CENTROPAGIDAE Giesbrecht, 1893

The Centropagidae is a comparatively larger family to other families of order calanoida. It consists of 110 species in 13 genera (Bayly, 1992a, Boxshall and Halsey, 2004).

BOECKELLA Guerne & Richard, 1889 (syn. Boeckellina Mrázek, 1901; Boeckellopsis Mrázek, 1901; Metaboeckella Ekman, 1905; Paraboeckella Mrázek, 1901; Pseudoboeckella Mrázek, 1901

  • Boeckella ambigua Percival, 1937
  • Boeckella anderssonorum (Ekman, 1905) (syn. Boeckella michaelseni (Mrázek, 1901)
  • Boeckella antiqua Menu-Marque & Balseiro, 2000
  • Boeckella asymmetrica Searle, 1914
  • Boeckella bergi Richard, 1897
  • Boeckella bilobata Brehm, 1958 (syn. Boeckella gracilis (Daday, 1902)
  • Boeckella birabeni Brehm, 1954 (syn. Boeckella poopoensis Marsh, 1906
  • Boeckella bispinosa Bayly, 1967
  • Boeckella brasiliensis (Lubbock, 1855) (syn. Pseudoboeckella brasiliensis (Lubbock, 1854)
  • Boeckella brevicaudata (Brady, 1875)
  • Boeckella calcaris (Harding, 1955)
  • Boeckella camjatae Harding, 1955 (syn. Boeckella gracilis (Daday, 1902)
  • Boeckella coronaria Henry, 1922
  • Boeckella delicata Percival, 1937
  • Boeckella denticornis Brehm, 1950
  • Boeckella dentifera Brehm, 1935( syn. Boeckella meteoris Kiefer, 1928)
  • Boeckella diamantina Menu-Marque & Zúñiga, 1994
  • Boeckella dilatata Sars G.O., 1904
  • Boeckella dubia Daday, 1901 (syn. Boeckella poppei (Mrázek, 1901)
  • Boeckella entzii Daday, 1901 (syn. Boeckella poppei (Mrázek, 1901)
  • Boeckella erubescens (Brehm, 1935)
  • Boeckella fluvialis Henry, 1922
  • Boeckella geniculata Bayly, 1964
  • Boeckella gibbosa (Brehm, 1935)
  • Boeckella godeti (Delachaux, 1928) (syn. Boeckella occidentalis Marsh, 1906
  • Boeckella gracilipes Daday, 1901
  • Boeckella gracilis (Daday, 1902)
  • Boeckella hamata Brehm, 1928
  • Boeckella insignis Smith G.W., 1909 (syn. Boeckella symmetrica Sars G.O., 1908
  • Boeckella klutei (Brehm, 1926)
  • Boeckella kinzeli Löffler, 1955 (syn. Neoboeckella kinzeli (Löffler, 1955)
  • Boeckella lacuna Fairbridge, 1945
  • Boeckella longicauda Daday, 1901
  • Boeckella longisetosa Smith G.W., 1909
  • Boeckella major Searle, 1938
  • Boeckella meteoris Kiefer, 1928
  • Boeckella michaelseni (Mrázek, 1901)
  • Boeckella minuta Sars G.O., 1896
  • Boeckella montana Bayly, 1964
  • Boeckella nyoraensis Searle, 1912
  • Boeckella oblonga Sars G.O., 1908 (syn. Boeckella triarticulata (Thomson G.M., 1883)
  • Boeckella occidentalis Marsh, 1906
  • Boeckella opaqua Fairbridge, 1945
  • Boeckella orientalis Sars G.O., 1903 (syn. Boeckella triarticulata (Thomson G.M., 1883)
  • Boeckella palustris (Harding, 1955)
  • Boeckella pellucida Fairbridge, 1945 (syn. Boeckella triarticulata (Thomson G.M., 1883)
  • Boeckella peruviensis (Löffler, 1955) accepted as Boeckella palustris (Harding, 1955)
  • Boeckella pilkililli Quinlan & Bayly, 2017
  • Boeckella poopoensis Marsh, 1906
  • Boeckella poppei (Mrázek, 1901)
  • Boeckella propinqua Sars G.O., 1904
  • Boeckella pseudochelae Searle, 1912
  • Boeckella rahmi Brehm, 1935 (syn. Boeckella poopoensis Marsh, 1906
  • Boeckella remotissima (Brehm, 1953) (syn. Boeckella brevicaudata (Brady, 1875)
  • Boeckella robusta Sars G.O., 1896
  • Boeckella pygmaea Daday, 1901 (syn. Boeckella michaelseni (Mrázek, 1901)
  • Boeckella rubra Smith G.W., 1909
  • Boeckella saycei Sars G.O., 1908
  • Boeckella shieli Bayly, 1985
  • Boeckella silvestri (Daday, 1901)
  • Boeckella schwabei Brehm, 1937 (syn. Boeckella gracilis (Daday, 1902)
  • Boeckella searli (Sars G.O., 1912) (syn. Hemiboeckella searli Sars G.O., 1912
  • Boeckella setosa Daday, 1901 (syn. Boeckella brasiliensis (Lubbock, 1855)
  • Boeckella spinogibba Defaye, 1998 (?)
  • Boeckella symmetrica Sars G.O., 1908
  • Boeckella tanea Chapman, 1973
  • Boeckella tenera Sars G.O., 1912 (syn. Boeckella symmetrica Sars G.O., 1908
  • Boeckella thomseni Brehm, 1937
  • Boeckella timmsi Bayly, 1998
  • Boeckella titicacae Harding, 1955
  • Boeckella triarticulata (Thomson G.M., 1883)
  • Boeckella vallentini (Scott T., 1914)
  • Boeckella vexillifera Ekman, 1905 (syn. Boeckella brevicaudata (Brady, 1875)
  • Boeckella volucris (Kiefer, 1944) (syn. Boeckella vallentini (Scott T., 1914)

