''Calanus'' is a
genus
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of
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copepod
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in the family
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.
Copepods of the genera '' Calanus'' and ''Neocalanus'' are ecologically important in the ...
(Order
Calanoida
Calanoida is an order of copepods, a group of arthropods commonly found as zooplankton. The order includes around 46 families with about 1800 species of both marine and freshwater copepods between them.
Description
Calanoids can be distinguish ...
). The genus was split in 1974, with some species being placed in a new genus, ''
Neocalanus''. The following species are recognised:
*''
Calanus aculeatus''
Brady, 1918
*''
Calanus agulhensis
''Calanus'' is a genus of marine copepod in the family Calanidae (Order Calanoida). The genus was split in 1974, with some species being placed in a new genus, '' Neocalanus''. The following species are recognised:
*'' Calanus aculeatus'' Brad ...
''
De Decker, Kaczmaruk & Marska, 1991
*''
Calanus chilensis''
Brodsky, 1959
*''
Calanus dorsalis
''Calanus'' is a genus of marine copepod in the family Calanidae (Order Calanoida). The genus was split in 1974, with some species being placed in a new genus, '' Neocalanus''. The following species are recognised:
*'' Calanus aculeatus'' Brad ...
''
(Rafinesque, 1817)
*''
Calanus euxinus''
Hulsemann, 1991
*''
Calanus finmarchicus
''Calanus finmarchicus'' is a species of copepods and a part of zooplankton, which is found in enormous amounts in the northern Atlantic Ocean.
Distribution and ecology
''Calanus finmarchicus'' is most commonly found in the North Sea and the Nor ...
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(Gunnerus, 1770)
*''
Calanus glacialis''
Jaschnov, 1955
*''
Calanus helgolandicus
''Calanus helgolandicus'' is a copepod found in the Atlantic, from the North Sea south to the western coast of Africa. The female has an average size of about and the male has an average size of about .
Description
The female has an average siz ...
''
(Claus, 1863)
*''
Calanus hyperboreus''
Krøyer, 1838
*''
Calanus jashnovi
''Calanus'' is a genus of marine copepod in the family Calanidae (Order Calanoida). The genus was split in 1974, with some species being placed in a new genus, '' Neocalanus''. The following species are recognised:
*'' Calanus aculeatus'' Brad ...
''
Hulsemann, 1994
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Calanus marshallae''
Frost, 1974
*''
Calanus pacificus''
Brodsky, 1948
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Calanus propinquus''
Brady, 1883
*''
Calanus simillimus
''Calanus'' is a genus of marine copepod in the family Calanidae (Order Calanoida). The genus was split in 1974, with some species being placed in a new genus, '' Neocalanus''. The following species are recognised:
*'' Calanus aculeatus'' Brad ...
''
Giesbrecht, 1902
*''
Calanus sinicus''
Brodsky, 1962
*''
Calanus torticornis
''Calanus'' is a genus of marine copepod in the family Calanidae (Order Calanoida). The genus was split in 1974, with some species being placed in a new genus, '' Neocalanus''. The following species are recognised:
*'' Calanus aculeatus'' Brad ...
''
(Brady, 1918)
References
Calanoida
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