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Calanus

Calanus
Calanus helgolandicus
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Calanus

Leach, 1819
Synonyms [1]
  • Cetochilus Roussel de Vauzeme, 1834
  • Daphinia Rafinesque, 1817
  • Diarthropus Brady, 1918

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 affinis Dana, 1849
  • Calanus agulhensis De Decker, Kaczmaruk & Marska, 1991
  • Calanus amaenus Dana, 1849
  • Calanus americanus Herrick, 1887
  • Calanus anglicus Lubbock, 1857
  • Calanus appressus Dana, 1849
  • Calanus arcticus Lubbock, 1854
  • Calanus australis Brodsky, 1959
  • Calanus chilensis Brodsky, 1959
  • Calanus communis Dana, 1849
  • Calanus comptus Dana, 1852
  • 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 longiremis (Claus, 1863)
  • Calanus marshallae Frost, 1974
  • Calanus nataliensis (Brady, 1914)
  • Calanus pacificus Brodsky, 1948
  • Calanus penicillatus Lubbock, 1856
  • Calanus propinquus Brady, 1883
  • Calanus simillimus Giesbrecht, 1902
  • Calanus sinicus Brodsky, 1962
  • Calanus torticornis (Brady, 1918)

References

  1. ^ a b T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall (2011). T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall (ed.). "Calanus". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 26, 2011.

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