| Cyclopidae | |
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Cyclops bicuspidatus male (below) and egg-bearing female. Scale bar is 1 millimetre. |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Maxillopoda |
| Subclass: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Cyclopoida |
| Family: |
Cyclopidae Rafinesque, 1815 |
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The Cyclopidae are a family of copepods containing more than half of the 1,200 species in the order Cyclopoida in over 70 genera.
These genera are accepted as valid: