Biology:Calanidae
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Short description: Genus of crustaceans
| Calanidae | |
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| Calanus finmarchicus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Calanoida |
| Family: | Calanidae Dana, 1849 |
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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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ World of Copepods Database. "Calanidae Dana, 1849". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104079.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q3809091 entry
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