Calanidae
Family of crustaceans
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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.
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| Calanidae | |
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| Calanus finmarchicus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Calanoida |
| Family: | Calanidae Dana, 1849 |
| Genera | |
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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
