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

Calanoida Sars G.O., 1903

Rank: Order
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Acartiidae Sars G.O., 1903
Aetideidae Giesbrecht, 1892-1893
Arietellidae Sars G.O., 1902
Augaptilidae Sars G.O., 1905
Bathypontiidae Brodsky, 1950
Calanidae Dana, 1846
Candaciidae Giesbrecht, 1892-1893
Centropagidae Giesbrecht, 1892
Clausocalanidae Giesbrecht, 1893
Diaixidae Sars G.O., 1902
Diaptomidae Baird, 1850
Discoidae Gordejeva, 1975
Eucalanidae Giesbrecht, 1893
Euchaetidae Giesbrecht, 1893
Fosshageniidae Suárez-Morales & Iliffe, 1996
Heterorhabdidae Sars G.O., 1902
Lucicutiidae Sars G.O., 1902
Megacalanidae Sewell, 1947
Mesaiokeratidae Matthews, 1961
Metridinidae Sars G.O., 1902
Nullosetigeridae Soh, Ohtsuka, Imabayashi & Suh, 1999
Paracalanidae Giesbrecht, 1893
Parapontellidae Giesbrecht, 1893
Phaennidae Sars G.O., 1902
Pontellidae Dana, 1852-1853
Pseudocyclopidae Giesbrecht, 1892-1893
Pseudocyclopiidae Sars G.O., 1902
Pseudodiaptomidae Sars G.O., 1902
Rhincalanidae Geletin, 1976
Ryocalanidae Andronov, 1974
Scolecitrichidae Giesbrecht, 1893
Spinocalanidae Vervoort, 1951
Stephidae Sars G.O., 1902
Temoridae Giesbrecht, 1893
Tharybidae Sars G.O., 1902

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: カラヌス目

Literature

original description	Sars, G.O. (1903). An account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species: IV. Copepoda Calanoida. Bergens Museum: Bergen. 171 pp., Plates I-CII & suppl. I-VI pp.
basis of record	Brusca, R.C.; Brusca, G.J. (1990). Invertebrates. Sinauer Associates: Sunderland, MA (USA). ISBN 0-87893-098-1. 922 pp.
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.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Calanoida. 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:1100

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Calanoida Sars G.O., 1903. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/6c3f0573-7530-4922-922d-f9fe4609e73c