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Checklist for Family Cyclopidae Rafinesque, 1815 (copepods)
and region Ethiopia (East Africa)


Class
 
Maxillopoda
Dahl, 1956
Maxillopods
19
41
55
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Copepoda
H. Milne-Edwards, 1840
Copepod, Copepods
14
34
44
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neocopepoda
Huys & Boxshall, 1991
14
34
44
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Podoplea
Giesbrecht, 1882
13
31
41
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Cyclopoida
Rafinesque, 1815
Cyclopoid copepods
8
22
30
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Cyclopida
Khodami, Mercado-Salas, Tang & Martinez Arbizu, 2019
2
8
13
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCyclopidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Copepods
7
12
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Ethiopia
7 Genera with 12 Species
Afrocyclops G.O. Sars, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Ectocyclops Brady, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Eucyclops Claus, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Mesocyclops G. O. Sars, 19574SpeciesTaxom
Microcyclops Claus, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Thermocyclops Kiefer, 19273SpeciesTaxom
Tropocyclops Kiefer, 19301SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ethiopia
12 Species and 1 Subspecies
Afrocyclops gibsoni Brady, 1904
Ectocyclops rubescens Brady, 1904
Eucyclops gibsoni Brady, 1904
Mesocyclops aequatorialis similis van de Velde, 1984
Mesocyclops leuckarti Claus, 1857
Mesocyclops ogunnus Onabamiro, 1957White-flowering currant
Mesocyclops salinus Onabamiro, 1957
Microcyclops varicans Sars, 1863
Thermocyclops decipiens Kiefer, 1929
Thermocyclops ethiopiensis Defaye, 1988
Thermocyclops oblongatus Sars G.O., 1927
Tropocyclops confinis Kiefer, 1930

Subnodes of Cyclopidae with occurrences in Ethiopia
SubfamilyCyclopinae
Burmeister, 1834
3
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEucyclopinae
Kiefer, 1927
3
3
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