Copepoda taxon details
Speocyclops Kiefer, 1937
348039 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:348039)
accepted
Genus
Speocyclops troglodytes (Chappuis, 1923) (type by original designation)
- Species Speocyclops anomalus Chappuis & Kiefer, 1952
- Species Speocyclops arregladensis Chappuis & Kiefer, 1952
- Species Speocyclops atropatenae Monchenko, 2010
- Species Speocyclops cantabricus Lescher-Moutoué, 1976
- Species Speocyclops castereti Lindberg, 1953
- Species Speocyclops cerberus (Chappuis, 1934)
- Species Speocyclops cinctus Monchenko, 1983
- Species Speocyclops colchidanus (Borutzky, 1930)
- Species Speocyclops creticus Lindberg, 1957
- Species Speocyclops fontinalis Fiers, 2005
- Species Speocyclops gallicus Chappuis & Kiefer, 1952
- Species Speocyclops hellenicus Lindberg, 1953
- Species Speocyclops infernus (Kiefer, 1930)
- Species Speocyclops italicus Kiefer, 1938
- Species Speocyclops kieferi Lescher-Moutoué, 1968
- Species Speocyclops lindbergi Damian, 1957
- Species Speocyclops lussianus Borutzky, 1950
- Species Speocyclops montenigrinus Petkovski, 1955
- Species Speocyclops orcinus Kiefer, 1937
- Species Speocyclops plutonis Kiefer, 1937
- Species Speocyclops proserpinae Kiefer, 1937
- Species Speocyclops psezuapsensis Borutzky, 1965
- Species Speocyclops rhodopensis Pandourski, 1992
- Species Speocyclops sardus Lindberg, 1956
- Species Speocyclops sebastianus Kiefer, 1937
- Species Speocyclops sisyphus Kiefer, 1937
- Species Speocyclops spelaeus Kiefer, 1937
- Species Speocyclops tauricus Borutzky, 1965
- Species Speocyclops troglodytes (Chappuis, 1923)
- Species Speocyclops minutissimus (Kiefer, 1933) accepted as Allocyclops minutissimus (Kiefer, 1933)
- Species Speocyclops transsaharicus Lamoot, Dumont & Pensaert, 1981 accepted as Hesperocyclops transsaharicus (Lamoot, Dumont & Pensaert, 1981)
- Species Speocyclops yezoensis Ito, 1953 accepted as Diacyclops yezoensis (Ito Tak., 1953) accepted as Itocyclops yezoensis (Ito, 1953)
- Species Speocyclops demetiensis (Scourfield, 1932) represented as Speocyclops demetiensis demetiensis (Scourfield, 1932)
- Subspecies Speocyclops demetiensis acrotirii Lindberg, 1955
- Subspecies Speocyclops demetiensis demetiensis (Scourfield, 1932)
- Subspecies Speocyclops demetiensis dubiosus Lindberg, 1956
- Subspecies Speocyclops demetiensis hellenicus Lindberg, 1952
- Subspecies Speocyclops demetiensis sitiae Lindberg, 1956
- Species Speocyclops racovitzai (Chappuis, 1923) represented as Speocyclops racovitzai racovitzai (Chappuis, 1923)
- Subspecies Speocyclops racovitzai boscensis Kiefer, 1955
- Subspecies Speocyclops racovitzai gouillounensis Kiefer, 1955
- Subspecies Speocyclops racovitzai incerta Chappuis & Kiefer, 1952
- Subspecies Speocyclops racovitzai liquensis Chappuis & Kiefer, 1952
- Subspecies Speocyclops racovitzai noustensis Chappuis & Kiefer, 1952
- Subspecies Speocyclops racovitzai peyortensis Chappuis & Kiefer, 1952
- Subspecies Speocyclops racovitzai racovitzai (Chappuis, 1923)
- Subspecies Speocyclops racovitzai sabartensis Kiefer, 1955
- Subspecies Speocyclops racovitzai sandetsi Chappuis & Kiefer, 1952
Kiefer, F. (1937). Über Systematik und geographische Verbreitung einiger Gruppen stark verkümmerter Cyclopiden (Crustacea Copepoda). [On the systematics and geographical distribution of some groups of strongly stunted cyclopids (Crustacea Copepoda).]. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik.</em> 70(5-6):421-442, fig. 1, pls. 6-9. (1-xii-1937). [details] Available for editors
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Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Speocyclops Kiefer, 1937. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=348039 on 2026-09-03
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Kiefer, F. (1937). Über Systematik und geographische Verbreitung einiger Gruppen stark verkümmerter Cyclopiden (Crustacea Copepoda). [On the systematics and geographical distribution of some groups of strongly stunted cyclopids (Crustacea Copepoda).]. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik.</em> 70(5-6):421-442, fig. 1, pls. 6-9. (1-xii-1937). [details] Available for editors
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additional source Bozkurt, A. (2019). Investigation of zooplankton fauna in water wells of Kuyubeli village (Adana, Turkey) with the first record of the genus Speocyclops Kiefer, 1937 (Copepoda, Cyclopoida, Cyclopidae) for Turkish inland waters . Turkish Journal of Zoology, 43(1):142-145., available online at https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1801-29 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Dumont, H.J. (1979). Limnologie van Sahara en Sahel: bijdrage tot een beter begrip van de klimaatsveranderingen van het laat-Pleistoceen en Holoceen. [Limnology of the Sahara and Sahel: contribution to a better understanding of the climate changes of the late Pleistocene and Holocene.]. <em>Rijksuniversiteit Gent, Faculteit der Wetenschappen.</em> 557 pp.
