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Phaennidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Copepoda
Order:	Calanoida
Family:	Phaennidae G. O. Sars, 1902
Genera
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Phaennidae is a family of planktonic copepods, found in pelagic or benthopelagic waters. It contains the following genera:

• 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. ^ 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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