''Metacyclops'' is a
genus
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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) ...
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 group ...
s in the
family
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Cyclopidae
The Cyclopidae are a family (biology), family of copepods containing more than half of the 1,200 species in the order (biology), order Cyclopoida in over 70 genera.
Genera
These genera are accepted as valid:
*''Abdiacyclops'' Karanovic, 2005
*' ...
, containing 61 species, of which three are listed on the
IUCN Red List
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– ''M. campestris'' from Brazil (
conservation dependent
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), ''M. gasparoi'' from Italy (
vulnerable) and ''M. postojnae'' from Slovenia (vulnerable).
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Metacyclops aequatorialis''
Dussart, 1978
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Metacyclops agnitus''
Herbst, 1988
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Metacyclops amicitiae''
Kolaczynski, 2015
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Metacyclops amoenus''
(Mann, 1940)
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Metacyclops botosaneanui''
Pesce, 1985
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Metacyclops brauni''
Herbst, 1962
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Metacyclops campestris
''Metacyclops campestris'' is a species of copepod in the family Cyclopidae
The Cyclopidae are a family (biology), family of copepods containing more than half of the 1,200 species in the order (biology), order Cyclopoida in over 70 genera.
G ...
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Reid, 1987
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Metacyclops chelazzii''
Dumont, 1981
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Metacyclops communis''
Lindberg, 1938
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Metacyclops concavus''
Kiefer, 1937
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Metacyclops curtispinosus''
Dussart, 1984
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Metacyclops cushae''
Reid, 1991
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Metacyclops dengizicus''
(Lepeshkin, 1900)
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Metacyclops dentatus''
Plesa, 1981
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Metacyclops denticulatus''
Dussart & Frutos, 1986
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Metacyclops deserticus''
Mercado-Salas & Suárez-Morales, 2013
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Metacyclops dianae''
Pesce, 1985
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Metacyclops exsulis''
(Gauthier, 1951)
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Metacyclops gasparoi''
Stoch, 1987
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Metacyclops geltrudeae''
Galassi & Pesce, 1994
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Metacyclops gracilis''
(Lilljeborg, 1853)
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Metacyclops grandis''
(Kiefer, 1935)
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Metacyclops grandispinifer''
(Lindberg, 1940)
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Metacyclops hannensis''
Defaye, 1993
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Metacyclops hartmanni''
Herbst, 1960
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Metacyclops hirsutus''
C. E. F. Rocha, 1994
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Metacyclops janstocki''
Herbst, 1990
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Metacyclops laticornis''
(Lowndes, 1934)
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Metacyclops leptopus''
(Kiefer, 1927)
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Metacyclops longimaxillis''
Defaye & Por, 2010
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Metacyclops lusitanus''
Lindberg, 1961
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Metacyclops malayicus''
Kiefer, 1930
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Metacyclops margaretae''
Lindberg, 1938
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Metacyclops mendocinus''
(Wierzejski, 1892)
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Metacyclops micropus''
Kiefer, 1932
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Metacyclops minutus''
(Claus, 1863)
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Metacyclops mortoni''
Pesce, De Laurentiis & Humphreys, 1996
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Metacyclops mutatus''
Herbst, 1988
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Metacyclops necessarius''
(Kiefer, 1926)
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Metacyclops oraemaris''
C. E. F. Rocha, 1994
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Metacyclops paludicola''
(Herbst, 1959)
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Metacyclops pectiniatus''
Shen & Tai, 1964
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Metacyclops planus''
(Gurney, 1909)
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Metacyclops postojnae''
Brancelj, 1987
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Metacyclops problematicus''
Dumont, 1973
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Metacyclops prolatus''
Kiefer, 1935
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Metacyclops pseudoanceps''
(Green, 1962)
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Metacyclops rudis''
Plesa, 1981
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Metacyclops ryukyuensis''
Ishida, 1995
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Metacyclops somalicus''
Dumont, 1981
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Metacyclops stammeri''
Kiefer, 1938
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Metacyclops subaequalis''
Dussart, 1984
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Metacyclops subdolus''
Kiefer, 1938
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Metacyclops superincidentis''
Karanovic, 2004
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Metacyclops thailandicus''
Boonyanusith, Sanoamuang & Brancelj, 2018
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Metacyclops tredecimus''
(Lowndes, 1934)
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Metacyclops trisetosus''
Herbst, 1957
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Metacyclops trispinosus''
Dumont, 1981
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Metacyclops tropicus''
(Kiefer, 1932)
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Metacyclops unacanthus''
Lindberg, 1936
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Metacyclops woni''
Lee & Chang, 2015
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Metacyclops arenicolus''
Fryer, 1956 → ''
Allocyclops arenicolus''
(Fryer, 1956)
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Metacyclops arnaudi''
(Sars G.O., 1908) → ''
Pescecyclops arnaudi''
(Sars G.O., 1908)
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Metacyclops dimorphus''
(Kiefer, 1934) → ''
Apocyclops dimorphus''
(Kiefer, 1934)
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Metacyclops distans''
Kiefer, 1956 → ''
Apocyclops distans''
(Kiefer, 1956)
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Metacyclops fiersi''
De Laurentiis, Pesce & Humphreys, 2001 → ''
Fierscyclops fiersi''
(De Laurentiis, Pesce & Humphreys, 2001)
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Metacyclops kimberleyi''
Karanovic, 2004 → ''
Pescecyclops kimberleyi''
(Karanovic, 2004)
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Metacyclops laurentiisae''
Karanovic, 2004 → ''
Pescecyclops laurentiisae''
(Karanovic, 2004)
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Metacyclops monacanthus''
(Kiefer, 1928) → ''
Pescecyclops monacanthus''
(Kiefer, 1928)
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Metacyclops panamensis''
(Marsh, 1913) → ''
Apocyclops panamensis''
(Marsh, 1913)
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Metacyclops pilanus''
Karanovic, 2004 → ''
Pescecyclops pilanus''
(Karanovic, 2004)
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Metacyclops pilbaricus''
Karanovic, 2004 → ''
Pescecyclops pilbaricus''
(Karanovic, 2004)
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Metacyclops procerus''
(Herbst, 1955) → ''
Apocyclops procerus''
(Herbst, 1955)
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Metacyclops royi''
Lindberg, 1940 → ''
Apocyclops royi''
(Lindberg, 1940)
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Metacyclops spartinus''
(Ruber, 1966) → ''
Apocyclops spartinus''
(Ruber, 1968)
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Metacyclops stocki''
Pesce, 1985 → ''
Hesperocyclops stocki''
(Pesce, 1985)
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Metacyclops viduus''
(Kiefer, 1933) → ''
Apocyclops viduus''
(Kiefer, 1933)
References
Cyclopidae
Cyclopoida genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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