Neocalanus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Copepoda |
Order: | Calanoida |
Family: | Calanidae |
Genus: |
Neocalanus Sars, 1925 |
Type species | |
Neocalanus gracilis (
Dana, 1852)
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Neocalanus is a genus of marine copepods. [1] They are a dominant component of the open water ecosystems of the northern Pacific Ocean. [2] Neocalanus are large copepods, reaching body lengths (i.e., prosome length) of more than 8 mm (0.31 in) in Neocalanus plumchrus. [3]
There are six species: [1]
Neocalanus flemingeri is predominantly annual, with a significant fraction of biennials in some areas. The largest females reach prosome length of about 5 mm (0.20 in); males are smaller. [4]
Neocalanus are important food items for many predators, such as North Pacific right whale [5] and least auklet. [6]
Neocalanus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Copepoda |
Order: | Calanoida |
Family: | Calanidae |
Genus: |
Neocalanus Sars, 1925 |
Type species | |
Neocalanus gracilis (
Dana, 1852)
|
Neocalanus is a genus of marine copepods. [1] They are a dominant component of the open water ecosystems of the northern Pacific Ocean. [2] Neocalanus are large copepods, reaching body lengths (i.e., prosome length) of more than 8 mm (0.31 in) in Neocalanus plumchrus. [3]
There are six species: [1]
Neocalanus flemingeri is predominantly annual, with a significant fraction of biennials in some areas. The largest females reach prosome length of about 5 mm (0.20 in); males are smaller. [4]
Neocalanus are important food items for many predators, such as North Pacific right whale [5] and least auklet. [6]