''Calanus'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
marine copepod in the family
Calanidae
Calanidae is the largest taxonomic family of calanoid copepods. It includes the genus ''Calanus'', which may be the most abundant metazoan genus on Earth.
Copepods of the genera ''Calanus'' and '' Neocalanus'' are ecologically important in the ...
(Order
Calanoida). The genus was split in 1974, with some species being placed in a new genus, ''
Neocalanus''. The following species are recognised:
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Calanus aculeatus''
Brady, 1918
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Calanus agulhensis
''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:
*'' Calanus aculeatus'' B ...
''
De Decker, Kaczmaruk & Marska, 1991
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Calanus chilensis''
Brodsky, 1959
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Calanus dorsalis''
(Rafinesque, 1817)
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Calanus euxinus''
Hulsemann, 1991
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Calanus finmarchicus
''Calanus finmarchicus'' is a species of copepods and a part of zooplankton, which is found in enormous amounts in the northern Atlantic Ocean.
Distribution and ecology
''Calanus finmarchicus'' is most commonly found in the North Sea and the N ...
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(Gunnerus, 1770)
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Calanus glacialis
''Calanus glacialis'' is an Arctic copepod found in the north-western Atlantic Ocean, adjoining waters, and the northwestern Pacific and its nearby waters. It ranges from sea level to in depth. Females generally range from about in length, an ...
''
Jaschnov, 1955
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Calanus helgolandicus
''Calanus helgolandicus'' is a copepod found in the Atlantic, from the North Sea south to the western coast of Africa. The female has an average size of about and the male has an average size of about .
Description
The female has an average siz ...
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(Claus, 1863)
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Calanus hyperboreus''
Krøyer, 1838
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Calanus jashnovi''
Hulsemann, 1994
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Calanus marshallae''
Frost, 1974
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Calanus pacificus''
Brodsky, 1948
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Calanus propinquus''
Brady, 1883
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Calanus simillimus''
Giesbrecht, 1902
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Calanus sinicus''
Brodsky, 1962
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Calanus torticornis''
(Brady, 1918)
References
Calanoida
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