Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Crustacea Scientific name Calanidae Rank Family | Phylum Arthropoda Order Calanoida Higher classification Calanoida | |
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Lower classifications Calanus finmarchicus, Undinula vulgaris | ||
Calanidae is the largest taxonomic family of calanoid copepods. It includes the genus Calanus, which may be the most abundant metazoan genus on Earth.
Copepods of the genera Calanus and Neocalanus are ecologically important in the Arctic and subarctic regions of the world's oceans.
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