Calanidae
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| Calanidae | |
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| Calanus finmarchicus | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Calanoida |
| Family: | Calanidae Dana, 1849 |
| Genera | |
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Calanidae is the large family of copepods. It includes the genus Calanus, which may be the most abundant animal genus on Earth.
Copepods of the genera Calanus and Neocalanus are ecologically important in the Arctic and subarctic regions of the world's oceans.[1]
Genera
[edit | edit source]The family contains the following genera:[2]
- Calanoides Brady, 1883
- Calanus Leach, 1816
- Canthocalanus Scott A., 1909
- Cosmocalanus Bradford & Jillett, 1974
- Mesocalanus Bradford & Jillett, 1974
- Metranura Brady, 1915
- Nannocalanus Sars G.O., 1925
- Neocalanus Sars G.O., 1925
- Undinula Scott A., 1909
References
[edit | edit source]External links
[edit | edit source]- File:Wikispecies-logo.svg Data related to Calanidae at Wikispecies
- Guide to the marine zooplankton of south eastern Australia
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