Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Gymnoplea > Order Calanoida > Family Candaciidae

Candacia Dana, 1846

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Candace*	Dana, 1849-1852	synonym
*Paracandacia*	Grice, 1963	synonym

Children

Candacia armata Boeck, 1873
Candacia bipinnata (Giesbrecht, 1889)
Candacia bispinosa Claus, 1863
Candacia curta (Dana, 1849-1852)
Candacia elongata (Boeck, 1873)
Candacia ethiopica (Dana, 1849-1852)
Candacia giesbrechti Grice & Lawson, 1978
Candacia ketchumi Grice, 1961
Candacia longimana (Claus, 1863)
Candacia norvegica Boeck, 1865
Candacia pachydactyla (Dana, 1849-1852)
Candacia paenelongimana Fleminger & Bowman, 1956
Candacia simplex (Giesbrecht, 1889)
Candacia tenuimana (Giesbrecht, 1889)
Candacia varicans (Giesbrecht, 1893)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: カンダシア属

Literature

original description	Dana, J.D. (1846). Notice of some genera of Cyclopacea. The American Journal of Science and Arts, 2nd Series. 1(2): 225-230 [1 March 1846] [subsequently published in The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 18(118): 181-185; 1 Sept 1846].
basis of record	Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 252-268
additional source	Dana, J.D. (1853-1855). Crustacea. Part II. In: United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes. U. S. N., C. Sherman Printer, Philadelphia. 14: 691-1618. [1855, folio atlas pls. 1-96.].
additional source	International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, Opinion, 0733. (1965). Candacia Dana, 1846 (Crustacea, Decapoda). Validation and designation of a type-species under the plenary powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 22(2):90-91. (l8-v-1965).
additional source	ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32.
additional source	Grice, G.D. & W. Vervoort. (1963). Candacia Dana, 1846. (Crustacea: Copepoda): proposed preservation under the plenary powers and designation of a type-species for the genus in accordance with common usage. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 20:150-152.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Candacia Dana, 1846. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:104157