Where does the Paracalanus aculeatus live?
Paracalanus aculeatus has 12,566 records in 47 countries and territories, from 1899 to 2025. Most records come from Australia.
- 12,566 records
- 47 places
- 76 years recorded
- Copepoda class
AnimaliaArthropodaCopepodaCalanoidaParacalanidaeParacalanus
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.
Where it is recorded
| Place | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 5,104 | |
| Japan | 4,235 | |
| Venezuela | 283 | |
| Brazil | 232 | |
| Kiribati | 82 | |
| Costa Rica | 65 | |
| South Korea | 61 | |
| Mexico | 55 | |
| Bangladesh | 50 | |
| Russia | 36 | |
| American Samoa | 21 | |
| Spain | 21 | |
| United States | 21 | |
| Colombia | 20 | |
| South Africa | 18 | |
| Nigeria | 16 | |
| Antarctica | 15 | |
| Seychelles | 13 | |
| Tokelau | 12 | |
| Indonesia | 11 | |
| Chile | 10 | |
| India | 10 | |
| Ghana | 8 | |
| Niue | 8 | |
| Italy | 7 | |
| Philippines | 7 | |
| Kenya | 6 | |
| Taiwan | 6 | |
| Romania | 5 | |
| Algeria | 4 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
| Canada | 3 | |
| Ecuador | 3 | |
| New Zealand | 3 | |
| Panama | 3 | |
| Sudan | 3 | |
| Mayotte | 3 | |
| Belize | 2 | |
| France | 2 | |
| French Guiana | 2 |
Showing the top 40 of 47 places.
Related animals
Others in the family Paracalanidae.
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. 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.
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. 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.