| Calanus | |
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| Calanus helgolandicus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Calanoida |
| Family: | Calanidae |
| Genus: | Calanus Leach, 1819 |
| Synonyms 1 | |
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Calanus is a genus of marine copepod in the family Calanidae (Order Calanoida). The genus was split in 1974, with some species being placed in a new genus, Neocalanus. The following species are recognised:1
- Calanus aculeatus Brady, 1918
- Calanus agulhensis De Decker, Kaczmaruk & Marska, 1991
- Calanus chilensis Brodsky, 1959
- Calanus dorsalis (Rafinesque, 1817)
- Calanus euxinus Hulsemann, 1991
- Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770)
- Calanus glacialis Jaschnov, 1955
- Calanus helgolandicus (Claus, 1863)
- Calanus hyperboreus Krøyer, 1838
- Calanus jashnovi Hulsemann, 1994
- Calanus marshallae Frost, 1974
- Calanus pacificus Brodsky, 1948
- Calanus propinquus Brady, 1883
- Calanus simillimus Giesbrecht, 1902
- Calanus sinicus Brodsky, 1962
- Calanus torticornis (Brady, 1918)
References
References
- T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall (2022). T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall (ed.). "Calanus". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved December 27, 2022.