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Cyclopidae

Cyclopidae
Cyclops bicuspidatus GLERL 1.jpg
Cyclops bicuspidatus
male (below) and egg-bearing female.
Scale bar is 1 millimetre.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Maxillopoda
Subclass: Copepoda
Order: Cyclopoida
Family: Cyclopidae
Rafinesque, 1815 
Synonyms
  • Cyclopinae
  • Eucyclopinae

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:


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