Galapagos Species Database
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Corycaeus crassiusculus
Copépodo, Copepod
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)
- 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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"Galapagos Species Database, Corycaeus crassiusculus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18952. Accessed 4 November 2026.