Calanidae
| Calanidae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Maxillopoda |
| Subclass: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Calanoida |
| Family: | Calanidae Dana, 1846 |
| Genera | |
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Bathycalanus | |
Calanidae is the largest taxonomic family of calanoid copepods. It includes the genus Calanus, which may be the most abundant animal genus on Earth. Copepods of the genera Calanus and Neocalanus are ecologically important in the Arctic and subarctic regions of the world's oceans.
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