''Centropages elegans'' is a marine species of

copepod Copepods (; meaning 'oar-feet') are a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat (ecology), habitat. Some species are planktonic (living in the water column), some are benthos, benthic (living on the sedimen ...

in the genus ''

Centropages ''Centropages'' is a genus of copepods in the family Centropagidae Centropagidae is a family of copepods in the order Calanoida. Its members are particularly known as plankton in coastal waters and in fresh water in Australia and southern Sout ...

''.

References

Centropagidae Crustaceans described in 1895 {{copepod-stub