Neocalanus

Neocalanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]

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