    CALAMOECIA Brady, 1906 (syn. Brunella Smith G.W., 1909

  • Calamoecia ampulla (Searle, 1911)
  • Calamoecia attenuata (Fairbridge, 1945)
  • Calamoecia australica Sars G.O., 1908
  • Calamoecia australis (Searle, 1911)
  • Calamoecia baylyi Timms, 2001
  • Calamoecia canberra Bayly, 1962
  • Calamoecia clitellata Bayly, 1962
  • Calamoecia elongata Bayly, 1979
  • Calamoecia expansa (Sars G.O., 1912) (syn. Calamoecia australis (Searle, 1911)
  • Calamoecia gibbosa (Brehm, 1950)
  • Calamoecia halsei Bayly, 1998
  • Calamoecia longicornis (Searle, 1912)
  • Calamoecia lucasi Brady, 1906
  • Calamoecia salina (Nicholls, 1944)
  • Calamoecia steeli (Henry, 1924) (syn. Calamoecia lucasi Brady, 1906)
  • Calamoecia subattenuata (Fairbridge, 1945)(syn. Calamoecia tasmanica subattenuata (Fairbridge, 1945)
  • Calamoecia tasmanica (Smith G.W., 1909)
  • Calamoecia trifida Bayly, 1961
  • Calamoecia trilobata Halse & McRae, 2001
  • Calamoecia ultima (Brehm, 1960)
  • Calamoecia zeidleri Bayly, 1984
  • Calamoecia viridis (Searle, 1911) (syn. Calamoecia australis (Searle, 1911)

    CENTROPAGES Krĝyer, 1849 (syn. Catopia Dana, 1849: Ichthyophorba Lilljeborg, 1853; Manaia Oliveira, 1846

