What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Calocalanus plumulosus been recorded?

Calocalanus plumulosus occurrence evidence comes from 1,649 records in 21 countries and territories, from 1910 to 2025. Most records come from Australia.

CopepodaCalanoidaParacalanidaeCalocalanus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

1,649 records across 21 countries and territories, 1910–2025.

Calocalanus plumulosus · GBIF taxon key 2114230

Source coverage

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

Refreshed 2026-09-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

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

12 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: June. 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

19102025

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

Where Calocalanus plumulosus has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Calocalanus plumulosus. 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
Australia 1,227
Mexico 70
Kiribati 38
New Zealand 38
United States 36
American Samoa 22
Niue 22
Puerto Rico 7
Indonesia 6
Tokelau 5
South Africa 4
Papua New Guinea 3
Yemen 3
New Caledonia 2
Philippines 2
Portugal 2
Antarctica 1
Brazil 1
Spain 1
Panama 1
Seychelles 1

Related animals

Others in the family Paracalanidae.

Paracalanus parvus
Paracalanus parvus
18,114 records
Paracalanus aculeatus
4,831 records
Calocalanus minutus
1,657 records
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.