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''Calamoecia'' is a genus of 
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copepod
Copepods (; meaning "oar-feet") are a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat. Some species are planktonic (inhabiting sea waters), some are benthic (living on the ocean floor), a number of species have p ...
s in the family Centropagidae
Centropagidae is a family of copepods in the order Calanoida. Its members are particularly known as plankton in coastal waters and in fresh water
Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low con ...
confined to Australasia
Australasia is a region that comprises Australia, New Zealand and some neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean. The term is used in a number of different contexts, including geopolitically, physiogeographically, philologically, and ecolo ...
. It is thought to have evolved since the separation of the Australian continent from Antarctica
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. Three of the Australian endemic
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species are listed as vulnerable species
A vulnerable species is a species which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as being threatened with extinction unless the circumstances that are threatening its survival and reproduction improve.
Vulne ...
on the IUCN Red List
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(marked VU in the list below). The genus contains the following species:
*''Calamoecia ampulla
''Calamoecia'' is a genus of copepods in the family Centropagidae confined to Australasia. It is thought to have evolved since the separation of the Australian continent from Antarctica. Three of the Australian endemic species are listed as vulne ...
'' (Searle, 1911)
*''Calamoecia attenuata
''Calamoecia'' is a genus of copepods in the family Centropagidae confined to Australasia. It is thought to have evolved since the separation of the Australian continent from Antarctica. Three of the Australian endemic species are listed as vulne ...
'' (Fairbridge, 1945)
*''Calamoecia australica
''Calamoecia australica'' is a species of calanoid copepod in the family Centropagidae
Centropagidae is a family of copepods in the order Calanoida. Its members are particularly known as plankton in coastal waters and in fresh water in Austral ...
'' G. O. Sars, 1908
*''Calamoecia australis
''Calamoecia'' is a genus of copepods in the family Centropagidae confined to Australasia. It is thought to have evolved since the separation of the Australian continent from Antarctica. Three of the Australian endemic species are listed as vulne ...
'' (Searle, 1911)
*''Calamoecia baylyi
''Calamoecia'' is a genus of copepods in the family Centropagidae confined to Australasia. It is thought to have evolved since the separation of the Australian continent from Antarctica. Three of the Australian endemic species are listed as vulne ...
'' Timms, 2001
*''Calamoecia canberra
''Calamoecia'' is a genus of copepods in the family Centropagidae confined to Australasia. It is thought to have evolved since the separation of the Australian continent from Antarctica. Three of the Australian endemic species are listed as vulne ...
'' Bayly, 1962
*''Calamoecia clitellata
''Calamoecia'' is a genus of copepods in the family Centropagidae confined to Australasia. It is thought to have evolved since the separation of the Australian continent from Antarctica. Three of the Australian endemic species are listed as vulne ...
'' Bayly, 1962
*''Calamoecia elongata
''Calamoecia elongata'' is a species of calanoid copepod in the family Centropagidae
Centropagidae is a family of copepods in the order Calanoida. Its members are particularly known as plankton in coastal waters and in fresh water in Australia ...
'' Bayly, 1979
*''Calamoecia gibbosa
''Calamoecia'' is a genus of copepods in the family Centropagidae confined to Australasia. It is thought to have evolved since the separation of the Australian continent from Antarctica. Three of the Australian endemic species are listed as vulne ...
'' (Brehm, 1950)
*''Calamoecia halsei
''Calamoecia'' is a genus of copepods in the family Centropagidae confined to Australasia. It is thought to have evolved since the separation of the Australian continent from Antarctica. Three of the Australian endemic species are listed as vulne ...
'' Bayly, 1998
*''Calamoecia longicornis
''Calamoecia'' is a genus of copepods in the family Centropagidae confined to Australasia. It is thought to have evolved since the separation of the Australian continent from Antarctica. Three of the Australian endemic species are listed as vulne ...
'' (Sars G.O., 1912)
*''Calamoecia lucasi
''Calamoecia'' is a genus of copepods in the family Centropagidae confined to Australasia. It is thought to have evolved since the separation of the Australian continent from Antarctica. Three of the Australian endemic species are listed as vulne ...
'' Brady, 1906
*''Calamoecia salina
''Calamoecia'' is a genus of copepods in the family Centropagidae confined to Australasia. It is thought to have evolved since the separation of the Australian continent from Antarctica. Three of the Australian endemic species are listed as vulne ...
'' (Nicholls, 1944)
*''Calamoecia steeli
''Calamoecia'' is a genus of copepods in the family Centropagidae confined to Australasia. It is thought to have evolved since the separation of the Australian continent from Antarctica. Three of the Australian endemic species are listed as vul ...
'' (Henry, 1924)
*''Calamoecia tasmanica
''Calamoecia'' is a genus of copepods in the family Centropagidae confined to Australasia. It is thought to have evolved since the separation of the Australian continent from Antarctica. Three of the Australian endemic species are listed as vul ...
'' (G. W. Smith, 1909)
*''Calamoecia trifida
''Calamoecia'' is a genus of copepods in the family Centropagidae confined to Australasia. It is thought to have evolved since the separation of the Australian continent from Antarctica. Three of the Australian endemic species are listed as ...
'' Bayly, 1961
*''Calamoecia trilobata
''Calamoecia'' is a genus of copepods in the family Centropagidae confined to Australasia. It is thought to have evolved since the separation of the Australian continent from Antarctica. Three of the Australian endemic species are listed as vul ...
'' Halse & McRae, 2001
*''Calamoecia ultima
''Calamoecia'' is a genus of copepods in the family Centropagidae confined to Australasia. It is thought to have evolved since the separation of the Australian continent from Antarctica. Three of the Australian endemic species are listed as ...
'' (Brehm, 1960)
*''Calamoecia viridis
''Calamoecia'' is a genus of copepods in the family Centropagidae confined to Australasia. It is thought to have evolved since the separation of the Australian continent from Antarctica. Three of the Australian endemic species are listed as vul ...
'' (Searle, 1911)
*''Calamoecia zeidleri
''Calamoecia zeidleri'' is a species of calanoid copepod in the family Centropagidae.
The IUCN
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'' Bayly, 1984
References
Centropagidae Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{copepod-stub