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Checklist for Family Cyclopidae Rafinesque, 1815 (copepods)
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
 
FamilyCyclopidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Copepods
10
17
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Kenya
10 Genera with 17 Species
Cryptocyclops G. O. Sars, 19332SpeciesTaxom
Ectocyclops Brady, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Eucyclops Claus, 19262SpeciesTaxom
Mesocyclops G. O. Sars, 19574SpeciesTaxom
Metacyclops Kiefer, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Microcyclops Claus, 19332SpeciesTaxom
Ochridacyclops Kiefer, 20051SpeciesTaxom
Paracyclops Claus, 19982SpeciesTaxom
Platycyclops Sars G.O., 19041SpeciesTaxom
Thermocyclops Kiefer, 19091SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kenya
17 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
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
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 Cyclopidae with occurrences in Kenya
SubfamilyCyclopinae
Burmeister, 1834
5
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEucyclopinae
Kiefer, 1927
4
6
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