| Phaennidae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Calanoida |
| Family: | Phaennidae G. O. Sars, 1902 |
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Phaennidae is a family of planktonic copepods, found in pelagic or benthopelagic waters.1 It contains the following genera:21
- Brachycalanus Farran, 1905
- Cephalophanes Sars, 1907
- Cornucalanus Wolfenden, 1905
- Kirnesius Markhaseva & Semenova, 2005
- Onchocalanus Sars, 1905
- Phaenna Claus, 1863
- Phaennocalanus Markhaseva, 2002
- Talacalanus Wolfenden, 1911
- Xanthocalanus Giesbrecht, 1892
References
References
- J. M. Bradford-Grieve (2002). "Phaennidae Sars, 1902". Calanoida: Families. Australian Museum. Retrieved September 1, 2010.
- T. Chad Walter & G. Boxshall (2009). T. C. Walter& G. Boxshall (ed.). "Phaennidae". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved September 1, 2010.