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Candacia
Sign in to saveCandacia is a genus of copepods in the order Calanoida. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Candaciidae. The family, Candaciidae, was first described in 1893 by Wilhelm Giesbrecht. The genus, Candacia, was first described in 1846 by James Dwight Dana.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassCopepoda
- OrderCalanoida
- FamilyCandaciidae
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- Specimen records
- 286
- With media
- 115
- Family
- Candaciidae
- Collections
- USNM
- Recorded in
- Argentina, Chile, United States, Antarctica, South Sandwich Islands, New Zealand
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- Parent taxon
- Candaciidae
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Candacia is a genus of copepods in the order Calanoida. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Candaciidae. The family, Candaciidae, was first described in 1893 by Wilhelm Giesbrecht. The genus, Candacia, was first described in 1846 by James Dwight Dana.
==Species== The following species are recognised in the genus Candacia: Candacia armata Candacia bipinnata Candacia bispinosa Candacia bradyi Candacia catula Candacia cheirura Candacia columbiae Candacia curta Candacia discaudata Candacia elongata Candacia ethiopica Candacia falcifera Candacia giesbrechti Candacia ginuensis Candacia guggenheimi Candacia ishimarui Candacia ketchumi Candacia longimana Candacia magna Candacia maxima Candacia pachydactyla Candacia paenelongimana Candacia parafalcifera Candacia pofi Candacia samassae Candacia simplex Candacia tenuimana Candacia truncata Candacia tuberculata Candacia varicans Candacia worthingtoni
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