''Acanthocyclops'' is a
genus of
copepod
Copepods (; meaning "oar-feet") are a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat (ecology), habitat. Some species are planktonic (inhabiting sea waters), some are benthos, benthic (living on the ocean floor) ...
crustaceans in the
family Cyclopidae.
It was originally described by
Friedrich Kiefer Professor Friedrich Kiefer (9 September 1897 – 18 April 1985) was a German zoologist, specialising in freshwater copepods. For over 60 years, he was "the preeminent morphological taxonomist of continental free-living copepods".
Kiefer was born in ...
as a
subgenus
In biology, a subgenus (plural: subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus.
In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between t ...
of ''
Cyclops
In Greek mythology and later Roman mythology, the Cyclopes ( ; el, Κύκλωπες, ''Kýklōpes'', "Circle-eyes" or "Round-eyes"; singular Cyclops ; , ''Kýklōps'') are giant one-eyed creatures. Three groups of Cyclopes can be distinguish ...
'',
and contains the following species:
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Acanthocyclops abyssicola''
(Lilljeborg, 1901)
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Acanthocyclops agamus''
Kiefer, 1938
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Acanthocyclops alticola''
(Kiefer, 1935)
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Acanthocyclops americanus''
(Marsh, 1893)
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Acanthocyclops arenosus''
Mazepova, 1950
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Acanthocyclops balcanicus''
Naidenov & Pandourski, 1992
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Acanthocyclops biarticulatus''
Monchenko, 1972
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Acanthocyclops bicuspidatus''
(Claus, 1857)
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Acanthocyclops bisetosus''
(Rehberg, 1880)
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Acanthocyclops brachypus''
(Kiefer, 1955)
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Acanthocyclops brevispinosus''
(Herrick, 1884)
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Acanthocyclops caesariatus''
Mercado-Salas & Suárez-Morales, 2009
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Acanthocyclops capillatus''
(Sars, 1863)
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Acanthocyclops carolinianus''
(Yeatman, 1944)
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Acanthocyclops cephallenus''
Pesce, 1978
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Acanthocyclops chappuisi''
(Naidenov & Pandourski, 1992)
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Acanthocyclops columbiensis''
Reid, 1990
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Acanthocyclops crassicaudis''
(Sars, 1863)
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Acanthocyclops crassicaudoides''
(Kiefer, 1928)
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Acanthocyclops crinitus''
(Graeter, 1910)
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Acanthocyclops deminutus''
(Sterba, 1954)
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Acanthocyclops denticornis''
Chislenko, 1977
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Acanthocyclops dussarti''
Pesce & Maggi, 1977
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Acanthocyclops einslei''
Mirabdullayev & Defaye, 2004
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Acanthocyclops ekmani''
Lindberg, 1950
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Acanthocyclops elegans''
Mazepova, 1962
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Acanthocyclops exilis''
(Coker, 1934)
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Acanthocyclops fonticulus''
Lee & Chang, 2007
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Acanthocyclops fontinalis''
Naidenov, 1969
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Acanthocyclops formosanus''
Harada, 1931
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Acanthocyclops galbinus''
Mazepova, 1962
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Acanthocyclops gigas''
(Claus, 1857)
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Acanthocyclops gmeineri''
Pospisil, 1989
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Acanthocyclops gordani''
Petkovski, 1971
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Acanthocyclops hispanicus''
Kiefer, 1937
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Acanthocyclops hypogeus''
(Kiefer, 1930)
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Acanthocyclops improcerus''
Mazepova, 1950
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Acanthocyclops incolotaenia''
Mazepova, 1950
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Acanthocyclops insectus''
(Forbes, 1882)
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Acanthocyclops intermedius''
Mazepova, 1952
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Acanthocyclops iskrecensis''
Pandourski, 1992
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Acanthocyclops jasnitskii''
Mazepova, 1950
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Acanthocyclops jeanneli''
(Chappuis, 1929)
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Acanthocyclops kagaensis''
ItoTak, 1964
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Acanthocyclops kieferi''
(Chappuis, 1925)
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Acanthocyclops konstantini''
Mazepova, 1962
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Acanthocyclops languidoides''
(Lilljeborg, 1901)
