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Calamoecia

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Calamoecia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Copepoda
Order: Calanoida
Family: Centropagidae
Genus: Calamoecia
Brady, 1906

Calamoecia is a genus of copepods in the family Centropagidae confined to Australasia.[1] It is thought to have evolved since the separation of the Australian continent from Antarctica.[2] Three of the Australian endemic species are listed as vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List (marked VU in the list below). The genus contains the following species:[3]

References

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  1. I. A. E. Bayly (1962). "Additions to the inland water genus Calamoecia (Copepoda: Calanoida)" (PDF). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 13 (3): 252–264. doi:10.1071/mf9620252.
  2. Geoff A. Boxshall; Danielle Defaye (2008). "Global diversity of copepods (Crustacea: Copepoda) in freshwater". In Estelle V. Balian; Christian Lévêque; Hendrik Segers; Koen Martens (eds.). Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment. Volume 198 of Developments in Hydrobiology. Springer. pp. 195–207. doi:10.1007/s10750-007-9014-4. ISBN 978-1-4020-8258-0.
  3. T. Chad Walter (2009). T. Chad Walter; Geoff Boxshall (eds.). "Calamoecia Brady, 1906". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved December 30, 2009.
  4. J. W. Reid (1996). "Calamoecia australica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996 e.T3512A9912162. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T3512A9912162.en.
  5. J. W. Reid (1996). "Calamoecia elongata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996 e.T3513A9913644. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T3513A9913644.en.
  6. J. W. Reid (1996). "Calamoecia zeidleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996 e.T3514A9914319. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T3514A9914319.en.