Calanus is a genus of marine copepod in the family Calanidae (Order Calanoida). The genus was split in 1974, with some species being placed in a new genus, Neocalanus. The following species are recognised:

• Calanus aculeatus Brady, 1918

• Calanus agulhensis De Decker, Kaczmaruk & Marska, 1991

• Calanus chilensis Brodsky, 1959

• Calanus dorsalis (Rafinesque, 1817)

• Calanus euxinus Hulsemann, 1991

• Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus, 1770)

• Calanus glacialis Jaschnov, 1955

• Calanus helgolandicus (Claus, 1863)

• Calanus hyperboreus Krøyer, 1838

• Calanus jashnovi Hulsemann, 1994

• Calanus marshallae Frost, 1974

• Calanus pacificus Brodsky, 1948

• Calanus propinquus Brady, 1883

• Calanus simillimus Giesbrecht, 1902

• Calanus sinicus Brodsky, 1962

• Calanus torticornis (Brady, 1918)

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