Afrocyclops
Encyclopedia
Afrocyclops is a genus
of copepod
crustacean
s in the family
Cyclopidae
, containing the following species
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of copepod
Copepod
Copepods are a group of small crustaceans found in the sea and nearly every freshwater habitat. Some species are planktonic , some are benthic , and some continental species may live in limno-terrestrial habitats and other wet terrestrial places, such as swamps, under leaf fall in wet forests,...
crustacean
Crustacean
Crustaceans form a very large group of arthropods, usually treated as a subphylum, which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles. The 50,000 described species range in size from Stygotantulus stocki at , to the Japanese spider crab with a leg span...
s in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Cyclopidae
Cyclopidae
Cyclopidae is a family of copepods. It contains more than half of the 1,200 species in the order Cyclopoida in over 70 genera.-Genera:The following genera are accepted as valid:*Abdiacyclops Karanovic, 2005*Acanthocyclops Kiefer, 1927...
, containing the following species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
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- Afrocyclops alter Kiefer, 1935
- Afrocyclops curticornis (Kiefer, 1932)
- Afrocyclops doryphorus Kiefer, 1935
- Afrocyclops gibsoniAfrocyclops gibsoniAfrocyclops gibsoni is an species of copepod in family Cyclopidae. Three subspecies have been identified:*Afrocyclops gibsoni gibsoni *Afrocyclops gibsoni abbreviatus *Afrocyclops gibsoni ondoensis...
(Brady, 1904) - Afrocyclops herringi Alekseev & Sanoamuang, 2006
- Afrocyclops ikennus Onabamiro, 1957
- Afrocyclops lanceolatus Kiefer, 1935
- Afrocyclops nubicus (Chappuis, 1922)
- Afrocyclops paulianiAfrocyclops paulianiAfrocyclops pauliani is an extinct species of copepod in the family Cyclopidae, which was endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat was freshwater marshes....
Lindberg, 1951 - Afrocyclops propinquus (Kiefer, 1932)
- Afrocyclops sparus Dussart, 1974