Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Gymnoplea > Order Calanoida

Calanidae Dana, 1846

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

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

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: カラヌス科

Literature

original description	Dana, J.D. (1846). Notice of some genera of Cyclopacea. The American Journal of Science and Arts, 2nd Series. 1(2): 225-230 [1 March 1846] [subsequently published in The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 18(118): 181-185; 1 Sept 1846].
basis of record	Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 252-268
additional source	Dana, J.D. (1849). Conspectus Crustaceorum quæ in orbis Terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes e classe Reipublicæ Fœderatæ Duce, lexit et descripsit. [An observation of the Crustacea which in circumnavigation of the globe, Charles Wilkes of the Navy of the Federal Republic, read and described]. The American Journal of Science and Arts. Second Series. 8(23): 276-285, 424-428.
additional source	ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32.
additional source	Canu, E. (1892). Les Copépodes du Boulonnais. Morphologie, embryologie, taxonomie. [Copepods of Boulogne. Morphology, embryology, taxonomy.]. Travaux du Laboratoire de Zoologie Maritime de Wimereux-Ambleteuse. 6:1-292, figs. 1-20, pls. 1-30.
additional source	Bradford, J.M. & J.B. Jillett. (1974). A revision of generic definitions in the Calanidae (Copepoda, Calanoida). Crustaceana, Leiden 27(1):5-16, figs. 1-2, tab. 1. (17-vii-1974)

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Calanidae Dana, 1846. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104079