Family CENTROPAGIDAE Giesbrecht, 1893

Calamoecia salina, female, dorsal

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Museums

Regional Maps

• Centropagidae Giesbrecht, W. 1892. Systematik and Faunistik der pelagischen Copepoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte, 1892. Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel und der Angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte, Herausgegeben von der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel 19: 1-831 [1].

  Type genus:

   Centropages Krøyer, 1849.

  Compiled from secondary source:

   Boxshall, G.A. & Halsey, S.H. 2004. An Introduction to Copepod Diversity. London : The Ray Society 966 pp. [88].

Introduction

Species of the family Centropagidae are plentiful in the marine water column plankton community, particularly in coastal waters. Centropagidae is the foremost freshwater calanoid family in Australasia and southern South America, with some species located on Subantarctic islands and in Antarctic lakes. There are 14 genera, and over 100 species. See Boxshall & Halsey (2004: 86) for more details as well as a key to the genera.

ID Keys

For a key to the genera see Boxshall & Halsey (2004).

General References

Boxshall, G.A. & Halsey, S.H. 2004. An Introduction to Copepod Diversity. London : The Ray Society 966 pp.