Cyclopidae

Cyclopidae
Cyclopidae
Cyclops bicuspidatus
male (below) and egg-bearing female.
Scale bar is 1 millimetre.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Maxillopoda
Subclass: Copepoda
Order: Cyclopoida
Family: Cyclopidae
Rafinesque, 1815 [1]
Synonyms

Cyclopinae
Eucyclopinae

Cyclopidae is a family of copepods. It contains more than half of the 1,200 species in the order Cyclopoida[2] in over 70 genera.

Genera

The following genera are accepted as valid:[1]

  • Abdiacyclops Karanovic, 2005
  • Acanthocyclops Kiefer, 1927
  • Afrocyclops G. O. Sars, 1927
  • Allocyclops Kiefer, 1932
  • Ancheuryte Herbst, 1989
  • Anzcyclops Karanovic, Eberhard & Murdoch, 2011
  • Apocyclops Lindberg, 1942
  • Australocyclops Morton, 1985
  • Australoeucyclops Karanovic
  • Austriocyclops Kiefer, 1964
  • Bacillocyclops Lindberg, 1956
  • Bryocyclops Kiefer, 1927
  • Caspicyclops Monchenko, 1986
  • Cochlacocyclops Kiefer, 1955
  • Colpocyclops Monchenko, 1977
  • Cyclops Müller, 1785
  • Diacyclops Kiefer, 1927
  • Dussartcyclops Karanovic, Eberhard & Murdoch, 2011
  • Ectocyclops Brady, 1904
  • Eucyclops Claus, 1893
  • Euryte Philippi, 1843
  • Faurea Labbé, 1927
  • Fierscyclops Karanovic, 2004
  • Fimbricyclops Reid, 1993
  • Goniocyclops Kiefer, 1955
  • Graeteriella Brehm, 1926
  • Halicyclops Norman, 1903
  • Haplocyclops Kiefer, 1952
  • Hesperocyclops Herbst, 1984
  • Heterocyclops Claus, 1893
  • Idiocyclops Herbst, 1987
  • Itocyclops Reid & Ishida, 2000
  • Kieferiella Lescher-Moutoue, 1976
  • Macrocyclops Claus, 1893
  • Megacyclops Kiefer, 1927
  • Menzeliella Lindberg, 1954
  • Meridiecyclops Fiers, 2001
  • Mesocyclops G. O. Sars, 1914
  • Metacyclops Kiefer, 1927
  • Microcyclops Claus, 1893
  • Mixocyclops Kiefer, 1944
  • Muscocyclops Kiefer, 1937
  • Neocyclops Gurney, 1927
  • Neutrocyclops Kiefer, 1936
  • Ochridacyclops Kiefer, 1937
  • Orbuscyclops Karanovic, 2006
  • Orthocyclops Forbes, 1897
  • Palaeocyclops Monchenko, 1972
  • Paracyclops Claus, 1893
  • Paragraeteriella Rylov, 1948
  • Pareuryte Herbst, 1952
  • Pescecyclops Karanovic, Eberhard & Murdoch, 2011
  • Pilbaracyclops Karanovic, Eberhard & Murdoch, 2011
  • Ponticyclops Reid, 1987
  • Prehendocyclops C. E. F. Rocha, Iliffe, Reid & Suarez-Morales, 2000
  • Protocyclops Lindberg, 1952
  • Psammocyclops Kiefer, 1955
  • Psammophilocyclops Fryer, 1956
  • Reidcyclops Karanovich, 2000
  • Rheocyclops Reid, Strayer, McArthur, Stibbe & J. Lewis, 1999
  • Rybocyclops Reddy & DeFaye, 2008
  • Smirnoviella Monchenko, 1977
  • Speocyclops Kiefer, 1937
  • Stolonicyclops Reid, 1998
  • Teratocyclops Plesa, 1981
  • Thaumasiocyclops Kiefer, 1933
  • Thermocyclops Kiefer, 1927
  • Troglocyclops C. E. F. Rocha & Iliffe, 1994
  • Tropocyclops Kiefer, 1927
  • Yansacyclops Reid, 1988
  • Zealandcyclops Karanovic, 2005

References

  1. ^ a b T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall (2011). "Cyclopidae". In T. C. Walter & G. Boxshall. World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106413. Retrieved September 2, 2011. 
  2. ^ F. Stoch (January 3, 2009). Cyclopoida "Checklist of the Italian Copepods". http://www.luciopesce.net/gw/list1.html Cyclopoida. Retrieved April 7, 2009. 


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