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Metacyclops

Metacyclops is a genus of copepod crustaceans in the family Cyclopidae containing 61 species, of which three are listed on the IUCN Red List – M. campestris from Brazil, M. gasparoi from Italy (vulnerable), and M. postojnae from Slovenia (vulnerable).

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Metacyclops
Metacyclops brancelji
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Copepoda
Order: Cyclopoida
Family: Cyclopidae
Genus: Metacyclops
Kiefer, 1927

Metacyclops is a genus of copepod crustaceans in the family Cyclopidae containing 61 species,1 of which three are listed on the IUCN Red List – M. campestris from Brazil (conservation dependent),2 M. gasparoi from Italy (vulnerable),3 and M. postojnae from Slovenia (vulnerable).4

  • Metacyclops aequatorialis Dussart, 1978
  • Metacyclops agnitus Herbst, 1988
  • Metacyclops amicitiae Kolaczynski, 2015
  • Metacyclops amoenus (Mann, 1940)
  • Metacyclops botosaneanui Pesce, 1985
  • Metacyclops brauni Herbst, 1962
  • Metacyclops campestris Reid, 1987
  • Metacyclops chelazzii Dumont, 1981
  • Metacyclops communis Lindberg, 1938
  • Metacyclops concavus Kiefer, 1937
  • Metacyclops curtispinosus Dussart, 1984
  • Metacyclops cushae Reid, 1991
  • Metacyclops dengizicus (Lepeshkin, 1900)
  • Metacyclops dentatus Plesa, 1981
  • Metacyclops denticulatus Dussart & Frutos, 1986
  • Metacyclops deserticus Mercado-Salas & Suárez-Morales, 2013
  • Metacyclops dianae Pesce, 1985
  • Metacyclops exsulis (Gauthier, 1951)
  • Metacyclops gasparoi Stoch, 1987
  • Metacyclops geltrudeae Galassi & Pesce, 1994
  • Metacyclops gracilis (Lilljeborg, 1853)
  • Metacyclops grandis (Kiefer, 1935)
  • Metacyclops grandispinifer (Lindberg, 1940)
  • Metacyclops hannensis Defaye, 1993
  • Metacyclops hartmanni Herbst, 1960
  • Metacyclops hirsutus C. E. F. Rocha, 1994
  • Metacyclops janstocki Herbst, 1990
  • Metacyclops laticornis (Lowndes, 1934)
  • Metacyclops leptopus (Kiefer, 1927)
  • Metacyclops longimaxillis Defaye & Por, 2010
  • Metacyclops lusitanus Lindberg, 1961
  • Metacyclops malayicus Kiefer, 1930
  • Metacyclops margaretae Lindberg, 1938
  • Metacyclops mendocinus (Wierzejski, 1892)
  • Metacyclops micropus Kiefer, 1932
  • Metacyclops minutus (Claus, 1863)
  • Metacyclops mortoni Pesce, De Laurentiis & Humphreys, 1996
  • Metacyclops mutatus Herbst, 1988
  • Metacyclops necessarius (Kiefer, 1926)
  • Metacyclops oraemaris C. E. F. Rocha, 1994
  • Metacyclops paludicola (Herbst, 1959)
  • Metacyclops pectiniatus Shen & Tai, 1964
  • Metacyclops planus (Gurney, 1909)
  • Metacyclops postojnae Brancelj, 1987
  • Metacyclops problematicus Dumont, 1973
  • Metacyclops prolatus Kiefer, 1935
  • Metacyclops pseudoanceps (Green, 1962)
  • Metacyclops rudis Plesa, 1981
  • Metacyclops ryukyuensis Ishida, 1995
  • Metacyclops somalicus Dumont, 1981
  • Metacyclops stammeri Kiefer, 1938
  • Metacyclops subaequalis Dussart, 1984
  • Metacyclops subdolus Kiefer, 1938
  • Metacyclops superincidentis Karanovic, 2004
  • Metacyclops thailandicus Boonyanusith, Sanoamuang & Brancelj, 2018
  • Metacyclops tredecimus (Lowndes, 1934)
  • Metacyclops trisetosus Herbst, 1957
  • Metacyclops trispinosus Dumont, 1981
  • Metacyclops tropicus (Kiefer, 1932)
  • Metacyclops unacanthus Lindberg, 1936
  • Metacyclops woni Lee & Chang, 2015


  • Metacyclops arenicolus Fryer, 1956 → Allocyclops arenicolus (Fryer, 1956)
  • Metacyclops arnaudi (Sars G.O., 1908) → Pescecyclops arnaudi (Sars G.O., 1908)
  • Metacyclops dimorphus (Kiefer, 1934) → Apocyclops dimorphus (Kiefer, 1934)
  • Metacyclops distans Kiefer, 1956 → Apocyclops distans (Kiefer, 1956)
  • Metacyclops fiersi De Laurentiis, Pesce & Humphreys, 2001 → Fierscyclops fiersi (De Laurentiis, Pesce & Humphreys, 2001)
  • Metacyclops kimberleyi Karanovic, 2004 → Pescecyclops kimberleyi (Karanovic, 2004)
  • Metacyclops laurentiisae Karanovic, 2004 → Pescecyclops laurentiisae (Karanovic, 2004)
  • Metacyclops monacanthus (Kiefer, 1928) → Pescecyclops monacanthus (Kiefer, 1928)
  • Metacyclops panamensis (Marsh, 1913) → Apocyclops panamensis (Marsh, 1913)
  • Metacyclops pilanus Karanovic, 2004 → Pescecyclops pilanus (Karanovic, 2004)
  • Metacyclops pilbaricus Karanovic, 2004 → Pescecyclops pilbaricus (Karanovic, 2004)
  • Metacyclops procerus (Herbst, 1955) → Apocyclops procerus (Herbst, 1955)
  • Metacyclops royi Lindberg, 1940 → Apocyclops royi (Lindberg, 1940)
  • Metacyclops spartinus (Ruber, 1966) → Apocyclops spartinus (Ruber, 1968)
  • Metacyclops stocki Pesce, 1985 → Hesperocyclops stocki (Pesce, 1985)
  • Metacyclops viduus (Kiefer, 1933) → Apocyclops viduus (Kiefer, 1933)
References

References

  1. T. Chad Walter (2018). T. C. Walter & G. Boxshall (ed.). "Metacyclops Kiefer, 1927". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  2. Reid, J.W. (1996). "Metacyclops campestris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996 e.T13258A3432129. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T13258A3432129.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  3. B. Sket (1996). "Metacyclops gasparoi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996 e.T13259A3432159. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T13259A3432159.en. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  4. B. Sket (1996). "Metacyclops postojnae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996 e.T13260A3432190. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T13260A3432190.en. Retrieved 8 January 2018.