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Acanthocyclops languidus''
(Sars, 1863)
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Acanthocyclops latipes''
(Lowndes, 1927)
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Acanthocyclops lobulosus''
(Ekman, 1905)
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Acanthocyclops longifurcus''
Shen & Sung, 1963
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Acanthocyclops macedonicus''
(Petkovski, 1954)
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Acanthocyclops magnus''
(Marsh, 1920)
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Acanthocyclops marceloi''
Mercado-Salas & Suárez-Morales, 2009
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Acanthocyclops michaelseni''
(Mrázek, 1901)
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Acanthocyclops milotai''
Iepure & Defaye, 2008
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Acanthocyclops mirnyi''
Borutsky & Vinogradov, 1957
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Acanthocyclops miurai''
ItoTak, 1957
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Acanthocyclops montana''
Reid & Reed, 1991
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Acanthocyclops morimotoi''
ItoTak, 1952
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Acanthocyclops muscicola''
(Lastochkin, 1924)
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Acanthocyclops nanus''
(Sars, 1863)
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Acanthocyclops niceae''
Mann, 1940
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Acanthocyclops notabilis''
Mazepova, 1950
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Acanthocyclops orientalis''
Borutsky, 1966
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Acanthocyclops parasensitivus''
Reid, 1998
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Acanthocyclops parcus''
(Herrick, 1882)
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Acanthocyclops parvulus''
Strayer, 1989
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Acanthocyclops pennaki''
Reid, 1992
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Acanthocyclops petkovskii''
Pesce & Lattinger, 1983
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Acanthocyclops phreaticus''
(Chappuis, 1928)
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Acanthocyclops pilosus''
Kiefer, 1934
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Acanthocyclops plattensis''
Pennak & Ward, 1985
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Acanthocyclops plesai''
Iepure, 2001
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Acanthocyclops profundus''
Mazepova, 1950
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Acanthocyclops propinquus''
Plesa, 1957
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Acanthocyclops radevi''
Pandourski, 1993
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Acanthocyclops rebecae''
Fiers, Ghenne & Suárez-Morales, 2000
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Acanthocyclops reductus''
(Chappuis, 1925)
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Acanthocyclops rhenanus''
Kiefer, 1936
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Acanthocyclops robustus''
(Sars, 1863)
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Acanthocyclops rupestris''
Mazepova, 1950
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Acanthocyclops sambugarae''
Kiefer, 1981
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Acanthocyclops sensitivus''
(Graeter & Chappuis, 1914)
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Acanthocyclops serrani''
Braicovich & Timi, 2009
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Acanthocyclops signifer''
Mazepova, 1952
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Acanthocyclops similis''
Flössner, 1984
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Acanthocyclops skottsbergi''
Lindberg, 1949
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Acanthocyclops smithae''
Reid & Suárez-Morales, 1999
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Acanthocyclops spongicola''
Mazepova, 1962
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Acanthocyclops stammeri''
Kiefer, 1931
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Acanthocyclops strimonis''
(Pandourski, 1994)
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Acanthocyclops stygius''
(Chappuis, 1924)
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Acanthocyclops talievi''
Mazepova, 1970
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Acanthocyclops tenuispinalis''
Shen & Sung, 1963
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Acanthocyclops thomasi''
(Forbes, 1882)
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Acanthocyclops tokchokensis''
Kim & Chang, 1991
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Acanthocyclops trajani''
Mirabdullayev & Defaye, 2004
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Acanthocyclops troglophilus''
(Kiefer, 1932)
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Acanthocyclops venustoides''
(Coker, 1934)
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Acanthocyclops venustus''
(Norman & Scott, 1906)
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Acanthocyclops vernalis''
(Fischer, 1853)
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Acanthocyclops versutus''
Mazepova, 1961
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Acanthocyclops viridis''
(Jurine, 1820)
References
Cyclopidae
Cyclopoida genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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