Bryocyclops

Bryocyclops
Bryocyclops muscicola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Order: Cyclopoida
Family: Cyclopidae
Genus: Bryocyclops
Kiefer, 1927

Bryocyclops is a genus of freshwater-dwelling cyclopoid copepods. The epithet Bryo- for Bryophyta (Mosses) refers to the fact that the first few species were described from mosses.[1]

  1. ^ Kiefer, Friedrich (1939). "Mission Scientifique de l'Omo. Tome V. Fascicule 56: Crustacea. IV. Copepoda : Diaptomidae, Cyclopidae". Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. 9 (1): 319–378.