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 furcatus (Dana, 1849-1852)

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

*Catopia furcata*	Dana, 1849-1852	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Dana, J.D. (1849-1852). Conspectus crustaceorum, quae in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes, e classe Reipublicae foederatae duce, lexit et descripsit Jacobus D. Dana. Pars II. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 2: 9-61. [Vol. II,. from May 1848-May 1852]. no figures or plates just verbal.
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	Lacuna, M.L.D.G., D.D. Simyunn, R.O. Mejorada, N. Espana & D.C. Sagrado. (2013). Description of marine copepods, Centropages furcatus, Eucalanus monachus and Oncaea venusta, in Mindanao waters, Southern Philippines. ABAH Bioflux, Animal Biology & Animal Husbandry International Journal of the Bioflux Society. 5(2):209-228. Dec 2013.
additional source	Streletskaya, E.A. (1990). The Cyclops scutifer group (Cyclopidae) and new species from the North-East of the USSR. Tsiklopy (Cyclopidae, Cyclops) gruppy scutifer i novye vidy s severo-vost. Zoologicheskiĭ Zhurnal. 69(6): 31-44. (In Russian).
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	Alameda de la Mora, G. (1980). Sistemática y distribución de los copépodos (Crustacea) del Golfo de Tehuantepec (México). [Sistemática y distribución de los copépodos (Crustacea) del Golfo de Tehuantepec (México).]. Tesis Profesional, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónomo de México, Mexico City. 397 pp. + 126 pls.
additional source	Scott, A. (1909). The Copepoda of the Siboga Expedition. Part I. Free-swimming, littoral and semi-parasitic Copepoda. Siboga Expeditie, Monograph, Leiden. 29:1-323, pls. 1-69.
additional source	Pesta, O. (1943). Die Arten Der Copepodengattungen Rhincalanus Dana, Euchaeta Philippi, Centropages Kröyer, Temora Baird und Tortanus Giesbrecht Aus Dem Roten Meer. [The species of the copepod genera Rhincalanus Dana, Euchaeta Philippi, Centropages Kröyer, Temora Baird and Tortanus Giesbrecht from the Red Sea.]. Sitzungsberichte Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse. 1, 152: 7-32, figs. 1-11.
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additional source	Krishnaswamy, S. (1948). A preliminary note on the eye of Centropages furcatus Dana. Current Science, Bangalore 17(6):190-191, figs. 1-2. (xi-1948)
additional source	Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. Mediterranean Marine Science. 11(2): 381-493.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Vervoort, W. (1965). Pelagic Copepoda. Part II. Copepoda Calanoida of the families Phaennidae up to and including Acartiidae, containing the description of a new species of Aetideidae. Atlantide Report, Danish Expedition to Coasts of Tropical West Africa 1945-1946 8:9-216.
additional source	González, J.G. & T.E. Bowman. (1965). Planktonic copepods from Bahía Fosforescente, Puerto Rico, and adjacent waters. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 117(3513):241-303. (24-viii-1965)
additional source	Li, S.J. & J.C. Fang. (1990). Larval stages of marine planktonic copepods of China. China Ocean Press, Beijing 141 pp.
additional source	Mubarak, S. & Q.M. Ali. (2022). Studies on the morpho taxonomic variations of four Centropagidae species (Crustacea: ‎Calanoida) with note on their abundance collected from Sonmiani Bay, northern ‎Arabian sea. Pakistan Journal of Marine Sciences. 31(2):153-165.
additional source	Tanaka, O. (1963). The pelagic copepods of the Izu region, Middle Japan. Systematic account IX. Families Centropagidae, Pseudodiaptomidae, Temoridae, Metridiidae and Lucicutiidae. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 11(1):7-55, figs. 152-174. (20-vii-1963)
additional source	Bandaranayake, W.M. & P. Genties. (1982). Carotenoids of Temora turbinata, Centropages furcatus, Undinula vulgaris and Euchaeta russelli. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Comparative Biochemistry. (B)72(3):409-414, tab. 1.
additional source	Brodsky, K.A. (1962). K faune i raspredeleniyu veslonogikh rachkov Calanoida poverkhnostnykh vod severo-zapadnoi chasti Tikhogo okeana. [On the fauna and distribution of the calanoid copepods from the surface waters of the north-western Pacific Ocean.]. Issledovaniya dal'nevost. Morei SSSR. 8:91-166, figs. 1-60. (Russian).
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	Ummerkutty, A.N.P. (1967). Studies on Indian copepods. 8. Observations on the diurnal vertical movements of planktonic copepods in the Gulf of Mannar. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 63(2):332-343, figs. 1-4, tabs. 1-5, map. (27-iii-1967)
additional source	Mulyadi. (2004). Calanoid copepods in Indonesian waters. The pelagic calanoid copeods of the families Acartiidae, Aetideidae, Augaptilidae, Calanidae, Calocalnidae, Candaciidea, Centropagidae, Clausocalanidae, Eucalanidae, Euchaetidae, Heterorhabdidae, Pseudodiaptomidae, Scolecithridae, and Tortanidae in Indonesian waters. Research Center for Biology, Indonesia Institute of Sciences, Bogor, Indonesia. 193 pp. Jan 2004.
additional source	Ceballos-Vazquez, B.P., S. Hernandez-Trujillo, G.M. Esqueda-Escarcega & M. Arellano-Martinez. (2009). Female gonad morphology of Centropages furcatus (Dana, 1852). Invertebrate Reproduction and Development. 53(2):81–85.
additional source	Al-Yamani, F.Y., V. Skryabin, A. Gubanova, S. Khvorov & I. Prusova. (2011). Marine Zooplankton Practical Guide for the Northwestern Arabian Gulf. Volume 2. Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Safat Kuwait. 196 pp.
additional source	Alfonso, M.B., H. Nakano, S. Jandang, M. Tanaka, V. Viyakarn, S. Chavanich & A. Isobe. (2024). Small microplastic ingestion by the calanoid Centropages furcatus in the Gulf of Thailand. Science Of The Total Environment. 930:1-9. 172837. JUN 2024.
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	Ramírez, F.C. (1966). Copépodos Calanoidos marinos del área de Mar del Plata con la descripción de Pontella marplatensis n. sp. [Marine Calanoid Copepods from the Mar del Plata area with the description of Pontella marplatensis n. sp.]. Boletín del Instituto de Biologia Marina, Mar del Plata. 11:1-24, pls. 1-7, tab. 1. (viii-1966).
additional source	Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. Mediterranean Marine Science. 6 (2): 63-118.
additional source	Morales-Ramírez, .A. & Z.J.A. Vargas. (1995). Common species of pelagic copepods (Crustacea: Copepoda) from the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica. Especies comunes de copépodos (C:rustacea: Copepoda) pelágicos del Golfo de Nicoya, Costa Rica. Revista de Biología Tropical. 43(1-3):207-218.
additional source	Shoaib, F.M. & Q.B. Kazmi. (2021). Pelagic copepods collected by the northern Arabian Sea Naseer Cruise 1. Lambert Academic Publishing, Dodo Books Indian Ocean Ltd. 242 pp.
additional source	Scott, T. (1894). Report on Entomostraca from the Gulf of Guinea, collected by John Rattray, B.Sc. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 2, Zoology. 6(1):1-161, pls. 1-15.
additional source	Krishnaswamy, S. (1950). Larval stages of some copepods in the Madras plankton and their seasonal fluctuations. Journal of the Madras University, Series B 19:33-58, figs. 1-68, tab. 1.
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 furcatus (Dana, 1849-1852). 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:104495