''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 (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''
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''
Jaschnov, 1955
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Calanus helgolandicus''
(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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