What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Calanus finmarchicus been recorded?

Calanus finmarchicus occurrence evidence comes from 3,536 records in 13 countries and territories, from 1867 to 2024. Most records come from Sweden.

Calanus finmarchicus
Calanus finmarchicus — Photo (display-sized rendition): A. Scott · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
CopepodaCalanoidaCalanidaeCalanus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

3,536 records across 13 countries and territories, 1867–2024.

Calanus finmarchicus · GBIF taxon key 5166399

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: August.

9 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: August. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18672024

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Calanus finmarchicus has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Calanus finmarchicus. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Sweden 1,907
Canada 1,547
United States 31
New Zealand 19
United Kingdom 7
Bermuda 5
Peru 4
Greenland 3
Japan 2
Norway 2
Australia 1
Portugal 1
Russia 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.