''Calanus'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
marine 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 (living in the water column), some are benthos, benthic (living on the sedimen ...
in the family
Calanidae (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
''Neocalanus'' is a genus of marine copepods. They are a dominant component of the open water ecosystems of the northern Pacific Ocean. ''Neocalanus'' are large copepods, reaching body lengths (i.e., prosome length) of more than in ''Neocalanus ...
''. The following species are recognised:
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Calanus aculeatus''
Brady, 1918
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Calanus agulhensis''
De Decker, Kaczmaruk & Marska, 1991
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Calanus chilensis''
Brodsky, 1959
*''
Calanus dorsalis''
(Rafinesque, 1817)
*''
Calanus euxinus''
Hulsemann, 1991
*''
Calanus finmarchicus''
(Gunnerus, 1770)
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Calanus glacialis''
Jaschnov, 1955
*''
Calanus helgolandicus''
(Claus, 1863)
*''
Calanus hyperboreus''
Krøyer, 1838
*''
Calanus jashnovi''
Hulsemann, 1994
*''
Calanus marshallae''
Frost, 1974
*''
Calanus pacificus''
Brodsky, 1948
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Calanus propinquus''
Brady, 1883
*''
Calanus simillimus''
Giesbrecht, 1902
*''
Calanus sinicus''
Brodsky, 1962
*''
Calanus torticornis''
(Brady, 1918)
References
Calanoida
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