Calanidae
Calanus finmarchicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Order: Calanoida
Family: Calanidae
Dana, 1849
Genera

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Calanidae is the largest taxonomic family of calanoid copepods. It includes the genus Calanus, which may be the most abundant metazoan 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

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

  1. ↑ Conover, R. J. (1988). "Comparative life histories in the genera Calanus and Neocalanus in high latitudes of the northern hemisphere". Hydrobiologia. 167–168 (1): 127–142. doi:10.1007/BF00026299.
  2. ↑ World of Copepods Database. Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (eds.). "Calanidae Dana, 1849". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 December 2022.


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