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Checklist for Family Cyclopidae Rafinesque, 1815 (copepods)
and region Congo (Central Africa)


Class
 
Maxillopoda
Dahl, 1956
Maxillopods
30
55
142
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Copepoda
H. Milne-Edwards, 1840
Copepod, Copepods
18
39
112
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neocopepoda
Huys & Boxshall, 1991
18
39
112
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Podoplea
Giesbrecht, 1882
16
36
108
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Cyclopoida
Rafinesque, 1815
Cyclopoid copepods
8
27
90
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Cyclopida
Khodami, Mercado-Salas, Tang & Martinez Arbizu, 2019
2
17
74
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCyclopidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Copepods
14
68
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Congo
14 Genera with 68 Species
Afrocyclops G.O. Sars, 19042SpeciesTaxom
Allocyclops Kiefer, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Cryptocyclops G. O. Sars, 19282SpeciesTaxom
Cyclops O. F. Müller, 190915SpeciesTaxom
Ectocyclops Brady, 19046SpeciesTaxom
Eucyclops Claus, 190913SpeciesTaxom
Macrocyclops Claus, 18201SpeciesTaxom
Megacyclops Kiefer, 18201SpeciesTaxom
Mesocyclops G. O. Sars, 19094SpeciesTaxom
Microcyclops Claus, 18639SpeciesTaxom
Paracyclops Claus, 19093SpeciesTaxom
Platycyclops Sars G.O., 19091SpeciesTaxom
Thermocyclops Kiefer, 19288SpeciesTaxom
Tropocyclops Kiefer, 19084SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Congo
68 Species and 3 Subspecies
Afrocyclops doryphorus Kiefer, 1935
Afrocyclops gibsoni Brady, 1904
Allocyclops cavicola Chappuis, 1951
Cryptocyclops bicolor linjanticus Kiefer, 1928
Cryptocyclops tanganicae (Gurney, 1928)⇒ Microcyclops tanganicae Gurney, 1928
Cyclops agiloides Sars G.O., 1909
Cyclops angustus Sars G.O., 1909
Cyclops attenuatus Sars G.O., 1909
Cyclops benellus
Cyclops ciliatus Sars G.O., 1909
Cyclops compactus Sars G.O., 1909
Cyclops cunningtoni Sars G.O., 1909
Cyclops euacanthus Sars G.O., 1909
Cyclops exiguus Sars G.O., 1909
Cyclops laevimargo Sars G.O., 1909
Cyclops neglectus Sars G.O., 1909
Cyclops oligarthrus Sars G.O., 1909
Cyclops pachycomus Sars G.O., 1909
Cyclops rarispinus Sars G.O., 1909
Cyclops semiserratus Sars G.O., 1909
Ectocyclops affinis Sars G.O., 1863
Ectocyclops compactus Sars G.O., 1909
Ectocyclops coperes Gurney, 1928
Ectocyclops hirsutus Kiefer, 1930
Ectocyclops oligarthrus Sars G.O., 1909
Ectocyclops rubescens Brady, 1904
Eucyclops (Eucyclops) agiloides Sars G.O., 1909
Eucyclops (Eucyclops) serrulatus Fischer, 1851
Eucyclops serrulatus speratus Lilljeborg, 1901
Eucyclops angustus Sars G.O., 1909
Eucyclops bathanalicola Boxshall & S..., 2006
Eucyclops caparti Lindberg, 1951
Eucyclops ciliatus Sars G.O., 1909
Eucyclops congolensis Lindberg, 1951
Eucyclops euacanthus Sars G.O., 1918
Eucyclops laevimargo Sars G.O., 1909
Eucyclops paucidenticulatus Lindberg, 1951
Eucyclops rarispinus Sars G.O., 1909
Eucyclops semiserratus Sars G.O., 1909
Macrocyclops albidus Jurine, 1820
Megacyclops viridis Jurine, 1820Cyclopoid copepod
Mesocyclops aequatorialis Kiefer, 1929
Mesocyclops leuckarti Claus, 1857
Mesocyclops leuckarti aequatorialis Kiefer, 1929
Mesocyclops neglectus Sars G.O., 1909
Microcyclops attenuatus Sars G.O., 1909
Microcyclops cunningtoni Sars G.O., 1909
Microcyclops davidi Chappuis, 1922
Microcyclops exiguus Sars G.O., 1909
Microcyclops gemellus Gurney, 1928
Microcyclops jenkinae Lowndes, 1933
Microcyclops pachycomus Sars G.O., 1909
Microcyclops tanganicae Gurney, 1928
Microcyclops varicans Sars, 1863
Paracyclops affinis Sars G.O., 1863
Paracyclops coperes Gurney, 1928
Paracyclops oligarthrus Sars G.O., 1909
Platycyclops oligarthrus (Sars G.O., 1909)⇒ Ectocyclops oligarthrus Sars G.O., 1909
Thermocyclops consimilis Kiefer, 1934
Thermocyclops emini Mrázek, 1898
Thermocyclops hyalinus Rehberg, 1880
Thermocyclops macracanthus Kiefer, 1929
Thermocyclops neglectus Sars G.O., 1909
Thermocyclops retroversus Kiefer, 1929
Thermocyclops schmeili Poppe & Mrázek, 1895
Thermocyclops schuurmanae Kiefer, 1928
Tropocyclops confinis Kiefer, 1930
Tropocyclops prasinus Fischer, 1860Native yellow purslane
Tropocyclops tenellus Sars G.O., 1909
Tropocyclops varicoides Brady, 1908

Subnodes of Cyclopidae with occurrences in Congo
SubfamilyCyclopinae
Burmeister, 1834
7
39
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEucyclopinae
Kiefer, 1927
5
26
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Cyclopidae at artfakta.se
Cyclopidae at dyntaxa.se
Cyclopidae at gbif.org
Cyclopidae at irmng.org
Cyclopidae at itis.gov
Cyclopidae at marinespecies.org