Candacia worthingtoni

Candacia worthingtoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Hexanauplia
Subclass:	Copepoda
Order:	Calanoida
Family:	Candaciidae
Genus:	Candacia
Species:	C. worthingtoni
Binomial name
	Candacia worthingtoni; (Grice, 1981)

Candacia Worthingtoni is a species of copepod from the genus Candacia first described by George Grice in 1981 under the synonym Paracandacia Worthingtoni.[1] The copepod gets its namesake from the then soon retiring Scientist Emeritus Valentine Worthington, as a tribute to his contributions to the field of physical oceanography.[2]

References

"WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Candacia worthingtoni (Grice, 1981)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
Grice, George (1981). "Paracandacia worthingtoni, a new species of calanoid copepoda from the Pacific Ocean". Bulletin of Plankton Society of Japan. 28 (2): 165–168 – via AGRIS.

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[1] "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Candacia worthingtoni (Grice, 1981)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-08-13.

[2] Grice, George (1981). "Paracandacia worthingtoni, a new species of calanoid copepoda from the Pacific Ocean". Bulletin of Plankton Society of Japan. 28 (2): 165–168 – via AGRIS.