  • Centropages abdominalis Sato, 1913
  • Centropages acutus McKinnon & Dixon, 1994
  • Centropages aegypticus El-Sherbiny & Ueda, 2008
  • Centropages alcocki Sewell, 1912
  • Centropages arabicus Cleve, 1904 (syn. Centropages tenuiremis Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1903
  • Centropages aucklandicus Kramer, 1895
  • Centropages australiensis Fairbridge, 1944
  • Centropages brachiatus (Dana, 1849)
  • Centropages bradyi Wheeler, 1900
  • Centropages brevicaudatus Brady, 1875 (syn. Boeckella brevicaudata (Brady, 1875)
  • Centropages brevifurcus Shen & Lee, 1963
  • Centropages calaninus (Dana, 1849)
  • Centropages caribbeanensis Park, 1970
  • Centropages chierchiae Giesbrecht, 1889
  • Centropages chilensis Krĝyer, 1849 (syn.Centropages brachiatus (Dana, 1849)
  • Centropages discaudatus Brady, 1899 (syn. Centropages aucklandicus Kramer, 1895
  • Centropages dorsispinatus Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1903
  • Centropages elegans Giesbrecht, 1895
  • Centropages elongatus Giesbrecht, 1896
  • Centropages furcatus (Dana, 1849)
  • Centropages gracilis (Dana, 1849)
  • Centropages grimaldii Guerne, 1886 (syn. Limnocalanus grimaldii (Guerne, 1886)
  • Centropages halinus McKinnon & Kimmerer, 1988
  • Centropages notoceras Cleve, 1904 accepted as Centropages dorsispinatus Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1903
  • Centropages hamatus (Lilljeborg, 1853))
  • Centropages karachiensis Haq & Rehman, 1973
  • Centropages kroyeri Giesbrecht, 1893
  • Centropages lenuculari Oliveira, 1946 (syn. Centropages furcatus (Dana, 1849)
  • Centropages longicornis Mori, 1932
  • Centropages maigo Ohtsuka, Itoh & Mizushima, 2005
  • Centropages mohamedi El-Sherbiny & Al-Aidaroos, 2015
  • Centropages mcmurrichi Willey, 1920 (syn. Centropages abdominalis Sato, 1913
  • Centropages natalensis Connell, 1981
  • Centropages notoceras Cleve, 1904 (syn. Centropages dorsispinatus Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1903)
  • Centropages orsinii Giesbrecht, 1889
  • Centropages pacificus Chiba, 1956 (syn. Centropages elongatus Giesbrecht, 1896)
  • Centropages pectinatus Brady, 1899 (syn. Gladioferens pectinatus (Brady, 1899)
  • Centropages ponticus Karavaev, 1895
  • Centropages sinensis Chen & Zhang, 1965
  • Centropages spinosus (Krichagin, 1873)
  • Centropages tenuiremis Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1903
  • Centropages trispinosus Sewell, 1914
  • Centropages typicus Krĝyer, 1849)
  • Centropages uedai El-Sherbiny, 2011
  • Centropages velificatus (Oliveira, 1947)
  • Centropages violaceus (Claus, 1863)
  • Centropages yamadai Mori, 1934 (syn. Centropages tenuiremis Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1903)

    DUSSARTOPAGES Huys, 2009 (syn. Dussartius Özdikmen, 2008; Dussartius Kiefer, 1978; Parathalassius Dussart, 1986)

  • Dussartopages fagesi (Dussart, 1986)

    GIPPSLANDA Bayly & Arnott, 1969

  • Gippslandia estuarina Bayly & Arnott, 1969

    GLADIOFERENS Henry, 1919

  • Gladioferens antarcticus Bayly, 1994
  • Gladioferens brevicornis Henry, 1919 (= Gladioferens pectinatus (Brady, 1899)
  • Gladioferens gracilis Kiefer, 1931 (= Gladioferens spinosus Henry, 1919
  • Gladioferens henryae Brehm, 1950 (= Gladioferens spinosus Henry, 1919
  • Gladioferens imparipes Thomson J.M., 1946
  • Gladioferens inermis Nicholls, 1944
  • Gladioferens pectinatus (Brady, 1899)
  • Gladioferens spinosus Henry, 1919
  • Gladioferens subsalaria Percival, 1937 (= Gladioferens pectinatus (Brady, 1899)
  • Gladioferens symmetricus Bayly, 1963

