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Checklist for Suborder Cyclopida Khodami, Mercado-Salas, Tang & Martinez Arbizu, 2019
and region Kenya (East Africa)


Class
 
Maxillopoda
Dahl, 1956
Maxillopods
35
70
101
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Copepoda
H. Milne-Edwards, 1840
Copepod, Copepods
20
47
68
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neocopepoda
Huys & Boxshall, 1991
20
47
68
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Podoplea
Giesbrecht, 1882
17
41
59
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Cyclopoida
Rafinesque, 1815
Cyclopoid copepods
6
19
29
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Cyclopida
Khodami, Mercado-Salas, Tang & Martinez Arbizu, 2019
2
14
22
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Kenya
2 Families width 22 Species and 1 Subspecies
Cyclopidae Rafinesque, 1815Copepods17SpeciesTaxom
Lernaeidae Cobbold, 18795SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Kenya
14 Genera with 22 Species
Cryptocyclops G. O. Sars, 19332SpeciesTaxom
Ectocyclops Brady, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Eucyclops Claus, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Lamproglena Nordmann, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Lamproglenoides Fryer, 19642SpeciesTaxom
Mesocyclops G. O. Sars, 19574SpeciesTaxom
Metacyclops Kiefer, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Microcyclops Claus, 19332SpeciesTaxom
Ochridacyclops Kiefer, 20051SpeciesTaxom
Opistholernaea Yin, 19501SpeciesTaxom
Opistolernaea1SpeciesTaxom
Paracyclops Claus, 19982SpeciesTaxom
Platycyclops Sars G.O., 19041SpeciesTaxom
Thermocyclops Kiefer, 19091SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kenya
22 Species and 1 Subspecies
Cryptocyclops bicolor G. O. Sars, 1863
Cryptocyclops jenkinae (Lowndes, 1933)⇒ Microcyclops jenkinae Lowndes, 1933
Ectocyclops rubescens Brady, 1904
Eucyclops dubius Sars G.O., 1909
Eucyclops echinatus Kiefer, 1926
Lamproglena clariae Fryer, 1956
Lamproglenoides vermiformis Fryer, 1964
Lamproglenoides vermifornis Fryer, 1964
Mesocyclops aequatorialis similis van de Velde, 1984
Mesocyclops neglectus Sars G.O., 1909
Mesocyclops obsoletus Koch, 1838
Mesocyclops ogunnus Onabamiro, 1957White-flowering currant
Metacyclops chelazzii Dumont, 1981
Microcyclops bicolor Sars G.O., 1863
Microcyclops jenkinae Lowndes, 1933
Ochridacyclops kenyaensis Tomikawa, It..., 2005
Opistholernaea longa Harding, 1950
Opistolernaea longa
Paracyclops fimbriatus Fischer, 1853
Paracyclops longispina Karaytug, De..., 1998
Platycyclops rubescens (Brady, 1904)⇒ Ectocyclops rubescens Brady, 1904
Thermocyclops neglectus Sars G.O., 1909

Subnodes of Cyclopida with occurrences in Kenya
FamilyCyclopidae
Rafinesque, 1815
copepods
10
17
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyLernaeidae
Cobbold, 1879
4
5
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Cyclopida at marinespecies.org