Calanidae
Calanidae is the largest taxonomic family of calanoid copepods. It includes the genus Calanus, which may be the most abundant metazoan genus on Earth.
| Calanidae | |
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| Calanus finmarchicus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Hexanauplia |
| Subclass: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Calanoida |
| Family: | Calanidae Dana, 1849 |
| Genera[1] | |
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Bathycalanus | |
Copepods of the genera Calanus and Neocalanus are ecologically important in the Arctic and subarctic regions of the world's oceans.[2]
References
- Boxshall, G. (2004). "Calanidae Dana, 1849". World of Copepods database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- 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.
External links
Data related to Calanidae at Wikispecies- Guide to the marine zooplankton of south eastern Australia
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