Phaennidae

Phaennidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Copepoda
Order:	Calanoida
Family:	Phaennidae ; G. O. Sars, 1902
Genera
	See text

Last updated May 05, 2025

Phaennidae is a family of planktonic copepods, found in pelagic or benthopelagic waters.^[1] It contains the following genera:^[2]^[1]

Brachycalanus Farran, 1905
Cephalophanes Sars, 1907
Cornucalanus Wolfenden, 1905
Kirnesius Markhaseva & Semenova, 2005
Onchocalanus Sars, 1905
Phaenna Claus, 1863
Phaennocalanus Markhaseva, 2002
Talacalanus Wolfenden, 1911
Xanthocalanus Giesbrecht, 1892

References

1 2 J. M. Bradford-Grieve (2002). "Phaennidae Sars, 1902". Calanoida: Families. Australian Museum . Retrieved September 1, 2010.
↑ T. Chad Walter & G. Boxshall (2009). T. C. Walter& G. Boxshall (ed.). "Phaennidae". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved September 1, 2010.

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[Bradford-1] 1 2 J. M. Bradford-Grieve (2002). "Phaennidae Sars, 1902". Calanoida: Families. Australian Museum . Retrieved September 1, 2010.

[2] T. Chad Walter & G. Boxshall (2009). T. C. Walter& G. Boxshall (ed.). "Phaennidae". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved September 1, 2010.

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