CANDACIIDAE Giesbrecht, 1893


CANDACIA Dana, 1846 (syn. Candace Dana, 1849 ;Ifionyx Krøyer, 1849; Ifionyx Krøyer, 1845; Paracandacia Grice, 1963)

  • Candacia armata Boeck, 1872
  • Candacia bipinnata (Giesbrecht, 1889)
  • Candacia bispinosa (Claus, 1863)
  • Candacia bradyi Scott A., 1902
  • Candacia catula (Giesbrecht, 1889)
  • Candacia cheirura Cleve, 1904
  • Candacia columbiae Campbell, 1929
  • Candacia curta (Dana, 1849)
  • Candacia discaudata Scott A., 1909
  • Candacia elongata (Boeck, 1872)
  • Candacia ethiopica (Dana, 1849)
  • Candacia falcifera Farran, 1929
  • Candacia giesbrechti Grice & Lawson, 1977
  • Candacia ginuensis Chahsavar-Archard & Razouls, 1983
  • Candacia guggenheimi Grice & Jones E.C., 1960
  • Candacia ishimarui Mulyadi, 1997
  • Candacia ketchumi Grice, 1961
  • Candacia longimana (Claus, 1863)
  • Candacia magna Sewell, 1932
  • Candacia maxima Vervoort, 1957
  • Candacia norvegica G.O. Sars (?)
  • Candacia pachydactyla (Dana, 1849)
  • Candacia paenelongimana Fleminger & Bowman, 1956
  • Candacia parafalcifera Brodsky, 1950
  • Candacia pofi Grice & Jones E.C., 1960
  • Candacia samassae Pesta, 1941
  • Candacia simplex (Giesbrecht, 1889)
  • Candacia tenuimana (Giesbrecht, 1889)
  • Candacia truncata (Dana, 1849)
  • Candacia tuberculata Wolfenden, 1905
  • Candacia turgida Wikson, 1950 (?)
  • Candacia varicans (Giesbrecht, 1893)
  • Candacia worthingtoni (Grice, 1981)


    DIAIXIDAE Sars G.O., 1902

    ANAWEKA Othman & Greenwood, 1994

  • Anawekia bilobata Othman & Greenwood, 1994
  • Anawekia robusta Othman & Greenwood, 1994
  • Anawekia spinosa Othman & Greenwood, 1994

    DIAIXIS Sars G.O., 1902

  • Diaixis asymmetrica Grice & Hulsemann, 1970
  • Diaixis centrura Connell, 1981
  • Diaixis durani Corral-Estrada, 1972 (syn.Diaixis pygmaea Scott T., 1894
  • Diaixis gambiensis Andronov, 1979
  • Diaixis helenae Andronov, 1979
  • Diaixis hibernica (Scott A., 1896)
  • Diaixis pygmaea Scott T., 1894
  • Diaixis tridentata Andronov, 1974
  • Diaixis trunovi Andronov, 1979

    POGONURA Komeda & Ohtsuka, 2020 (ascribing to the superfamily Clausocalanoidea Giesbrecht, 1893, according to Komeda & Ohtsuka, 2020)

  • Pogonura rugosa Komeda & Ohtsuka, 2020

    PROCENOGNATHA Markhaseva & Schulz, 2010

  • Procenognatha semisensata Markhaseva & Schulz, 2010

    RANTHAXUS Markhaseva & Schulz, 2010

  • Ranthaxus vermiformis Markhaseva & Schulz, 2010

    SENSIAVA Markhaseva & Schulz, 2006

  • Sensiava longiseta Markhaseva & Schulz, 2006
  • Sensiava peculiaris Markhaseva, 2014
  • Sensiava secunda Markhaseva, 2014

    THOXANCALANUS Markhaseva, Laakmann & Renz, 2014

  • Thoxancalanus spinatus Markhaseva, Laakmann & Renz, 2014

    VENSIASA Markhaseva, 2015

  • Vensiasa incerta Markhaseva, 2015

    XANCITHRIX Markhaseva, 2012

  • Xancithrix ohmani Markhaseva, 2012


    CALANIDAE Dana, 1849

    CALANOIDES Brady, 1883 (syn. Calanus (Carinocalanus) Brodsky, 1972)

  • Calanoides acutus (Giesbrecht, 1902)
  • Calanoides brevicornis (Lubbock, 1856)
  • Calanoides natalis Brady, 1914
  • Calanoides carinatus (Krøyer, 1849)
  • Calanoides macrocarinatus (Brodsky, 1967) (syn. Calanoides brevicornis (Lubbock, 1856)
  • Calanoides natalensis (Brady, 1914) (syn. Calanoides natalis Brady, 1914)
  • Calanoides patagoniensis Brady, 1883
  • Calanoides philippinensis Kitou & Tanaka, 1969

