NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: unknown
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Calanidae
  Order - Calanoida
  Superorder - Gymnoplea
  Infraclass - Neocopepoda
  Subclass - Copepoda
  Class - Maxillopoda
  Subphylum - Crustacea
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Calanus cristatus
      Species - Calanus hyperboreus
      Species - Calanus glacialis
      Species - Calanus marshallae
      Species - Calanus pacificus
      Species - Calanus finmarchicus
      Species - Calanus helgolandicus
      Species - Calanus brevicornis
      Species - Calanus sinicus
      Species - Calanus propinquus
      Species - Calanus simillimus