Species Card of Copepod
Calanoida ( Order )
    Diaptomoidea ( Superfamily )
        Centropagidae ( Family )
            Centropages ( Genus )
Centropages elongatus  Giesbrecht, 1896   (F,M)
Syn.: Centropages pacificus Chiba, 1956 (p.47: M; from Bikini area) after Grice (1962, p.220); De Decker, 1964 (p.15, 20, 27)
Ref.:
Giesbrecht, 1896 (1897) (p.322, figs.F,M); Giesbrecht & Schmeil, 1898 (p.58); A. Scott, 1902 (p.404, figs.M); Thompson & Scott, 1903 (p.234, 246); Wolfenden, 1905 (1906) (p.1014, figs.F,M); A. Scott, 1909 (p.113, Rem.F); Mori, 1937 (1964) (p.61, figs.F); Pesta, 1943 (p.20, figs.F,M); Grice, 1962 (p.220, figs.F,M, Rem.); Kasturirangan, 1963 (p.33, 35, figs.F,M); Vervoort, 1964 b (p.309); Park, 1968 (p.557); He & al., 1992 (p.250); Chihara & Murano, 1997 (p.766, Pl. 84, 86: F,M); Bradford-Grieve & al., 1999 (p.884, 950, figs.F,M); Conway & al., 2003 (p.116, figs.F,M, Rem.); Phukham, 2008 (p.68, figs.F,M);
Species Centropages elongatus - Plate 1 of morphological figuresissued from : Grice G.D. in Fishery Bull. Fish Wildl Serv. U.S., 1962, 61 (186). [Plate 23, Figs.4-12, p.219].
Female: 4, habitus (dorsal view); 5, Th5 and urosome (lateral view); 6, P5.
Male: 7, habitus (dorsal view); 8, Th5 and urosome (dorsal view); 9, right A1 (segments 17-21); 10, P5; 11, terminal part of exopod of left P5; 12, idem (other side).


Species Centropages elongatus - Plate 2 of morphological figuresissued from : Mori T. in The pelagic Copepoda fromn the neughbouring waters of Japan. S. Shirai ed, Tokyo, 1937; 2nd edit. 1964. [Pl.30, figs.1-3].
Female: 1, habitus (dorsal view); 2, idem (lateral view, left side); 3, P5.


Species Centropages elongatus - Plate 3 of morphological figuresissued from : Mori T. in The pelagic Copepoda from the neifhbouring waters of Japan. S. Shirai ed., Tokyo, 1937; 2nd edit, 1964. [Pl.29, Fig.14].
Female: 14, A2.


Species Centropages elongatus - Plate 4 of morphological figuresissued from : G.D. Grice in Fish. Bull. Fish and Wildl. Ser., 1962, 61. [p.219, Pl.23, Figs.4-6].
Female (from equatorial Pacific): 4, habitus (dorsal); 5, posterior part of thorax and urosome (lateral, left side); 6, P5.
Nota: Genital segment slightly asymmetrical.
Abdominal segments with spines lacking .
The spine-like extensions of the 2nd exopodal segments of P5 exceed the distal end of the 3rd exopodal segments.


Species Centropages elongatus - Plate 5 of morphological figuresissued from : G.D. Grice in Fish. Bull. Fish and Wildl. Ser., 1962, 61. [p.219, Pl.23, Figs.7-12].
Male: 7, habitus (dorsal); 8, posterior part of thorax and urosome (dorsal); 9, segments 17 to 21 of right A1; 10, P5; 11, terminal part of exopod of left P5; 12, same (other side).
Nota: The male is recognized by the structure of P5, particularly the long external spine near the distal end of the thumb and the form of the left exopod.


Species Centropages elongatus - Plate 6 of morphological figuresissued from : N. Phukham in Species diversity of calanoid copepods in Thai waters, Andaman Sea (Master of Science, Univ. Bangkok). 2008. [p.150, Fig.24].
Female (from W Malay Peninsula): a, habitus (dorsal); b, urosome (lateral, left side); c, P5.

Male: d, habitus (dorsal); e, forehead (lateral); f, P5.

Body length after the drawings: F = 1.694 mm; M = 1.640 mm.


Species Centropages elongatus - Plate 7 of morphological figuresIssued from : M. Chihara & M. Murano in An Illustrated Guide to Marine Plankton in Japan, 1997. [p.771, Pl. 84, fig.113 a-b]. After Lian & Qian, 1984.
Female: a, habitus (dorsal); b, P5.

Nota: numbers show remarkable characteristics of this species.


Species Centropages elongatus - Plate 8 of morphological figuresIssued from : M. Chihara & M. Murano in An Illustrated Guide to Marine Plankton in Japan, 1997. [p.773, Pl. 86, fig.113 a]. After Lian & Qian, 1984
Male: a, habitus (dorsal).