    CALANUS Leach, 1816 (syn. Cetochilus Roussel de Vauzeme, 1834: Daphinia Rafinesque, 1815;Diarthropus Brady, 1918)

  • Calanus aculeatus Brady, 1918
  • Calanus acutus Giesbrecht, 1902 (syn. Calanoides acutus (Giesbrecht, 1902)
  • Calanus agulhensis De Decker, Kaczmaruk & Marska, 1991
  • Calanus americanus Herrick, 1887 (syn. Neocalanus gracilis (Dana, 1852)
  • Calanus amoenus Dana, 1849 (syn. Undinula vulgaris (Dana, 1849)
  • Calanus appressus Dana, 1849 (syn. Cosmocalanus darwinii (Lubbock, 1860)
  • Calanus arcuicornis Dana, 1849 (syn. Clausocalanus arcuicornis (Dana, 1849)
  • Calanus arietis Templeton, 1836 (syn. Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770)
  • Calanus attenuatus Dana, 1849 (syn. Eucalanus attenuatus (Dana, 1849)
  • Calanus australis (?)
  • Calanus bellus Dana, 1849 accepted (syn. Calanus vulgaris (Dana, 1849)
  • Calanus borealis Lubbock, 1854 (syn. Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770)
  • Calanus brevicornis Lubbock, 1856 (syn. Calanoides brevicornis (Lubbock, 1856)
  • Calanus carinatus Krøyer, 1849 (syn. Calanoides carinatus (Krøyer, 1849)
  • Calanus caroli Giesbrecht, 1888 (syn. Cosmocalanus caroli (Giesbrecht, 1888)
  • Calanus chilensis Brodsky, 1959
  • Calanus clausii Brady, 1865 (syn. Pseudocalanus elongatus (Brady, 1865)
  • Calanus communis Dana, 1849(syn.Undinula vulgaris (Dana, 1849)
  • Calanus cornutus Dana, 1849 (syn. Rhincalanus cornutus (Dana, 1849)
  • Calanus cristatus Krøyer, 1848 (syn. Neocalanus cristatus (Krøyer, 1848)
  • Calanus darwinii (Lubbock, 1860) (syn. Cosmocalanus darwinii (Lubbock, 1860)
  • Calanus dorsalis (Rafinesque, 1815)
  • Calanus elegans Lubbock, 1854 (syn. Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770)
  • Calanus elongatus Dana, 1849 (syn. Eucalanus elongatus (Dana, 1848)
  • Calanus erythrochilus Leuckart, 1859 (syn. Eucalanus elongatus (Dana, 1848)
  • Calanus euchaeta Lubbock, 1857 (syn. Acartia longiremis (Lilljeborg, 1853)
  • Calanus euxinus Hulsemann, 1991
  • Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770)
  • Calanus frontatus Dahl, 1894 (syn. Calanoides carinatus (Krøyer, 1849)
  • Calanus glacialis Jaschnov, 1955
  • Calanus gracilis Dana, 1852 (syn. Neocalanus gracilis (Dana, 1852)
  • Calanus helgolandicus (Claus, 1863)
  • Calanus hyperboreus Krøyer, 1838
  • Calanus jashnovi Hulsemann, 1994
  • Calanus latus Lubbock, 1856 (syn. Euchaeta pulchra Brady, 1883)
  • Calanus lighti Bowman, 1955 (syn. Mesocalanus lighti (Bowman, 1955)
  • Calanus longiremis (Claus, 1863) (syn. Neocalanus gracilis (Dana, 1852) (
  • Calanus longus Lubbock, 1854 (syn.Metridia longa (Lubbock, 1854)
  • Calanus macrocarinatus Brodsky, 1972 (syn. Calanoides macrocarinatus (Brodsky, 1967)
  • Calanus magnus Lubbock, 1854 (syn. Calanus hyperboreus Krøyer, 1838)
  • Calanus marshallae Frost, 1974
  • Calanus mastigophorus Claus, 1863 (syn. Clausocalanus mastigophorus (Claus, 1863)
  • Calanus minor (Claus, 1863) (syn. Nannocalanus minor (Claus, 1863)
  • Calanus minutus Krøyer, 1845 (syn.Pseudocalanus minutus (Krøyer, 1845)
  • Calanus mirabilis Lubbock, 1856 (syn. Eucalanus attenuatus (Dana, 1849)
  • Calanus mundus Dana, 1849 (syn.Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770)
  • Calanus nataliensis (Brady, 1914) (syn. Calanoides natalensis (Brady, 1914)
  • Calanus orientalis Marukawa, 1908 (syn. Undinula vulgaris (Dana, 1849)
  • Calanus pacificus Brodsky, 1948
  • Calanus parvus Claus, 1863 (syn. Paracalanus parvus (Claus, 1863)
  • Calanus patagoniensis (Brady, 1883) ( syn.Calanoides patagoniensis Brady, 1883)
  • Calanus pauper Giesbrecht, 1888 (syn. Canthocalanus pauper (Giesbrecht, 1888)
  • Calanus pavo Dana, 1852 (syn. Calocalanus pavo (Dana, 1852)
  • Calanus perspicax Dana, 1852 (syn. Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770)
  • Calanus plumchrus Marukawa, 1921 (syn. Neocalanus plumchrus (Marukawa, 1921)
  • Calanus plumosus Lubbock, 1854 (syn. Calanus hyperboreus Krøyer, 1838
  • Calanus plumulosus Claus, 1863 (syn. Calocalanus plumulosus (Claus, 1863)
  • Calanus ponticus Karavaev, 1894 (syn. Calanus euxinus Hulsemann, 1991
  • Calanus princeps Brady, 1883 (syn. Elenacalanus princeps (Brady, 1883)
  • Calanus propinquus Brady, 1883
  • Calanus pygmaeus Claus, 1863 (syn, Paracalanus pygmaeus (Claus, 1863)
  • Calanus quinqueannulatus Krøyer, 1842 (syn. Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770)
  • Calanus ramosus Mori, 1929 (syn.Calanus darwinii (Lubbock, 1860)
  • Calanus recticornis Dana, 1849 (syn.Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770)
  • Calanus robustior Giesbrecht, 1888 (syn. Neocalanus robustior (Giesbrecht, 1888)
  • Calanus rostrifrons Dana, 1849 (syn. Rhincalanus rostrifrons (Dana, 1849)
  • Calanus sanguineus Dana, 1849 (syn. Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770)
  • Calanus sanguineus Dana, 1849 (syn. Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770)
  • Calanus septentrionalis (Goodsir, 1843) (syn. Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770)
  • Calanus spitzbergensis Krøyer, 1843 (syn. Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770)
  • Calanus simillimus Giesbrecht, 1902
  • Calanus sinicus Brodsky, 1962
  • Calanus stylifer Dana, 1849 (syn.Temora stylifera (Dana, 1849)
  • Calanus tenuicornis Dana, 1849 (syn.Mesocalanus tenuicornis (Dana, 1849)
  • Calanus tonsus Brady, 1883(syn. Neocalanus tonsus (Brady, 1883)
  • Calanus torticornis (Brady, 1918)
  • Calanus turbinatus Dana, 1849 (syn.Temora turbinata (Dana, 1849)
  • Calanus valgus Brady, 1883 (syn. Nannocalanus minor (Claus, 1863)
  • Calanus vulgaris (Dana, 1849) (syn. Undinula vulgaris (Dana, 1849)

