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Cyclopidae

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Family of crustaceans

Cyclopidae
Cyclops bicuspidatus
male (below) and egg-bearing female.
Scale bar is 1 millimetre.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Order: Cyclopoida
Suborder: Cyclopida
Family: Cyclopidae
Rafinesque, 1815 
Synonyms
  • Cyclopinae
  • Eucyclopinae

Cyclopidae is a family of copepods containing more than half of the 1,200 species in the order Cyclopoida in over 70 genera.

Genera

These genera are accepted as valid:

References

  1. ^ T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall (2011). Walter TC, Boxshall G (eds.). "Cyclopidae". World of Copepods Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved September 2, 2011.
  2. F. Stoch (2009). "Checklist of the Italian Copepods: Cyclopoida". Retrieved April 7, 2009.
Taxon identifiers
Cyclopidae


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