''Limnocalanus'' is a genus of
Centropagidae.
The genus was described in 1863 by
Georg Ossian Sars
Prof Georg Ossian Sars HFRSE (20 April 1837 – 9 April 1927) was a Norway, Norwegian marine biology, marine and freshwater biology, freshwater biologist.
Life
Georg Ossian Sars was born on 20 April 1837 in Kinn (former municipality), Kinn, No ...
.
The genus has
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...
.
Species:
* ''
Limnocalanus johanseni''
Marsh, 1920
* ''
Limnocalanus michaelseni''
(Mrázek, 1901)
* ''
Limnocalanus sarsi''
Daday, 1901
References
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Centropagidae