Afrocyclops gibsoni
Encyclopedia
Afrocyclops gibsoni is an species
of copepod
in family Cyclopidae
. Three subspecies
have been identified:
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of copepod
Copepod
Copepods are a group of small crustaceans found in the sea and nearly every freshwater habitat. Some species are planktonic , some are benthic , and some continental species may live in limno-terrestrial habitats and other wet terrestrial places, such as swamps, under leaf fall in wet forests,...
in family Cyclopidae
Cyclopidae
Cyclopidae is a family of copepods. It contains more than half of the 1,200 species in the order Cyclopoida in over 70 genera.-Genera:The following genera are accepted as valid:*Abdiacyclops Karanovic, 2005*Acanthocyclops Kiefer, 1927...
. Three subspecies
Subspecies
Subspecies in biological classification, is either a taxonomic rank subordinate to species, ora taxonomic unit in that rank . A subspecies cannot be recognized in isolation: a species will either be recognized as having no subspecies at all or two or more, never just one...
have been identified:
- Afrocyclops gibsoni gibsoni (Brady, 1904)
- Afrocyclops gibsoni abbreviatus (Kiefer, 1933)
- Afrocyclops gibsoni ondoensis (Kiefer, 1952)