-living Copepoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico.
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Distribution for Microcalanus pygmaeus (Sars G.O., 1900) - European waters (ERMS scope)
Distribution for Microcalanus pygmaeus (Sars G.O., 1900) - North West Atlantic
Distribution for Microcalanus pygmaeus (Sars G.O., 1900) - Gulf of Maine
Distribution for Microcalanus pygmaeus (Sars G.O., 1900) - Gulf of Mexico
Distribution for Microcalanus pygmaeus (Sars G.O., 1900) - FAO fishing area 18
Distribution for Microcalanus pygmaeus (Sars G.O., 1900) - FAO fishing area 67
Distribution for Microcalanus pygmaeus (Sars G.O., 1900) - North East Pacific
Distribution for Microcalanus pygmaeus (Sars G.O., 1900) - Chukchi Sea
Distribution for Microcalanus pygmaeus (Sars G.O., 1900) - Arctic Ocean
Distribution for Microcalanus pygmaeus (Sars G.O., 1900) - Canada Basin
Distribution for Microcalanus pygmaeus (Sars G.O., 1900) - Nansen Basin
Distribution for Microcalanus pygmaeus (Sars G.O., 1900) - Amundsen Basin
Distribution for Microcalanus pygmaeus (Sars G.O., 1900) - Makarov Ridge
Distribution for Microcalanus pygmaeus (Sars G.O., 1900) - Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Pacific part]
Distribution for Microcalanus pygmaeus (Sars G.O., 1900) - North Pacific
Taxon Description Body size for Taxon denoted by name 104513
Taxon Description Supporting structure & enclosure for Taxon denoted by name 1080
Taxon Description Functional group for Taxon denoted by name 104082
Taxon Description Body size (qualitative) for Taxon denoted by name 104082
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: Type maximum
Specification Context: Sex male
Specification Context: Structure Solid
Specification Context: Composition Chitinous
Specification Context: Dimension prosome length
Specification Context: Life stage copepodite I
Specification Context: Locality (MRGID) 3273
Specification Context: Type mean
Specification Context: Life stage copepodite II
Specification Context: Life stage copepodite III
Specification Context: Life stage copepodite IV
Specification Context: Life stage copepodite V
Specification Context: Locality (MRGID) 14910