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Monoculus quadricornis Linnaeus, 1758 
AphiaID: 365414

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Maxillopoda (Class) > Copepoda (Subclass) > Neocopepoda (Infraclass) > Podoplea (Superorder) > Cyclopoida (Order) > Cyclopidae (Family) > Monoculus (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (considered a possible synonym of Cyclops strenuus by Schmeil (1892))
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status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Cyclops quadricornis (Linnaeus, 1758) represented as Cyclops quadricornis quadricornis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rank Species
Parent Monoculus Linnaeus, 1758
Sources  original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details]

source of synonymy: Walter, Chad. The world of Copepods. [details]

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Subspecies Monoculus quadricornis rubens Jurine, 1820 (species inquirenda, considered a possible synonym of Cyclops strenuus by Schmeil (1892))

Subspecies Monoculus quadricornis albidus Jurine, 1820 accepted as Macrocyclops albidus (Jurine, 1820) represented as Macrocyclops albidus albidus (Jurine, 1820)
Subspecies Monoculus quadricornis fuscus Jurine, 1820 accepted as Macrocyclops fuscus (Jurine, 1820)
Subspecies Monoculus quadricornis prasinus Jurine, 1820 accepted as Tropocyclops prasinus (Fischer, 1860) represented as Tropocyclops prasinus prasinus (Fischer, 1860)
Subspecies Monoculus quadricornis viridis Jurine, 1820 accepted as Megacyclops viridis (Jurine, 1820) represented as Megacyclops viridis viridis (Jurine, 1820)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:365414
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Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-08-06 09:42:48Z  created  Walter, T. Chad
2011-04-18 19:35:15Z  changed  Boxshall, Geoff
2013-04-13 23:22:01Z  changed  Walter, T. Chad
  
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  Citation: Walter, T. Chad; Boxshall, G. (2013). Monoculus quadricornis Linnaeus, 1758. 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=365414 on 2013-06-20
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