Galapagos Species Database

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Corycaeus crassiusculus Dana, 1849

Copépodo, Copepod

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Copepoda

Order
Cyclopoida

Family
Corycaeidae

Genus
Corycaeus

Species
crassiusculus

Taxon category: Accepted

Synonymised names Corycaeus (Corycaeus) crassiusculus Dana, 1849· accepted, alternate representation Corycaeus danae Giesbrecht, 1891 (listed as synonym by Vives & Shmeleva, 2010) Corycaeus elongatus Claus, 1866 (listed as synonym by Vives & Shmeleva, 2010) Corycaeus venustus Dana, 1849 (listed as synonym by Vives & Shmeleva, 2010)

Distribution

Distribution: Southeastern zone: San Cristóbal, Española, Floreana

References

  • Diego F. Figueroa (2021) Environmental forcing on zooplankton distribution in the coastal waters of the Galápagos Islands: spatial and seasonal patterns in the copepod community structure Vol. 661: 49–69, 2021 https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13617 https://www.int-res.com/articles/meps_oa/m661p049.pdf
  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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