Copepoda taxon details
Megacyclops Kiefer, 1927
157735 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157735)
accepted
Genus
Megacyclops viridis viridis (Jurine, 1820) (type by original designation)
Acanthocyclops (Megacyclops) Pesce & Maggi, 1977 · unaccepted (synonymy)
Cyclops (Megacyclops) Kiefer, 1927 · unaccepted
- Species Megacyclops brachypus Kiefer, 1955
- Species Megacyclops formosanus (Harada, 1931)
- Species Megacyclops latipes (Lowndes, 1927)
- Species Megacyclops magnus (Marsh, 1920)
- Species Megacyclops minutus Claus, 1863
- Species Megacyclops bicuspidatus (Claus, 1857) accepted as Diacyclops bicuspidatus (Claus, 1857) represented as Diacyclops bicuspidatus 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) accepted as Diacyclops yeatmani Reid, 1988
- Species Megacyclops kieferi (Chappuis, 1925) accepted as Acanthocyclops kieferi (Chappuis, 1925)
- Species Megacyclops languidoides (Lilljeborg, 1901) accepted as Diacyclops languidoides languidoides (Lilljeborg, 1901)
- Species Megacyclops languidus (Sars G.O., 1863) accepted as Diacyclops languidus languidus (Sars G.O., 1863)
- Species Megacyclops niceae (Mann, 1940) accepted as Megacyclops viridis (Jurine, 1820) represented as Megacyclops viridis viridis (Jurine, 1820)
- Species Megacyclops robustus (Sars G.O., 1863) accepted as Acanthocyclops robustus (Sars G.O., 1863) represented as Acanthocyclops robustus robustus (Sars G.O., 1863)
- Species Megacyclops donnaldsoni (Chappuis, 1929) represented as Megacyclops donnaldsoni donnaldsoni (Chappuis, 1929)
- Species Megacyclops dussarti Pesce & Maggi, 1977 represented as Megacyclops dussarti dussarti Pesce & Maggi, 1977
- Species Megacyclops gigas (Claus, 1857) represented as Megacyclops gigas gigas (Claus, 1857)
- Subspecies Megacyclops gigas gigas (Claus, 1857)
- Subspecies Megacyclops gigas latipes (Lowndes, 1927) represented as Megacyclops latipes (Lowndes, 1927)
- Species Megacyclops viridis (Jurine, 1820) represented as Megacyclops viridis viridis (Jurine, 1820)
- Subspecies Megacyclops viridis batiale Stella, 1964
- Subspecies Megacyclops viridis deserticola Lindberg, 1936
- Subspecies Megacyclops viridis latipes Lindberg, 1949
- Subspecies Megacyclops viridis oligotrichus (Monchenko, 1980)
- Subspecies Megacyclops viridis takebuensis Ito Tak, 1953
- Subspecies Megacyclops viridis viridis (Jurine, 1820)
Not documented
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2024). World of Copepods Database. Megacyclops Kiefer, 1927. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157735 on 2024-03-29
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original description
(of Acanthocyclops (Megacyclops) Pesce & Maggi, 1977) Pesce, G.L. & D. Maggi. (1977). Un nouveau cyclopide des eaux souterraines phréatiques de Grèce: Acanthocylops (Megacyclops) dussarti n. sp. (Crustacea, Copepoda). <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> (C)27(1):77-82, figs. 1-9. [details] Available for editors
original description (of Cyclops (Megacyclops) Kiefer, 1927) Kiefer, F. (1927). Versuch eines Systems der Cyclopiden. Zoologischer Anzeiger 73(11-12):302-308. (5-x-1927). [details] Available for editors
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Monchenko, V.I. (1974). Shchelepnoroti tsiklopodiny, tsiklopi (Cyclopidae). Gnathostoma, Cyclopoida, (Cyclopidae). <em>Fauna Ukrainy, Fauna of Ukraine, Vidavnitstvo Naukova Dumka, Kiev.</em> 27(3):1-452, figs. 1-142. (28-vi-1974, Ukrainian). [details] Available for editors
additional source Soesbergen, M. (2021). The genus Megacyclops (Crustacea: Copepoda) in the Netherlands: Distribution and ecology. <em>International Journal of Fauna and Biological Studies.</em> 8(1, Part 1A):28-33. [details] Available for editors
original description (of Cyclops (Megacyclops) Kiefer, 1927) Kiefer, F. (1927). Versuch eines Systems der Cyclopiden. Zoologischer Anzeiger 73(11-12):302-308. (5-x-1927). [details] Available for editors
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Monchenko, V.I. (1974). Shchelepnoroti tsiklopodiny, tsiklopi (Cyclopidae). Gnathostoma, Cyclopoida, (Cyclopidae). <em>Fauna Ukrainy, Fauna of Ukraine, Vidavnitstvo Naukova Dumka, Kiev.</em> 27(3):1-452, figs. 1-142. (28-vi-1974, Ukrainian). [details] Available for editors
additional source Soesbergen, M. (2021). The genus Megacyclops (Crustacea: Copepoda) in the Netherlands: Distribution and ecology. <em>International Journal of Fauna and Biological Studies.</em> 8(1, Part 1A):28-33. [details] Available for editors