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Family: Calanidae (See list of species below)

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30 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Calanoides acutus []	No picture found Calanoides brevicornis []	No picture found Calanoides carinatus []
No picture found Calanoides natalis []	No picture found Calanus agulhensis []	No picture found Calanus cristatus []
No picture found Calanus euxinus []	No picture found Calanus finmarchicus []	No picture found Calanus glacialis []
No picture found Calanus helgolandicus []	No picture found Calanus hyperboreus []	No picture found Calanus marshallae []
No picture found Calanus pacificus []	No picture found Calanus propinquus []	No picture found Calanus simillimus []
No picture found Calanus sinicus []	No picture found Canthocalanus pauper []	No picture found Centropages dorsispinatus []
No picture found Centropages sinensis []	No picture found Cosmocalanus darwinii []	No picture found Mesocalanus tenuicornis []
No picture found Nannocalanus minor []	No picture found Neocalanus cristatus []	No picture found Neocalanus flemingeri []
No picture found Neocalanus gracilis []	No picture found Neocalanus plumchrus []	No picture found Neocalanus robustior []
No picture found Neocalanus tenuicornis []	No picture found Neocalanus tonsus []	No picture found Undinula vulgaris []

30 Species of Family Calanidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Calanoides acutus		Antarctic Atlantic
Calanoides brevicornis		Southwest Pacific and Sou
Calanoides carinatus		Northwest Pacific
Calanoides natalis		Western Indian Ocean
Calanus agulhensis		Southeast Atlantic
Calanus cristatus		Arctic.
Calanus euxinus		Black Sea and Sea of Marm
Calanus finmarchicus		Arctic and Atlantic Ocean
Calanus glacialis		Arctic and Northeast Atla
Calanus helgolandicus		Northern Atlantic
Calanus hyperboreus		Northeast Atlantic and th
Calanus marshallae		Northeast Pacific and the
Calanus pacificus		Northeast Pacific
Calanus propinquus		Antarctic
Calanus simillimus		Southeast Pacific, Atlant
Calanus sinicus		Northwest Pacific
Canthocalanus pauper		Indo-West Pacific.
Centropages dorsispinatus		Northwest Pacific
Centropages sinensis		Northwest Pacific
Cosmocalanus darwinii		Cosmopolitan. Tropical a
Mesocalanus tenuicornis		Cosmopolitan. Tropical t
Nannocalanus minor		Cosmopolitan. Tropical t
Neocalanus cristatus		Arctic and Northeast Paci
Neocalanus flemingeri		Arctic.
Neocalanus gracilis		Cosmopolitan. Tropical t
Neocalanus plumchrus		Northeast Pacific and the
Neocalanus robustior		Northwest Pacific
Neocalanus tenuicornis		Northwest Pacific
Neocalanus tonsus		Cosmopolitan. Subtropica
Undinula vulgaris		Indo-West Pacific.

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