What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Paracalanus parvus been recorded?

Paracalanus parvus occurrence evidence comes from 18,152 records in 34 countries and territories, from 1872 to 2025. Most records come from Australia.

Paracalanus parvus
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CopepodaCalanoidaParacalanidaeParacalanus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

18,152 records across 34 countries and territories, 1872–2025.

Paracalanus parvus · GBIF taxon key 10051223

Source coverage

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

Refreshed 2026-09-20. 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

18722025

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

Where Paracalanus parvus has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Paracalanus parvus. 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 14,554
Sweden 2,401
Canada 341
Ukraine 101
Kiribati 92
New Zealand 54
Georgia 52
Niue 44
Tokelau 32
American Samoa 24
Papua New Guinea 16
Romania 14
United States 9
Brazil 8
Germany 7
Antarctica 6
Philippines 6
Denmark 5
Indonesia 4
Iceland 4
Latvia 4
United Kingdom 3
Spain 2
Finland 2
French Guiana 2
Norway 2
Portugal 2
Bermuda 1
Bahamas 1
Chile 1
China 1
Ireland 1
Mexico 1
Russia 1

Related animals

Others in the family Paracalanidae.

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.