''Afrocyclops'' is a
genus
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of
copepod
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crustacean
Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean gro ...
s in the
family
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Cyclopidae
The Cyclopidae are a family of copepods containing more than half of the 1,200 species in the order Cyclopoida in over 70 genera.
Genera
These genera are accepted as valid:
*'' Abdiacyclops'' Karanovic, 2005
*''Acanthocyclops'' Kiefer, 1927
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, containing the following
species
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:
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Afrocyclops alter
''Afrocyclops'' is a genus of copepod crustaceans in the family Cyclopidae, containing the following species:
*'' Afrocyclops alter'' Kiefer, 1935
*'' Afrocyclops curticornis'' (Kiefer, 1932)
*''Afrocyclops doryphorus'' Kiefer, 1935
*'' Afro ...
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Kiefer, 1935
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Afrocyclops curticornis
''Afrocyclops'' is a genus of copepod crustaceans in the family Cyclopidae, containing the following species:
*''Afrocyclops alter'' Kiefer, 1935
*'' Afrocyclops curticornis'' (Kiefer, 1932)
*''Afrocyclops doryphorus'' Kiefer, 1935
*'' Afroc ...
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(Kiefer, 1932)
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Afrocyclops doryphorus
''Afrocyclops'' is a genus of copepod crustaceans in the family Cyclopidae, containing the following species:
*'' Afrocyclops alter'' Kiefer, 1935
*'' Afrocyclops curticornis'' (Kiefer, 1932)
*'' Afrocyclops doryphorus'' Kiefer, 1935
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Kiefer, 1935
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Afrocyclops gibsoni
''Afrocyclops gibsoni'' is a species of copepod in the family Cyclopidae. Three subspecies
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(Brady, 1904)
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Afrocyclops herringi
''Afrocyclops'' is a genus of copepod crustaceans in the family Cyclopidae, containing the following species:
*'' Afrocyclops alter'' Kiefer, 1935
*'' Afrocyclops curticornis'' (Kiefer, 1932)
*''Afrocyclops doryphorus'' Kiefer, 1935
*'' Afro ...
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Alekseev & Sanoamuang, 2006
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Afrocyclops ikennus
''Afrocyclops'' is a genus of copepod crustaceans in the family Cyclopidae, containing the following species:
*''Afrocyclops alter'' Kiefer, 1935
*''Afrocyclops curticornis'' (Kiefer, 1932)
*''Afrocyclops doryphorus'' Kiefer, 1935
*'' Afrocy ...
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Onabamiro, 1957
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Afrocyclops lanceolatus
''Afrocyclops'' is a genus of copepod crustaceans in the family Cyclopidae, containing the following species:
*'' Afrocyclops alter'' Kiefer, 1935
*'' Afrocyclops curticornis'' (Kiefer, 1932)
*''Afrocyclops doryphorus'' Kiefer, 1935
*'' Afro ...
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Kiefer, 1935
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Afrocyclops nubicus
''Afrocyclops'' is a genus of copepod crustaceans in the family Cyclopidae, containing the following species:
*'' Afrocyclops alter'' Kiefer, 1935
*'' Afrocyclops curticornis'' (Kiefer, 1932)
*''Afrocyclops doryphorus'' Kiefer, 1935
*'' Afro ...
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(Chappuis, 1922)
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Afrocyclops pauliani''
Lindberg, 1951
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Afrocyclops propinquus
''Afrocyclops'' is a genus of copepod crustaceans in the family Cyclopidae, containing the following species:
*'' Afrocyclops alter'' Kiefer, 1935
*'' Afrocyclops curticornis'' (Kiefer, 1932)
*''Afrocyclops doryphorus'' Kiefer, 1935
*'' Afro ...
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(Kiefer, 1932)
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Afrocyclops sparus
''Afrocyclops'' is a genus of copepod crustaceans in the family Cyclopidae, containing the following species:
*'' Afrocyclops alter'' Kiefer, 1935
*'' Afrocyclops curticornis'' (Kiefer, 1932)
*''Afrocyclops doryphorus'' Kiefer, 1935
*'' Afro ...
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Dussart, 1974
References
External links
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Cyclopidae
Cyclopoida genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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