Calanoida

Calanoida is an order of copepods, a group of arthropods commonly found as zooplankton. The order includes around 46 families with about 1800 species of both marine and freshwater copepods between them.

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Calanidae is the large family of copepods. It includes the genus Calanus, which may be the most abundant animal genus on Earth.

Acartiidae is a family of calanoid copepods distinguishable by the rostral margin not being extended. They are epipelagic, planktonic animals, not being found below a depth of . There are over 100 described species distributed throughout the world's oceans, mainly in temperate areas.

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Augaptilidae is a family of copepods.

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Clausocalanidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Calanoida.

Paracalanidae is a family of calanoid copepods, consisting of the following genera: Acrocalanus Giesbrecht, 1888 Calocalanus Giesbrecht, 1888 Bestiolina Andronov, 1991 Delibus Vives & Shmelava, 2007 Paracalanus Boeck, 1865 Parvocalanus Andronov, 1970 Pseudoparacalanus Robinson, 1948

Pontellidae is a family of copepods in the order Calanoida, containing the following genera: Anomalocera Templeton, 1837 Calanopia Dana, 1852 Epilabidocera C. B. Wilson, 1932 Isocope Brady, 1915 Ivellopsis Claus, 1893 Labidocera Lubbock, 1853 Pontella Dana, 1846 Pontellina Dana, 1852 Pontellopsis Brady, 1883

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Acartia is a genus of marine calanoid copepods. They are epipelagic, estuarine, zooplanktonic found throughout the oceans of the world, primarily in temperate regions.

Eucalanidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Calanoida.

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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:

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Calocalanus is a genus of copepods, the only genus in the family Calocalanidae:

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Phaennidae is a family of planktonic copepods, found in pelagic or benthopelagic waters. It contains the following genera: 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

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Pontella is a marine copepod genus in the family Pontellidae. It is an organism that bears three lenses in the eye. The outer has a parabolic surface, countering the effects of spherical aberration while allowing a sharp image to be formed.

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Euchaetidae is a family of marine copepods. The family is cosmopolitan and occurs in all the oceans, including the Southern and Arctic Oceans. Euchaetidae are medium to large-sized copepods.

Diaixidae is a family of copepods belonging to the order Calanoida.

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Metridinidae is a family of copepods, comprising three genera – Gaussia, Metridia and Pleuromamma. It has also been referred to as "Metridiidae", but following a petition to the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, that name has been restricted to the family Metridiidae Carlgren, 1893, based on the anthozoan genus Metridium. All species in the family can produce blue-green bioluminescence; the light is produced in glands, whose position varies between genera.

Rhincalanus is a genus of copepods belonging to the monotypic family Rhincalanidae.

Ryocalanidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Calanoida.

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Pseudodiaptomidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Calanoida.

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Discoidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Calanoida.

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Fosshageniidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Calanoida.

Candacia is a genus of copepods in the order Calanoida. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Candaciidae. The family, Candaciidae, was first described in 1893 by Wilhelm Giesbrecht. The genus, Candacia, was first described in 1846 by James Dwight Dana.

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Euaugaptilus is a genus of copepods. The genus contains bioluminescent species.

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Mesaiokeras is a genus of crustaceans belonging to the monotypic family Mesaiokeratidae.

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