Calanus

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For other uses, see Calanus (disambiguation).
Calanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Maxillopoda
Subclass: Copepoda
Family: Calanidae
Genus: Calanus
Leach, 1819
Species

Calanus brevicornis
Calanus finmarchicus
Calanus glacialis
Calanus helgolandicus
Calanus hyperboreus
Calanus marshallae
Calanus pacificus
Calanus propinquus
Calanus simillimus
Calanus sinicus

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.

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