Phaennidae Explained

Phaennidae is a family of planktonic copepods, found in pelagic or benthopelagic waters.^[1] It contains the following genera:^{[2] [1]}

• Brachycalanus Farran, 1905
• Cephalophanes Sars, 1907
• Cornucalanus Wolfenden, 1905
• Kirnesius Markhaseva & Semenova, 2005
• Onchocalanus Sars, 1905
• Phaenna Claus, 1863
• Phaennocalanus Markhaseva, 2002
• Talacalanus Wolfenden, 1911
• Xanthocalanus Giesbrecht, 1892

Notes and References

1. Web site: Phaennidae Sars, 1902 . Calanoida: Families . J. M. Bradford-Grieve . 2002 . . September 1, 2010.
2. Web site: T. Chad Walter & G. Boxshall . 2009 . Phaennidae . T. C. Walter& G. Boxshall . World Copepoda database . . September 1, 2010.