Centropages elongatus
Giesbrecht (1896)
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Taxonomy
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Crustacea |
| Class | Maxillopoda |
| Subclass | Copepoda |
| Order | Calanoida |
| Family | Centropagidae |
| Genus | Centropages |
| Species | elongatus |
Size
- Female: 1.50 – 1.90 mm
- Male: 1.74 – 2.00 mm
Distinguishing characteristics
- P5 form
Male
- Last prosome somite quite rounded
- Right P5 exopodal segment 3 terminated by 2 thick spine like extensions
- Distinctive shape to end exopodal segment of left P5
Female
- A1 passes the caudal rami by the last 2 segments
- Last prosome somite quite rounded
- Spine like extension on exopodal segment 2 of P5 reaches or just exceeds the distal end of exopodal segment 3
- Notch in proximal internal part of exopodal segment 1 of P5
- No spines on urosome
- Genital somite almost symmetrical
- Caudal rami as long as 2 preceding somites
Distribution
- Epipelagic, coastal
- Indian and Pacific, not Atlantic
- Tropical, subtropical
Ecology
- Little is known about the ecology of this species
References
- Conway DVP, White, R.G., Hugues-Dit-Ciles, J., Gallienne, C.P. and Robins, D.B. (2003). Guide to the coastal and surface zooplankton of the south-western Indian Ocean, Vol Occasional Publications No. 15. Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.
- Grice G.D., (1961) 1962. Calanoid copepods from equatorial waters of the Pacific Ocean. Fishery Bull. Fish Wildl. Serv. U.S., 61 (186): 167-246.
- Razouls C., de Bovée F., Kouwenberg J. et Desreumaux N., 2005-2009. Diversity and Geographic Distribution of Marine Planktonic Copepods. Available at http://copepodes.obs-banyuls.fr/en