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Where does the Paracalanus parvus live?

Paracalanus parvus has 72,391 records in 74 countries and territories, from 1872 to 2025. Most records come from Australia.

Paracalanus parvus
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AnimaliaArthropodaCopepodaCalanoidaParacalanidaeParacalanus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: May. 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

PlaceRecordsShare
Australia 14,598
Ukraine 9,908
Romania 9,615
Sweden 6,945
Japan 5,319
Denmark 4,068
Italy 3,953
United Kingdom 3,113
Germany 2,997
Canada 2,318
France 924
Russia 707
Belgium 687
Türkiye 645
Spain 411
Portugal 408
Georgia 354
Norway 308
Bulgaria 300
Colombia 228
South Korea 224
Lithuania 196
Netherlands 175
Croatia 150
Brazil 146
Ireland 121
Greece 95
Guernsey 92
Kiribati 92
Tunisia 79
Namibia 77
United States 72
New Zealand 54
Venezuela 51
China 50
Chile 48
ZZ 47
Poland 45
Niue 44
Lebanon 33

Showing the top 40 of 74 places.

Related animals

Others in the family Paracalanidae.

Paracalanus aculeatus
12,566 records
Calocalanus minutus
1,826 records
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.