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''Calamoecia'' is a genus of
copepod Copepods (; meaning "oar-feet") are a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat (ecology), habitat. Some species are planktonic (inhabiting sea waters), some are benthos, benthic (living on the ocean floor) ...
s 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
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n endemic species are listed as vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List (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'' (Henry, 1924) *'' Calamoecia tasmanica'' (G. W. Smith, 1909) *'' Calamoecia trifida'' Bayly, 1961 *'' Calamoecia trilobata'' Halse & McRae, 2001 *'' Calamoecia ultima'' (Brehm, 1960) *'' Calamoecia viridis'' (Searle, 1911) *''
Calamoecia zeidleri ''Calamoecia zeidleri'' is a species of calanoid copepod in the family Centropagidae. The IUCN The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an ...
'' Bayly, 1984


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