Centropagidae is a
family
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of
copepod
Copepods (; meaning "oar-feet") are a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat (ecology), habitat. Some species are planktonic (inhabiting sea waters), some are benthos, benthic (living on the ocean floor) ...
s in the order
Calanoida
Calanoida is an order of copepods, a group of arthropods commonly found as zooplankton. The order includes around 46 families with about 1800 species of both marine and freshwater copepods between them.
Description
Calanoids can be distinguis ...
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Its members are particularly known as
plankton
Plankton are the diverse collection of organisms found in Hydrosphere, water (or atmosphere, air) that are unable to propel themselves against a Ocean current, current (or wind). The individual organisms constituting plankton are called plankt ...
in coastal waters and in
fresh water
Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the term specifically excludes seawater and brackish water, it does include ...
in Australia and southern South America. They are also found on
subantarctic islands and in lakes in Antarctica.
Genera
There are 14 genera recognised in the family Centropagidae, including over 130 species.
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Boeckella''
De Guerne & Richard, 1889 — 49 species, freshwater
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Calamoecia''
Brady, 1906 — 18 species, freshwater
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Centropages
''Centropages'' is a genus of copepods in the family Centropagidae with 34 known marine species.
Species
* '' Centropages abdominalis'' Sato, 1913
* '' Centropages aucklandicus'' Krämer, 1895
* '' Centropages bradyi'' Wheeler, 1900
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Krøyer, 1849 — 35 species, marine
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Dussartopages''
Huys, 2009 — 1 species, marine
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Gippslandia''
Bayly & Arnott, 1969 — 1 species, marine
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Gladioferens''
Henry, 1919 — 6 species, marine
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Guernella''
Giesbrecht in G & Schmeil, 1898 — 1 species, marine
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Hemiboeckella''
G. O. Sars, 1912 — 3 species, freshwater
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Isias
Antiochus I Theos Dikaios Epiphanes Philorhomaios Philhellen ( grc, Ἀντίοχος ὁ Θεὸς Δίκαιος Ἐπιφανὴς Φιλορωμαῖος Φιλέλλην, meaning "Antiochos, the just, eminent god, friend of Romans and friend ...
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Boeck, 1865 — 4 species, marine
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Limnocalanus
''Limnocalanus'' is a genus of Centropagidae.
The genus was described in 1863 by Georg Ossian Sars.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across ...
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G. O. Sars, 1863 — 2 species, marine / brackish water
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Neoboeckella''
Bayly, 1992 — 2 species, marine
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Osphranticum''
Forbes, 1882 — 2 species, marine
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Parabroteas''
Mrázek, 1901 — 1 species, marine
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Sinocalanus''
Burckhardt, 1913 — 7 species, marine / brackish water
References
External links
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Calanoida
Crustacean families
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