Phaennidae

Phaennidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Maxillopoda
Subclass: Copepoda
Order: Calanoida
Family: Phaennidae
Genera

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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

References

  1. 1 2 J. M. Bradford-Grieve (2002 onwards). "Phaennidae Sars, 1902". Calanoida: Families. Australian Museum. Retrieved September 1, 2010. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ↑ T. Chad Walter & G. Boxshall (2009). T. C. Walter& G. Boxshall, ed. "Phaennidae". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved September 1, 2010.


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