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

Centropages aucklandicus Kramer, 1895

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Centropages*	Krøyer, 1849	accepted genus name
*Catopia*	Dana, 1849-1852	synonym
*Ichthyophorba*	Lilljeborg, 1853	synonym

Literature

original description	Krämer, A. (1895). On the most frequent pelagic Copepoda and Cladocera of the Hauraki Gulf. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. n. ser. 10(= 27):214-223, pls. 15-23. (v-1895).
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	Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.).
additional source	Vervoort, W. (1964). Notes on two Pacific species of Centropages (Copepoda Calanoida), C. australiensis Fairbridge, 1944, and C. aucklandicus Krämer, 1895. Crustaceana, Leiden 7(4):293-311, figs. 1-9. (4-xi-1964)
additional source	Bradford, J.M. (1978). Summer distribution of the pelagic copepod Centropages aucklandicus in New Zealand waters. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 12(3):287-291, figs. 1-3. (ix-1978)
ecology source	Brun, P., M.R. Payne & T. Kiørboe. (2017). A trait database for marine copepods. Earth System Science Data. 9(1):99-113.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Centropages aucklandicus Kramer, 1895. 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:104489