''Candacia'' is a genus of
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 (inhabiting sea waters), some are benthos, benthic (living on the ocean floor) ...
s in the order
Calanoida
Calanoida is an order of copepods, a group of arthropods commonly found as zooplankton. The order includes around 46 families with about 1800 species of both marine and freshwater copepods between them.
Description
Calanoids can be distinguis ...
. It is the only genus in the
monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...
family Candaciidae.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Candacia'':
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Candacia armata''
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Candacia bipinnata''
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Candacia bispinosa''
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Candacia bradyi''
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Candacia catula''
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Candacia cheirura''
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Candacia columbiae''
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Candacia curta''
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Candacia discaudata''
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Candacia elongata''
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Candacia ethiopica''
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Candacia falcifera''
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Candacia giesbrechti
''Candacia'' is a genus of copepods in the order Calanoida. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Candaciidae.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Candacia'':
*'' Candacia armata''
*'' Candacia bipinnata''
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Candacia ginuensis''
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Candacia guggenheimi
''Candacia'' is a genus of copepods in the order Calanoida. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Candaciidae.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Candacia'':
*'' Candacia armata''
*'' Candacia bipinnata''
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Candacia ishimarui''
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Candacia ketchumi''
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Candacia longimana''
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Candacia magna''
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Candacia maxima''
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Candacia pachydactyla''
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Candacia paenelongimana''
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Candacia parafalcifera
''Candacia'' is a genus of copepods in the order Calanoida. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Candaciidae.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Candacia'':
*'' Candacia armata''
*'' Candacia bipinnata''
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Candacia pofi
''Candacia'' is a genus of copepods in the order Calanoida. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Candaciidae.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Candacia'':
*'' Candacia armata''
*'' Candacia bipinnata''
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Candacia samassae
''Candacia'' is a genus of copepods in the order Calanoida. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Candaciidae.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Candacia'':
*'' Candacia armata''
*'' Candacia bipinnata''
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Candacia simplex
''Candacia'' is a genus of copepods in the order Calanoida. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Candaciidae.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Candacia'':
*'' Candacia armata''
*'' Candacia bipinnata''
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Candacia tenuimana
''Candacia'' is a genus of copepods in the order Calanoida. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Candaciidae.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Candacia'':
*'' Candacia armata''
*'' Candacia bipinnata''
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Candacia truncata
''Candacia'' is a genus of copepods in the order Calanoida. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Candaciidae.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Candacia'':
*'' Candacia armata''
*'' Candacia bipinnata''
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Candacia tuberculata''
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Candacia varicans''
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Candacia worthingtoni
''Candacia worthingtoni'' is a species of copepod in the order Calanoida first described by George Grice in 1981 under the basionym ''Paracandacia worthingtoni''. The species is named for the scientist emeritus Valentine Worthington, as a tribut ...
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References
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Calanoida