Acanthocyclops

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Acanthocyclops
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Order: Cyclopoida
Family: Cyclopidae
Genus: Acanthocyclops
Kiefer, 1927

Acanthocyclops is a genus of copepod crustaceans in the family Cyclopidae. [1] It was originally described by Friedrich Kiefer as a subgenus of Cyclops , [2] and contains the following species: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS (2010). T. C. Walter & G. Boxshall (ed.). "Acanthocyclops Kiefer, 1927". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved April 14, 2010.
  2. ↑ Mary D. Balcer, Nancy L. Korda & Stanley I. Dodson (1984). "Cyclopoid copepods". Zooplankton of the Great Lakes: a Guide to the Identification and Ecology of the Common Crustacean Species. University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 93–103. ISBN   978-0-299-09820-9.


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