Centropagidae is a
family
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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 ...
s in the order
Calanoida
Calanoida is an order of copepods, a group of arthropods commonly found as zooplankton. The order includes around 46 families with about 1800 species of both marine and freshwater copepods between them.
Description
Calanoids can be distinguish ...
.
Its members are particularly known as
plankton
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in coastal waters and in
fresh water
Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salt (chemistry), salts and other total dissolved solids. The term excludes seawater and brackish water, but it does include ...
in Australia and southern South America. They are also found on
subantarctic islands
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and in lakes in Antarctica.
Genera
There are 14 genera recognised in the family Centropagidae, including over 130 species.
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Boeckella''
De Guerne & Richard, 1889 — 49 species, freshwater
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Calamoecia''
Brady, 1906 — 18 species, freshwater
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Centropages''
Krøyer, 1849 — 35 species, marine
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Dussartopages''
Huys, 2009 — 1 species, marine
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Gippslandia''
Bayly & Arnott, 1969 — 1 species, marine
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Gladioferens''
Henry, 1919 — 6 species, marine
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Guernella''
Giesbrecht in G & Schmeil, 1898 — 1 species, marine
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Hemiboeckella''
G. O. Sars, 1912 — 3 species, freshwater
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Isias''
Boeck, 1865 — 4 species, marine
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Limnocalanus''
G. O. Sars, 1863 — 2 species, marine / brackish water
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Neoboeckella''
Bayly, 1992 — 2 species, marine
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Osphranticum''
Forbes, 1882 — 2 species, marine
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Parabroteas''
Mrázek, 1901 — 1 species, marine
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Sinocalanus''
Burckhardt, 1913 — 7 species, marine / brackish water
References
External links
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Copepod families
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