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 hamatus (Lilljeborg, 1853)

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

Species group names

*Ichthyophorba hamata*	Lilljeborg, 1853	synonym

Literature

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	Lee, C.M. (1972). Structure and function of the spermatophore and its coupling device in the Centropagidae (Copepoda: Calanoida). Bulletin of Marine Ecology 8(1):1-20, figs. 1-10, pls. 1-10, tabs. 1-2. (ix-1972)
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Roff, J.C. (1978). A guide to the marine flora and fauna of the Bay of Fundy: Copepoda: Calanoida. Fisheries and Marine Service Technical Report 823. 27 p.
additional source	Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41.
additional source	ICES Zooplankton: Copepoda. sheet n° 32.
additional source	Sazhina, L.I. (1985). Naupliusy massovykh vidov pelagickeskikh kopepod Mirovogo okeana. (Naupliuses of mass species of the world's oceans.) Naukova Dumka, Kiev 238pp.
additional source	Pesta, O. (1928). Krebstiere oder Crustacea. I: Ruderfüsser oder Copepoda (1. Calanoida, 2. Cyclopoida) (3. Ordnung) [Crustaceans or Crustacea. I: Copepods (1. Calanoida, 2. Cyclopoida) (3rd order).]. In: Dahl, F. (ed.). Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der Angrenzenden Meeresteile nach Ihren Merkmalen und nach Ihrer Lebensweise. Fischer, Jena. 9:1-136, figs. 1-115.
additional source	Suárez-Morales, E., J.W. Fleeger & P.A. Montagna. (2009). Free-living Copepoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D. L. & D.K. Camp [Eds]. Gulf of Mexico: origin, waters, and biota. Volume 1, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 1393 pp. Chapter pagination: 841-869.
additional source	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 pp.
additional source	Sars, G.O. (1902). Copepoda Calanoida, Parts VII & VIII, Centropagidae, Diaptomidae. An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species. Bergen Museum. 4:73-96, pls. 49-64.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Durbin, E. & J. Kane. (2007). Seasonal and spatial dynamics of Centropages typicus and C. hamatus in the western North Atlantic. In: Carlotti, F. & R. Harris (eds.). The Biology of Centropages typicus. Progress in Oceanography. 72(2-3):249-258.
additional source	Paulmier, G. (2016). Les Copépodes (Crustacea, Calanoida) des eaux côtières et estuariennes de la Bretagne et de la Normandie. Section des Heterarthrandria. Copepoda (Crustacea, Calanoida) from coastal and estuaries waters of the Brittany and Normandy, Section Heterarthrandria. Bulletin de la Societe Linneenne de Bordeaux. 151, n.ser. 44(2/3):317-335.
additional source	Linko, A.K. (1907). Untersuchungen über das Plankton des Barents Meeres. [Investigations on the plankton of the Barents Sea.]. Wissenschaftlich praktische Murman Expedition, St. Petersburg. :1-247, figs.1-21.
additional source	Klein Breteler, W.C.M. (1982). The life stages of four pelagic copepods (Copepoda: Calanoida), illustrated by a series of photographs. Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (N.I.O.Z.), Publications Series 6:1-32, figs. 1-4, tabs. 1-2.
additional source	Kiørboe, T., F. Møhlenberg & H. Nicolajsen. (1982). Ingestion rate and gut clearance in the planktonic copepod Centropages hamatus (Lilljeborg) in relation to food concentration and temperature. Ophelia. 21(2): 181-194.
additional source	Muxagata, E.M. & J.A. Williams. (2004). The Mesozooplankton of the Solent-Southampton Water system: a photographic guide. Southampton Oceanography Centre, Southampton, U.K. 103 pp.
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 hamatus (Lilljeborg, 1853). 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:104496