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 |
Synonyms | |
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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: