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Megacyclops Kiefer, 1927 
AphiaID: 157735

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Podoplea (Superorder) > Cyclopoida (Order) > Cyclopidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Cyclopidae Rafinesque, 1815
Source  basis of record: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

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[hide all]		 Species Megacyclops brachypus Kiefer, 1955
Species Megacyclops formosanus (Harada, 1931)
Species Megacyclops kieferi (Chappuis, 1925)
Species Megacyclops languidoides (Lilljeborg, 1901)
Species Megacyclops languidus (Sars G.O., 1863)
Species Megacyclops latipes (Lowndes, 1927)
Species Megacyclops magnus (Marsh, 1920)
Species Megacyclops minutus Claus, 1863

Species Megacyclops donnaldsoni (Chappuis, 1929) represented as Megacyclops donnaldsoni donnaldsoni (Chappuis, 1929) (alternate representation)
  » Subspecies Megacyclops donnaldsoni algericus (Kiefer, 1930)
» Subspecies Megacyclops donnaldsoni donnaldsoni (Chappuis, 1929)
Species Megacyclops dussarti Pesce & Maggi, 1977 represented as Megacyclops dussarti dussarti Pesce & Maggi, 1977 (alternate representation)
  » Subspecies Megacyclops dussarti dussarti Pesce & Maggi, 1977
» Subspecies Megacyclops dussarti orientalis Pesce, Pace & Maggi, 1984
Species Megacyclops gigas (Claus, 1857) represented as Megacyclops gigas gigas (Claus, 1857) (alternate representation)
  » Subspecies Megacyclops gigas gigas (Claus, 1857)
» Subspecies Megacyclops gigas latipes (Lowndes, 1927) represented as Megacyclops latipes (Lowndes, 1927) (alternate representation)
Species Megacyclops viridis (Jurine, 1820) represented as Megacyclops viridis viridis (Jurine, 1820) (alternate representation)
  » Subspecies Megacyclops viridis batiale Stella, 1964
» Subspecies Megacyclops viridis deserticola Lindberg, 1936
» Subspecies Megacyclops viridis latipes Lindberg, 1949
» Subspecies Megacyclops viridis takebuensis ItoTak, 1953
» Subspecies Megacyclops viridis viridis (Jurine, 1820)

Species Megacyclops bicuspidatus (Claus, 1857) accepted as Diacyclops bicuspidatus (Claus, 1857)
Species Megacyclops bisetosus (Rehberg, 1880) accepted as Diacyclops bisetosus (Rehberg, 1880)
Species Megacyclops clandestinus (Kiefer, 1926) accepted as Diacyclops clandestinus (Yeatman, 1964)
Species Megacyclops niceae (Mann, 1940) accepted as Megacyclops viridis (Jurine, 1820)
Species Megacyclops robustus (Sars G.O., 1863) accepted as Acanthocyclops robustus (Sars G.O., 1863)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Links 3x5 C.B. Wilson Taxonomic Card - Megacyclops
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To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157735
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-05-24 07:32:08Z  created  Cuvelier, Daphne
2010-07-28 20:41:46Z  checked  Walter, T. Chad
  
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  Citation: Walter, T. Chad (2013). Megacyclops Kiefer, 1927. In: Walter, T.C. & Boxshall, G. (2013). World of Copepods database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157735 on 2013-05-19
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