Calanus Explained

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 agulhensis De Decker, Kaczmaruk & Marska, 1991
• Calanus chilensis Brodsky, 1959
• 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 marshallae Frost, 1974
• Calanus pacificus Brodsky, 1948
• Calanus propinquus Brady, 1883
• Calanus simillimus Giesbrecht, 1902
• Calanus sinicus Brodsky, 1962
• Calanus torticornis (Brady, 1918)

Notes and References

1. Web site: T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall . 2022 . Calanus . T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall . World Copepoda database . . December 27, 2022.