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Family: Calanidae



(See list of species below)


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32 species (see list below)
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Calanoides acutus
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Calanoides brevicornis
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Calanoides carinatus
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Calanoides natalis
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Calanus agulhensis
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Calanus cristatus
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Calanus euxinus
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Calanus finmarchicus
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Calanus glacialis
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Calanus helgolandicus
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Calanus hyperboreus
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Calanus marshallae
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Calanus pacificus
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Calanus propinquus
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Calanus simillimus
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Calanus sinicus
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Canthocalanus pauper
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Cosmocalanus darwinii
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Heteroptilus acutilobus
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Heteroptilus attenuatus
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Mesocalanus lighti
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Mesocalanus tenuicornis
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Nannocalanus minor
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Neocalanus cristatus
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Neocalanus flemingeri
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Neocalanus gracilis
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Neocalanus plumchrus
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Neocalanus robustior
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Neocalanus tenuicornis
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Neocalanus tonsus
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Pontoptilus muticus
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Undinula vulgaris
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Calanoides acutus Antarctic Atlantic 1902
Calanoides brevicornis Southwest Pacific and Sou 1856
Calanoides carinatus Northwest Pacific 1849
Calanoides natalis Western Indian Ocean 1914
Calanus agulhensis Southeast Atlantic 1991
Calanus cristatus Arctic. 1845
Calanus euxinus Black Sea and Sea of Marm 1991
Calanus finmarchicus Arctic and Atlantic Ocean 1765
Calanus glacialis Arctic and Northeast Atla 1955
Calanus helgolandicus Northern Atlantic 1863
Calanus hyperboreus Northeast Atlantic and th 1838
Calanus marshallae Northeast Pacific and the 1974
Calanus pacificus Northeast Pacific 1948
Calanus propinquus Antarctic 1883
Calanus simillimus Southeast Pacific, Atlant 1902
Calanus sinicus Northwest Pacific 1962
Canthocalanus pauper Indo-West Pacific. 1888
Cosmocalanus darwinii Cosmopolitan. Tropical a 1860
Heteroptilus acutilobus Cosmopolitan. Tropical a 1905
Heteroptilus attenuatus Cosmopolitan. Tropical a 1905
Mesocalanus lighti Cosmopolitan. Tropical a 1955
Mesocalanus tenuicornis Cosmopolitan. Tropical t 1849
Nannocalanus minor Cosmopolitan. Tropical t 1863
Neocalanus cristatus Arctic and Northeast Paci 1848
Neocalanus flemingeri Arctic. 1988
Neocalanus gracilis Cosmopolitan. Tropical t 1849
Neocalanus plumchrus Northeast Pacific and the 1921
Neocalanus robustior Northwest Pacific 1888
Neocalanus tenuicornis Northwest Pacific 1849
Neocalanus tonsus Cosmopolitan. Subtropica 1883
Pontoptilus muticus Cosmopolitan. Subtropica 1905
Undinula vulgaris Indo-West Pacific. 1849



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