Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Cyclopoida > Suborder Ergasilida > Family Corycaeidae

Corycaeus Dana, 1849

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Corycaeus (Corycaeus)*	Dana, 1846	synonym; alternate representation

Children

Corycaeus clausi Dahl F., 1894
Corycaeus crassiusculus Dana, 1849-1852
Corycaeus speciosus Dana, 1849-1852

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: コリケウス属

Literature

basis of record	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	Zavodnik, D. (1961). Les résultats des recherches actuelles sur les Copépodes des genres Corycaeus et Corycella dans l'Adriatique. [Results of current research on copepods of the genera Corycaeus and Corycella in the Adriatic.]. Rapports et Procès-Verbaux des Réunions de la Commission Internationale pour l'Exploration Scientifique de la Mer Mediterranée, Monaco. 16(2): 203-205.
additional source	Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.
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	Revis, N. & E.N. Okemwa. (1988). Additional records of species of copepods and their distribution in the coastal and inshore waters of Kenya. Kenya Journal of Sciences, Series B. 9(1-2):123-127.
additional source	Wolfenden, R.N. (1906). Notes on the collection of Copepoda. In: Stanley Gardiner, J. (ed.). The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes. University Press, Cambridge 2, suppl. 1: 989-1040, pls. 96-100.
additional source	Farran, G.P. (1911). Plankton from Christmas Island, Indian Ocean. I. On Copepoda of the family Corycaeidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1911:282-296, pls. 10-14.
additional source	Gibson, V.R. & G.D. Grice. (1978). The developmental stages of a species of Corycaeus (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) from Saanich Inlet, British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 56(1):66-74, figs. 1-94. (i-1978).
source of synonymy	Boxshall, G.A. & S.H. Halsey. (2004). An introduction to copepod diversity. Ray Society, London. 166(Part II):422-966. (2 volume set).

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Corycaeus Dana, 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:128634