''Candacia'' 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 (living in the water column), some are benthos, benthic (living on the sedimen ...
s 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 ...
. It is the only genus in the
monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...
family Candaciidae.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Candacia'':
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Candacia armata''
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Candacia bipinnata''
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Candacia bispinosa''
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Candacia bradyi''
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Candacia catula''
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Candacia cheirura''
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Candacia columbiae''
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Candacia curta''
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Candacia discaudata''
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Candacia elongata''
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Candacia ethiopica''
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Candacia falcifera''
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Candacia giesbrechti''
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Candacia ginuensis''
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Candacia guggenheimi''
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Candacia ishimarui''
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Candacia ketchumi''
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Candacia longimana''
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Candacia magna''
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Candacia maxima''
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Candacia pachydactyla''
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Candacia paenelongimana''
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Candacia parafalcifera''
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Candacia pofi''
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Candacia samassae''
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Candacia simplex''
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Candacia tenuimana''
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Candacia truncata''
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Candacia tuberculata
''Candacia'' is a genus of copepods in the order Calanoida. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Candaciidae.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Candacia'':
*''Candacia armata''
*''Candacia bipinnata''
*''Cand ...
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Candacia varicans''
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Candacia worthingtoni''
References
Calanoida
Copepod genera
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