Family CLAUSOCALANIDAE Giesbrecht, 1893

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Regional Maps

• Clausocalanidae Giesbrecht, 1893.

  Type genus:

   Clausocalanus Giesbrecht, 1888.

  Compiled from secondary source:

   Boxshall, G.A. & Halsey, S.H. 2004. An Introduction to Copepod Diversity. London : The Ray Society 966 pp. [92].
• Pseudocalanidae Sars, 1901.

Introduction

Species of the family Clausocalanidae are characteristically small (<1 mm) and are abundant in epipelagic oceanic waters, with fewer species found in coastal waters and the surf zone. There are seven genera and 37 species. See Boxshall & Halsey (2004: 91) for more details as well as a key to the genera.

ID Keys

For a key to the genera see Boxshall & Halsey (2004).

General References

Boxshall, G.A. & Halsey, S.H. 2004. An Introduction to Copepod Diversity. London : The Ray Society 966 pp.