page(s): 304-307 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Kiefer, F. (1968). Subterrane Cyclopoida und Harpacticoida (Crustacea Copepoda) aus Norditalien. [Subterranean Cyclopoida and Harpacticoida (Crustacea Copepoda) from Northern Italy.]. <em>Memorie del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona.</em> 16: 137-198, figs. 1-143. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Lescher-Moutoué, F. (1966). Note sur la reproduction et le développement post-embryonnaire des Speocyclops. [Note on the reproduction and post-embryonic development of Speocyclops.]. <em>Annales de Spéléologie.</em> 21:673-687, figs. 1-14, tab. 1. (10-xii-1966). [details] Available for editors
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additional source Lescher-Moutoué, F. (1967). Note sur la biogéographie et les biotopes du genre Speocyclops dans la région pyrénéenne. [Note on the biogeography and biotopes of the genus Speocyclops in the Pyrenean region.]. <em>Spelunca, Mémoires.</em> 5:277-284, figs. 1-3. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Lindberg, K. (1956). Les Cyclopides (Crustacés Copépodes) très évolués en tant qu'habitants des eaux souterraines. Revue des travaux récents concernant les Bryocyclops Kiefer et Speocyclops Kiefer. [The Cyclopids (Crustacea Copepods) highly evolved as inhabitants of groundwater. Review of recent work concerning Bryocyclops Kiefer and Speocyclops Kiefer.]. <em>Actes du Premier Congrès International de Spéléologie, Paris, 1953.</em> Section 3,Biologie:71-83. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Monchenko, V.I. (1974). Shchelepnoroti tsiklopodiny, tsiklopi (Cyclopidae). Gnathostoma, Cyclopoida, (Cyclopidae). [Sliver-clawed cyclopoids, Cyclops (Cyclopidae). Gnathnostoma, Cyclopoida, (Cyclopidae).]. <em>Fauna Ukrainy, Fauna of Ukraine, Vidavnitstvo Naukova Dumka, Kiev.</em> 27(3):1-452, figs. 1-142. (28-vi-1974, Ukrainian).
page(s): 331-333 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Bozkurt, A. (2019). Investigation of zooplankton fauna in water wells of Kuyubeli village (Adana, Turkey) with the first record of the genus Speocyclops Kiefer, 1937 (Copepoda, Cyclopoida, Cyclopidae) for Turkish inland waters . Turkish Journal of Zoology, 43(1):142-145., available online at https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1801-29 [details] Available for editors
additional source Dumont, H.J. (1979). Limnologie van Sahara en Sahel: bijdrage tot een beter begrip van de klimaatsveranderingen van het laat-Pleistoceen en Holoceen. [Limnology of the Sahara and Sahel: contribution to a better understanding of the climate changes of the late Pleistocene and Holocene.]. <em>Rijksuniversiteit Gent, Faculteit der Wetenschappen.</em> 557 pp.
page(s): 304-307 [details] Available for editors
additional source Kiefer, F. (1968). Subterrane Cyclopoida und Harpacticoida (Crustacea Copepoda) aus Norditalien. [Subterranean Cyclopoida and Harpacticoida (Crustacea Copepoda) from Northern Italy.]. <em>Memorie del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona.</em> 16: 137-198, figs. 1-143. [details] Available for editors
additional source Lescher-Moutoué, F. (1966). Note sur la reproduction et le développement post-embryonnaire des Speocyclops. [Note on the reproduction and post-embryonic development of Speocyclops.]. <em>Annales de Spéléologie.</em> 21:673-687, figs. 1-14, tab. 1. (10-xii-1966). [details] Available for editors
additional source Lescher-Moutoué, F. (1967). Note sur la biogéographie et les biotopes du genre Speocyclops dans la région pyrénéenne. [Note on the biogeography and biotopes of the genus Speocyclops in the Pyrenean region.]. <em>Spelunca, Mémoires.</em> 5:277-284, figs. 1-3. [details] Available for editors
additional source Lindberg, K. (1956). Les Cyclopides (Crustacés Copépodes) très évolués en tant qu'habitants des eaux souterraines. Revue des travaux récents concernant les Bryocyclops Kiefer et Speocyclops Kiefer. [The Cyclopids (Crustacea Copepods) highly evolved as inhabitants of groundwater. Review of recent work concerning Bryocyclops Kiefer and Speocyclops Kiefer.]. <em>Actes du Premier Congrès International de Spéléologie, Paris, 1953.</em> Section 3,Biologie:71-83. [details] Available for editors
additional source Monchenko, V.I. (1974). Shchelepnoroti tsiklopodiny, tsiklopi (Cyclopidae). Gnathostoma, Cyclopoida, (Cyclopidae). [Sliver-clawed cyclopoids, Cyclops (Cyclopidae). Gnathnostoma, Cyclopoida, (Cyclopidae).]. <em>Fauna Ukrainy, Fauna of Ukraine, Vidavnitstvo Naukova Dumka, Kiev.</em> 27(3):1-452, figs. 1-142. (28-vi-1974, Ukrainian).
page(s): 331-333 [details] Available for editors
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