Centropagidae

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Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Centropagidae Higher classification Calanoida Order Calanoida		Subphylum Crustacea Phylum Arthropoda Rank Family Subclass Copepod
Similar Copepod, Calanoida, Crustacean, Acartiidae, Boeckella

Centropagidae is a family of copepods. Its members are particularly common as plankton in coastal waters and in fresh water in Australia and southern South America. They are also found on subantarctic islands and in lakes in Antarctica.

Genera

There are 13 genera included in the Centropagidae, including nearly 150 species.

Boeckella De Guerne & Richard, 1889 — 53 species, freshwater

Calamoecia Brady, 1906 — 20 species, freshwater

Centropages Krøyer, 1849 — 34 species, marine

Dussartopages Huys, 2009 — 1 species, marine

Gippslandia Bayly & Arnott, 1969 — 1 species, marine

Gladioferens Henry, 1919 — marine

Guernella Giesbrecht in G & Schmeil, 1898 — 1 species, marine

Hemiboeckella G. O. Sars, 1912 — 3 species, freshwater

Isias Boeck, 1865 — 5 species, marine

Limnocalanus G. O. Sars, 1863 — marine / brackish /freshwater

Neoboeckella Bayly, 1992 — 2 species, marine

Osphranticum Forbes, 1882 — 2 species, marine

Sinocalanus Burckhardt, 1913 — marine / brackish water

A fourteenth genus, Karukinka, was erected in 2002, but is apparently an offshoot of Boeckella poppei.

References

Centropagidae Wikipedia

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