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

Phaennidae Sars G.O., 1902

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Brachycalanus Farran, 1905
Cephalophanes Sars G.O., 1907
Cornucalanus Wolfenden, 1905
Onchocalanus Sars G.O., 1905
Phaenna Claus, 1863
Talacalanus Wolfenden, 1911
Xanthocalanus Giesbrecht, 1893

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: フェンナ科

Literature

original description	Sars, G.O. (1902). Copepoda Calanoida, Parts III & IV, Aetideidae (concluded), Euchaetidae, Phaennidae. An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum. 4:27-48, pls. 17-96.
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	Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Bradford, J.M. (1973). Revision of family and some generic definitions in the Phaennidae and Scolecithricidae (Copepoda: Calanoida). New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1-2):133-152, figs. 1-4.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Phaennidae Sars G.O., 1902. 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:104095