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Centropages

Centropages is a genus of copepods in the family Centropagidae with 34 known marine species. The genus was first described in 1849 by Henrik Nikolai Krøyer.

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Centropages
Centropages typicus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Copepoda
Order: Calanoida
Family: Centropagidae
Genus: Centropages
Krøyer, 18491
Species

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Centropages is a genus of copepods in the family Centropagidae with 34 known marine species.2 The genus was first described in 1849 by Henrik Nikolai Krøyer.21

Species of this marine3 genus are found worldwide.4

Species

Species accepted as of October 2023 are:3

  • Centropages abdominalis Sato, 1913
  • Centropages acutus McKinnon & Dixon, 1994
  • Centropages aegypticus El-Sherbiny & Ueda, 2008
  • Centropages alcocki Sewell, 1912
  • Centropages aucklandicus Krämer, 1895
  • Centropages australiensis Fairbridge, 1944
  • Centropages brachiatus (Dana, 1849)
  • Centropages bradyi Wheeler, 1900
  • Centropages brevifurcus Shen & Lee, 1963
  • Centropages calaninus (Dana, 1849)
  • Centropages caribbeanensis Park, 1970
  • Centropages chierchiae Giesbrecht, 1889
  • Centropages dorsispinatus Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1903
  • Centropages elegans Giesbrecht, 1895
  • Centropages elongatus Giesbrecht, 1896
  • Centropages furcatus (Dana, 1852)
  • Centropages gracilis (Dana, 1849)
  • Centropages halinus McKinnon & Kimmerer, 1988
  • Centropages hamatus (Lilljeborg, 1853)
  • Centropages karachiensis Haq & Rehman, 1973
  • Centropages kroyeri Giesbrecht, 1892
  • Centropages longicornis Mori, 1932
  • Centropages maigo Ohtsuka, Itoh & Mizushima, 2005
  • Centropages mohamedi El-Sherbiny & Al-Aidaroos, 2015
  • Centropages natalensis Connell, 1981
  • Centropages orsinii Giesbrecht, 1889
  • Centropages ponticus Karavaev, 1895
  • Centropages sinensis Chen & Zhang, 1965
  • Centropages spinosus (Krichagin, 1873)
  • Centropages tenuiremis Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1903
  • Centropages trispinosus Sewell, 1914
  • Centropages typicus Krøyer, 1849
  • Centropages uedai El-Sherbiny, 2011
  • Centropages velificatus (Oliveira, 1947)
  • Centropages violaceus (Claus, 1863)
References

References

  1. Krøyer, H. 1849. Karcinologiske Bidrag (Fortsaettelse). Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift. Kjøbenhavn 2(2): 527-560 [527].
  2. Geoff Boxshall. T. Chad Walter; Geoff Boxshall (eds.). "Centropages Krøyer, 1849". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved December 30, 2009.
  3. Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2023). World of Copepods Database. Centropages Krøyer, 1849. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104159 on 2023-10-28
  4. "Centropages Krøyer, 1849". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2026-03-21.
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