''Tropocyclops'' is a
genus
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of
copepod
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crustacean
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s in the
family
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Cyclopidae
Cyclopidae is 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
*'' Afr ...
. It contains the following species:
*''
Tropocyclops affinis''
(G. O. Sars, 1863)
*''
Tropocyclops bopingi''
Dumont, 2006
*''
Tropocyclops breviramus''
Hsiao, 1950
*''
Tropocyclops brevis''
Dussart, 1972
*''
Tropocyclops brevispinus''
Shen & Tai, 1962
*''
Tropocyclops candidiusi''
(Harada, 1931)
*''
Tropocyclops chinei''
Dang, 1967
*''
Tropocyclops confinis''
(Kiefer, 1930)
*''
Tropocyclops extensus''
Kiefer, 1931
*''
Tropocyclops federensis''
Reid, 1991
*''
Tropocyclops frequens''
Kiefer, 1931
*''
Tropocyclops ishidai''
Lee & Chang, 2007
*''
Tropocyclops jamaicensis''
Reid & Janetzky, 1996
*''
Tropocyclops jerseyensis''
Kiefer, 1931
*''
Tropocyclops levequi''
Dumont, 1981
*''
Tropocyclops longiabdominalis''
Shen & Tai, 1962
*''
Tropocyclops matanoensis''
Defaye, 2007
*''
Tropocyclops mellanbyi''
Onabamiro, 1952
*''
Tropocyclops miser''
(Brehm, 1953)
*''
Tropocyclops nananae''
Reid, 1991
*''
Tropocyclops nigroviridis''
Harada, 1931
*''
Tropocyclops onabamiroi''
Lindberg, 1950
*''
Tropocyclops parvus''
Kiefer, 1931
*''
Tropocyclops piscinalis''
Dussart, 1984
*''
Tropocyclops polkianus''
Einsle, 1971
*''
Tropocyclops prasinus''
(Fischer, 1860)
*''
Tropocyclops pseudoparvus''
Dussart & Fernando, 1986
*''
Tropocyclops rarus''
Dussart, 1983
*''
Tropocyclops schubarti''
Kiefer, 1935
*''
Tropocyclops setulifer''
Lee & Chang, 2007
*''
Tropocyclops tenellus''
(G. O. Sars, 1909)
*''
Tropocyclops varicoides''
(Brady, 1908)
References
Cyclopidae
Cyclopoida genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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