Compl. Ref.:
Sewell, 1914 a (p.222); 1932 (p.229); Wilson, 1942 a (p.177); Sewell, 1948 (p.323); Chiba & al., 1957 (p.308); 1957 a (p.11); Yamazi, 1958 (p.149, Rem.); Fagetti, 1962 (p.29); Ahlstrom & Thrailkill, 1963 (p.57, Table 5, abundance); De Decker, 1964 (p.15, 20, 27); De Decker & Mombeck, 1964 (p.11); Fleminger, 1967 a (tabl.1); Timonin, 1971 (p.281, trophic group); Carter, 1977 (1978) (p.36); Dessier, 1983 (p.89, Tableau 1, Rem., %); De Decker, 1984 (p.316, 340: carte); Guangshan & Honglin, 1984 (p.118, tab.); Almeida Prado Por, 1985 (p.250); Madhupratap & Haridas, 1986 (p.105, tab.1); Ambler & Miller, 1987 (tab.2, 3, 4); Dessier, 1988 (tabl.1); Williams D. & al., 1988 (p.580); Madhupratap & Haridas, 1990 (p.305, fig.4: vertical distribution night/day; fig.7: cluster); Echelman & Fishelson, 1990 a (tab.2); Shih & Young, 1995 (p.69); Park & Choi, 1997 (Appendix); Padmavati & al., 1998 (p.349); Suarez-Morales & Gasca, 1998 a (p109); Lavaniegos & Gonzalez-Navarro, 1999 (p.239, Appx.1); Hsiao & al., 2004 (p.325, tab.1); Lan & al., 2004 (p.332, tab.1); Gallienne & al., 2004 (p.5, tab.3); Obuid Allah & al., 2005 (p.123, occurrence % vs metal contamination); Lavaniegos & Jiménez-Pérez, 2006 (p.138, tab.2, Rem.); Dur & al., 2007 (p.197, Table IV); Jitlang & al., 2008 (p.65, Table 1); Lan Y.C. & al., 2008 (p.61, Table 1, % vs stations); Ayon & al., 2008 (p.238, Table 4: Peruvian samples); McKinnon & al., 2008 (p.843: Tab.1); Cornils & al., 2010 (p.2076, Table 3); Hsiao S.H. & al., 2011 (p.475, Appendix I); in CalCOFI regional list (MDO, Nov. 2013; M. Ohman, comm. pers.); Jagadeesan & al., 2013 (p.27, Table 3, seasonal abundance); Zakaria & al., 2016 (p.1, Table 1, Rem.); Palomares-Garcia & al., 2018 (p.178, Table 1: occurrence)
NZ: 11

Distribution map of Centropages elongatus by geographical zones
Species Centropages elongatus - Distribution map 3Issued from : M. Madhupratap & P. Haridas in J. Plankton Res., 12 (2). [p.311, Fig.4].
Vertical distribution of calanoid copepod (mean +1 SE), abundance No/100 m3. 30- Centropages elongatus.
Night: shaded, day: unshaded.
Samples collected from 6 stations located off Cochin (India), SE Arabian Sea, November 1983, with a Multiple Closing Plankton Net (mesh aperture 300 µm), in vertical hauls at 4 depth intervalls (0-200, 200-400, 400-600, 600-1000 m).
Loc:
South Africa (E & W), Medit. (Algiers, W Egyptian coast), Red Sea, Safâga, G. of Aqaba, Arabian Sea, Maldive & Laccadive Is., Sri Lanka, Natal, Mascarene Basin, Indian, G. of Mannar, Palk Bay, Bay of Bengal, W Malay Peninsula (Andaman Sea), Australia (North West Cape), Indonesia-Malaysia, SW Celebes, China Seas (East China Sea, South China Sea), Taiwan (SW, E, NW), Japan Sea, Japan, Hachijo Is., Bikini Is., Pacif. (E equatorial & central), Caroline - Marshall Is., off Hawaii, California, Baja California, G. of California, La Paz (Mexico), Pacif. (W equatorial), Australia (Great Barrier), New Caledonia, Peru, off Chile
N: 61 (Medit.: 2; Red Sea: 6; Indian: 23; Indo-Malaysia: 2; Pacif.: 28)
Lg.:
(72) F: 1,91-1,74; M: 1,81-1,65; (78) F: 1,54; M: 1,8; (91) F: 1,9-1,5; (101) F: 1,87; 1,66; M: 1,76; 1,74; (334) F: 1,54; M: 1,5; ? (786) M: 1,75-1,63; (991) F: 1,5-1,9; M: 1,74-2; {F: 1,50-1,91; M: 1,50-2,00}
Rem.: epipelagic.
Timonin (1971, p.282) considers the trophic interrelations in the equatorial and tropical Indian Ocean, and divides the plankters into 6 trophic groups from the litterature and the results of studies of mouth-parts structure and intestine content. This species is omnivorous.
This species has been observed in the water stock of a ship in the Red Sea.

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