Calanidae

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.

Genera
The family contains the following genera:


 * Calanoides Brady, 1883
 * Calanus Leach, 1816
 * Canthocalanus Scott A., 1909
 * Cosmocalanus Bradford & Jillett, 1974
 * Mesocalanus Bradford & Jillett, 1974
 * Metranura Brady, 1915
 * Nannocalanus Sars G.O., 1925
 * Neocalanus Sars G.O., 1925
 * Undinula Scott A., 1909