Cyclopidae

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

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