    GUERNELLA Giesbrecht in Giesbrecht & Schmeil, 1898 (syn, Deguernea Thomson, 1902; Guernea Thomson, 1895)

  • Guernella antarctica (Thomson G.M., 1895)

    HEMIBOECKELLA Sars G.O., 1912

  • Hemiboeckella andersonae Bayly, 1974
  • Hemiboeckella powellensis Bayly, 1979
  • Hemiboeckella searli Sars G.O., 1912

    ISIAS Boeck, 1865

  • Isias bonnieri Canu, 1888 (syn. Isias clavipes Boeck, 1865)
  • Isias clavipes Boeck, 1865)
  • Isias cochinensis Pillai, 1975
  • Isias tropica Sewell, 1924
  • Isias uncipes Bayly, 1964

    KARUKINKA Menu-Marque, 2003

  • Karukinka fueguina Menu-Marque, 2003 (syn. Boeckella poppei (Mrázek, 1901) (synonym)

    LIMNOCALANUS Sars G.O., 1863b (syn. Gigantella Ekman, 1905)

  • Limnocalanus johanseni Marsh, 1920
  • Limnocalanus macrurus G.O.Sars (?)
  • Limnocalanus sarsi Daday, 1901
  • Limnocalanus sinensis Poppe, 1889 (syn.Sinocalanus sinensis (Poppe, 1889)
  • Limnocalanus solstitialis (Brehm, 1923) (syn. Sinocalanus solstitialis Brehm, 1923

    NEOBOECKELLA Bayly, 1992

  • Neoboeckella kinzeli (Löffler, 1955)
  • Neoboeckella loffleri Bayly, 1992

    OSPHRANTICUM Forbes, 1882 (syn. Potomoichetor Herrick, 1882)

  • Osphranticum fucosum (Herrick, 1882)
  • Osphranticum labronectum Forbes S.A., 1882
  • Osphranticum labronectum mexicanum Aguirre & Morales , 1999 [Mexico]

    PARABROTEAS Mrázek, 1901

  • Parabroteas michaelseni Mrázek, 1901 (= Parabroteas sarsi (Daday, 1901)

    SINOCALANUS Burckhardt, 1913

  • Sinocalanus doerrii (Brehm, 1909)
  • Sinocalanus laevidactylus Shen & Tai, 1964
  • Limnocalanus grimaldii grimaldii (Guerne, 1886)
  • Sinocalanus tenellus (Kikuchi K., 1928) (= Sinocalanus tenellus tenellus (Kikuchi K., 1928)
  • Sinocalanus megalolimnetis Burckhardt, 1913
  • Sinocalanus mystrophorus Burckhardt, 1913
  • Sinocalanus schachti Burckhardt, 1913
  • Sinocalanus sinensis (Poppe, 1889)
  • Sinocalanus solstitialis Brehm, 1923


    Boeckellina Mrázek, 1901 (syn. Boeckella Guerne & Richard, 1889); Boeckellopsis Mrázek, 1901 (syn. Boeckella Guerne & Richard, 1889; Brunella Smith G.W., 1909 (syn.Calamoecia Brady, 1906: Catopia Dana, 1849 (syn. Centropages Krĝyer, 1849; Deguernea Thomson, 1902 (syn. Guernella Giesbrecht in Giesbrecht & Schmeil, 1898; Dusartius Özdikmen, 2008 nom. nov. for Parathalassius Dussart, 1986; Gigantella Ekman, 1905 (syn. Limnocalanus Sars G.O., 1863; Guernea Thomson, 1895 (syn.Guernella Giesbrecht in Giesbrecht & Schmeil, 1898); Ichthyophorba Lilljeborg, 1853 (syn,Centropages Krĝyer, 1849); Manaia Oliveira, 1846 (syn. Centropages Krĝyer, 1849); Parathalassius Dussart, 1986 syn. Dussartopages Huys, 2009; Potomoichetor Herrick, 1882 syn. Osphranticum Forbes, 1882.


    Key to the genera of family Centropagidae



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