Phaennidae is a
family
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of
plankton
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ic
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, found in pelagic or benthopelagic waters.
It contains the following genera:
* ''
Brachycalanus''
Farran, 1905
* ''
Cephalophanes''
Sars, 1907
* ''
Cornucalanus''
Wolfenden, 1905
* ''
Kirnesius''
Markhaseva & Semenova, 2005
* ''
Onchocalanus''
Sars, 1905
* ''
Phaenna In Greek mythology
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''
Claus, 1863
* ''
Phaennocalanus''
Markhaseva, 2002
* ''
Talacalanus''
Wolfenden, 1911
* ''
Xanthocalanus''
Giesbrecht, 1892
References
Calanoida
Copepod families
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