Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Maxillopoda > Subclass Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Poecilostomatoida > Family Corycaeidae

Corycaeus Dana, 1845

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Agetus*	Krøyer, 1849	synonym
*Urocorycaeus*	Dahl, 1912	synonym

Children

Corycaeus clausi Dahl F., 1894
Corycaeus crassiusculus Dana, 1849
Corycaeus flaccus Giesbrecht, 1891
Corycaeus furcifer Claus, 1863
Corycaeus giesbrechti Dahl F., 1894
Corycaeus latus Dana, 1849
Corycaeus lautus Dana, 1849
Corycaeus limbatus Brady, 1883
Corycaeus speciosus Dana, 1849
Corycaeus typicus (Krøyer, 1849)

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	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: 123 - 127.
additional source	Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Corycaeus

External Links

GenBank
GBIF

Citation

Walter, T. Chad; Boxshall, G. (2014). Corycaeus Dana, 1845. In: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2014). World of Copepods database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:128634