Cyclopidae

Cyclopidae
Cyclops bicuspidatus
male (below) and egg-bearing female.
Scale bar is 1 millimetre.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Order: Cyclopoida
Suborder: Cyclopida
Family: Cyclopidae
Rafinesque, 1815 [1]
Synonyms
  • Cyclopinae
  • Eucyclopinae

Cyclopidae is a family of copepods containing more than half of the 1,200 species in the order Cyclopoida[2] in over 70 genera.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference WoRMS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ F. Stoch (2009). "Checklist of the Italian Copepods: Cyclopoida". Retrieved April 7, 2009.