Copepoda taxon details

Megacyclops Kiefer, 1927

157735  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157735)

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Genus
Megacyclops viridis viridis (Jurine, 1820) (type by original designation)

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  1. Species Megacyclops brachypus Kiefer, 1955
  2. Species Megacyclops formosanus (Harada, 1931)
  3. Species Megacyclops latipes (Lowndes, 1927)
  4. Species Megacyclops magnus (Marsh, 1920)
  5. Species Megacyclops minutus Claus, 1863
  6. Species Megacyclops bicuspidatus (Claus, 1857) accepted as Diacyclops bicuspidatus (Claus, 1857) represented as Diacyclops bicuspidatus bicuspidatus (Claus, 1857)
  7. Species Megacyclops bisetosus (Rehberg, 1880) accepted as Diacyclops bisetosus (Rehberg, 1880)
  8. Species Megacyclops clandestinus (Kiefer, 1926) accepted as Diacyclops clandestinus (Yeatman, 1964) accepted as Diacyclops yeatmani Reid, 1988
  9. Species Megacyclops kieferi (Chappuis, 1925) accepted as Acanthocyclops kieferi (Chappuis, 1925)
  10. Species Megacyclops languidoides (Lilljeborg, 1901) accepted as Diacyclops languidoides languidoides (Lilljeborg, 1901)
  11. Species Megacyclops languidus (Sars G.O., 1863) accepted as Diacyclops languidus languidus (Sars G.O., 1863)
  12. Species Megacyclops niceae (Mann, 1940) accepted as Megacyclops viridis (Jurine, 1820) represented as Megacyclops viridis viridis (Jurine, 1820)
  13. Species Megacyclops robustus (Sars G.O., 1863) accepted as Acanthocyclops robustus (Sars G.O., 1863) represented as Acanthocyclops robustus robustus (Sars G.O., 1863)
  14. Species Megacyclops donnaldsoni (Chappuis, 1929) represented as Megacyclops donnaldsoni donnaldsoni (Chappuis, 1929)
    1. Subspecies Megacyclops donnaldsoni algericus (Kiefer, 1930)
    2. Subspecies Megacyclops donnaldsoni donnaldsoni (Chappuis, 1929)
  15. Species Megacyclops dussarti Pesce & Maggi, 1977 represented as Megacyclops dussarti dussarti Pesce & Maggi, 1977
    1. Subspecies Megacyclops dussarti dussarti Pesce & Maggi, 1977
    2. Subspecies Megacyclops dussarti orientalis Pesce, Pace & Maggi, 1984
  16. Species Megacyclops gigas (Claus, 1857) represented as Megacyclops gigas gigas (Claus, 1857)
    1. Subspecies Megacyclops gigas gigas (Claus, 1857)
    2. Subspecies Megacyclops gigas latipes (Lowndes, 1927) represented as Megacyclops latipes (Lowndes, 1927)
  17. Species Megacyclops viridis (Jurine, 1820) represented as Megacyclops viridis viridis (Jurine, 1820)
    1. Subspecies Megacyclops viridis batiale Stella, 1964
    2. Subspecies Megacyclops viridis deserticola Lindberg, 1936
    3. Subspecies Megacyclops viridis latipes Lindberg, 1949
    4. Subspecies Megacyclops viridis oligotrichus (Monchenko, 1980)
    5. Subspecies Megacyclops viridis takebuensis Ito Tak, 1953
    6. Subspecies Megacyclops viridis viridis (Jurine, 1820)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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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2005-05-24 07:32:08Z
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2010-07-28 20:41:46Z
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2015-07-13 11:03:02Z
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2023-05-24 10:57:02Z
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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  PDF available 

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  PDF available 

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  PDF available 

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  PDF available 
 
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