    CANTHOCALANUS Scott A., 1909

  • Canthocalanus pauper (Giesbrecht, 1888)
  • Canthocalanus minor (Claus, 1863) (syn. Nannocalanus minor (Claus, 1863)

    COSMOCALANUS Bradford & Jillett, 1974

  • Cosmocalanus caroli (Giesbrecht, 1888)
  • Cosmocalanus darwini (?)

    MESOCALANUS Bradford & Jillett, 1974

  • Mesocalanus lighti (Bowman, 1955)
  • Mesocalanus tenuicornis (Dana, 1849)

    METRANURA Brady, 1915

  • Metranura typica Brady, 1915

    NANNOCALANUS Sars G.O., 1925

  • Nannocalanus elegans Andronov, 2001
  • Nannocalanus minor (Claus, 1863)

    NEOCALANUS Sars G.O., 1925

  • Neocalanus cristatus (Krøyer, 1848)
  • Neocalanus flemingeri Miller, 1988
  • Neocalanus gracilis (Dana, 1852)
  • Neocalanus plumchrus (Marukawa, 1921)
  • Neocalanus robustior (Giesbrecht, 1888)
  • Neocalanus tenuicornis (Dana, 1849) (syn. Mesocalanus tenuicornis (Dana, 1849)
  • Neocalanus tonsus (Brady, 1883)

    UNDINULA Scott A., 1909 (syn. Undina Dana, 1849)

  • Undinula darwini (Lubbock, 1860) ( accepted as Cosmocalanus darwini (Lubbock, 1860)
  • Undinula caroli (Giesbrecht, 1888) (syn. Cosmocalanus caroli (Giesbrecht, 1888)
  • Undinula rostrata (Claus, 1866) (syn. Euchirella rostrata (Claus, 1866)
  • Undinula vulgaris (Dana, 1849)


    Cetochilus Roussel de Vauzeme, 1834 (syn. Calanus Leach, 1816; Daphinia Rafinesque, 1815 (syn.Calanus Leach, 1816; Diarthropus Brady, 1918 syn. Calanus Leach, 1816; Paratharybis Tanaka, 1937 syn.Undinella Sars G.O., 1900; Undina Dana, 1849 syn Undinula Scott A., 1909.

    Key to the genera of family Calanidae




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