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

Centropages Krøyer, 1849

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Catopia*	Dana, 1849-1852	synonym
*Ichthyophorba*	Lilljeborg, 1853	synonym

Children

Centropages aucklandicus Kramer, 1895
Centropages brachiatus (Dana, 1849-1852)
Centropages bradyi Wheeler, 1900
Centropages calaninus (Dana, 1849-1852)
Centropages caribbeanensis Park, 1970
Centropages chierchiae Giesbrecht, 1889
Centropages furcatus (Dana, 1849-1852)
Centropages hamatus (Lilljeborg, 1853)
Centropages kroyeri Giesbrecht, 1892-1893
Centropages ponticus Karavaev, 1895
Centropages typicus Krøyer, 1849
Centropages violaceus (Claus, 1863)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: セントロパジェス属

Literature

original description	Krøyer, H. (1849). Karcinologiske Bidrag (Fortsaettelse). [Carcinological Contributions (Continued)]. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. II. 2(6): 561-609, pl. 6.
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	ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Centropages Krøyer, 1849. 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:104159