Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Eucalanus elongatus (Dana, 1849-1852). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=149718 on 2026-05-01
alternative representation
An accepted name with (or without) a subgenus, but slightly less preferred
Species
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Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)
Plankton of the Bermuda Oceanographic Expeditions IV. Notes on Copepoda
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ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32.
K faune i raspredeleniyu veslonogikh rachkov Calanoida poverkhnostnykh vod severo-zapadnoi chasti Tikhogo okeana. [On the fauna and distribution of the calanoid copepods from the surface waters of the north-western Pacific Ocean.]
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The developmental stages of the copepod Eucalanus elongatus Dana var. bungii Giesbrecht.
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The problem of 'Eucalanus elongatus Dana'.
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The taxonomic problem of Eucalanus elongatus Dana.
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Larval stages of marine planktonic copepods of China.
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Calanoid Copepods from the Central North Pacific Ocean.
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Capture of small cells by the copepod Eucalanus elongatus.
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Naupliusy massovykh vidov pelagickeskikh kopepod Mirovogo okeana. [Nauplii of mass species pelagic copeopds of the world ocean.]
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Distribution and abundance of pelagic copepods in the Drake Passage and off the coast of Argentina, with special reference to hydrology of these areas.
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Formirovanie abdomena v ontogeneze u kopepod rodov Eucalanus i Rhincalanus (Calanoida, Eucalanidae) i movaya siste. [The ontogenetic abdomen formation in copepods of genera Eucalanus and Rhincalanus (Calanoida, Eucalanidae) and new system of these copepods.]
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Distribution for Eucalanus elongatus (Dana, 1849-1852) - Gulf of Mexico
Distribution for Eucalanus elongatus (Dana, 1849-1852) - Gulf of Maine
Distribution for Eucalanus elongatus (Dana, 1849-1852) - Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Pacific part]
Distribution for Eucalanus elongatus (Dana, 1849-1852) - North Pacific
Distribution for Eucalanus elongatus (Dana, 1849-1852) - North East Pacific
Distribution for Eucalanus elongatus (Dana, 1849-1852) - FAO fishing area 67
Distribution for Eucalanus elongatus (Dana, 1849-1852) - Colombia
Alien
Species introduced by man into places out of their natural range of distribution
Not specified
A species whose 'invasiveness' has not been specified in its introduced range. The species is known to be present and has been reported but there is no comment on its invasiveness
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Taxon Description Body size for Taxon denoted by name 149718
Specification Context: Unit mm
Specification Context: Type minimum
Specification Context: Dimension length
Specification Context: Life stage adult
Specification Context: Sex male
Specification Context: Sex female
Specification Context: Type maximum
Specification Context: Locality (MRGID) 7125
Specification Context: Type mean
Specification Context: Dimension prosome length
Specification Context: Locality (MRGID) 21762