Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Candacia armata
Copepodo, Copepod
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Copepoda
Order
Calanoida
Family
Candaciidae
Genus
Candacia
Species
armata
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Candacia pectinata Brady, 1878 (Horton et al., 2021)
Origin: Native
- 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, Candacia armata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19790. Accessed 4 November 2026.