Calamoecia

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Calamoecia is a genus of copepods in the family Centropagidae confined to Australasia.{{cite journal |author=I. A. E. Bayly |year=1962 |title=Additions to the inland water genus Calamoecia (Copepoda: Calanoida) |journal=Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research |volume=13 |issue=3 |pages=252–264 |url=http://www.publish.csiro.au/?act=view_file&file_id=MF9620252.pdf |doi=10.1071/mf9620252}} It is thought to have evolved since the separation of the Australian continent from Antarctica.{{cite book |editor1=Estelle V. Balian |editor2=Christian Lévêque |editor3=Hendrik Segers |editor4=Koen Martens |year=2008 |title=Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment |series=Volume 198 of Developments in Hydrobiology |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-4020-8258-0 |pages=195–207 |chapter=Global diversity of copepods (Crustacea: Copepoda) in freshwater |author1=Geoff A. Boxshall |author2=Danielle Defaye |doi=10.1007/s10750-007-9014-4 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dw4H6DBHnAgC&pg=PA202}} 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:{{cite web |url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=346887 |title=Calamoecia Brady, 1906 |author=T. Chad Walter |editor1=T. Chad Walter |editor2=Geoff Boxshall |year=2009 |work=World Copepoda database |publisher=World Register of Marine Species |accessdate=December 30, 2009}}

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Category:Centropagidae

Category:Copepod genera

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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