Calanus

For other uses, see Calanus (disambiguation).

Calanus
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Calanus helgolandicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Maxillopoda
Subclass:	Copepoda
Order:	Calanoida
Family:	Calanidae
Genus:	Calanus Leach, 1819
Synonyms
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:

• 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 Kroyer, 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)