Calanidae

Taxobox | name = Calanidae
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Crustacea
classis = Maxillopoda
subclassis = Copepoda
ordo = Calanoida
familia = Calanidae
familia_authority = Dana, 1846
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Bathycalanus" "Bradyetes" "Calanoides" "Calanus" "Canthocalanus" "Cosmocalanus" "Eucalanus" "Neocalanus" "Pseudocalanus"

Calinidae is the largest taxonomic family of calanoid copepods. It includes the genus "Calanus", which may be the most abundant animal genus on Earth. Copepods of the genera "Calanus" and "Neocalanus" are ecologically important in the Arctic and subarctic regions of the world's oceans.

External links

* [http://www.tafi.org.au/zooplankton/imagekey/copepoda/calanoida/calanidae/ Calanidae fact sheet - Guide to the marine zooplankton of south eastern Australia]