Calanus finmarchicus Calanid copepod

Calanus finmarchicus is commonly referred to as Calanid copepod. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

10906 

AphiaID:

104464 

Scientific:

Calanus finmarchicus 

German:

Ruderfußkrebs 

English:

Calanid Copepod 

Category:

Mat 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Hexanauplia (Class) > Calanoida (Order) > Calanidae (Family) > Calanus (Genus) > finmarchicus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Gunnerus, ), 1770 

Occurrence:

Russland, Gulf of St. Lawrence, the North Sea, Alaska East Coast USA, Aleutian Islands, Arctic (North Polar Sea), Australia, Barents Sea, Bering Sea, Bermuda, Canada Eastern Pacific, East cost of USA, Florida, Greenland, Gulf of Alaska (Pacific), Gulf of Maine, Hudson Bay , Iceland, Japan, Newfoundland, North Atlantic Ocean, Scandinavia, Spitsbergen /Svalbard, the British Isles, West Coast USA 

Marine Zone:

Abyssopelagial
The abyssopelagial ranges from 4000 to 6000 meters deep, here the temperature is close to freezing, the pressure is 400 to 600 times higher than at the surface and there is no sunlight. 

Sea depth:

0 - bis 4023 Meter 

Size:

0" - 0" (0,02cm - 0,01cm) 

Temperature:

-2,1 °F - 75.2 °F (-2,1°C - 24°C) 

Food:

Phytoplankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Calanus brevicornis
• Calanus cristatus
• 
  Calanus finmarchicus
  Ruderfußkrebs
• Calanus glacialis
• Calanus helgolandicus
• Calanus hyperboreus
• Calanus marshallae
• Calanus pacificus
• Calanus propinquus
• Calanus simillimus
• Calanus sinicus
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-07-13 06:29:34 

Last edit:

2025-12-22 19:42:36 

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Korallenriff Magazin

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Am zweiten Mai diesen Jahres erhielt ich eine Lebendtierlieferung aus Australien für mein azooxanthellates Riffaquarium. Diese hatte einen „kleinen“ Umweg über Frankreich und anschließend über Italien genommen.

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