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Calocalanus tenuis

Status not recordedcrustaceans

Calocalanus tenuis is a species in the family Paracalanidae.

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Quick facts about Calocalanus tenuis

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does Calocalanus tenuis live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Calocalanus tenuis as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Romania

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is Calocalanus tenuis endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Calocalanus tenuis classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classCopepoda
  4. familyParacalanidae
  5. genusCalocalanus
  6. SpeciesCalocalanus tenuis Farran, 1926

Synonyms Dolichocera tenuis, Dolichocerea tenuis, Ischnocalanus tenuis, Mecynocera tenuis, Paracalanidae tenuis

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Calocalanus tenuis

Other species in the same genus Calocalanus.

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Common questions

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Is Calocalanus tenuis an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Calocalanus tenuis as introduced in 1 country: Romania, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Calocalanus tenuis (Calocalanus tenuis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/calocalanus-tenuis

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BibTeX
@misc{calocalanus_tenuis_2026,
  title = {Calocalanus tenuis (Calocalanus tenuis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/calocalanus-tenuis},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}