Metacyclops - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Metacyclops is a genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

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,...

crustacean

Crustacean

Crustaceans form a very large group of arthropods, usually treated as a subphylum, which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles. The 50,000 described species range in size from Stygotantulus stocki at , to the Japanese spider crab with a leg span...

s in the family

Family (biology)

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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...

, containing 73 species, of which three are listed on the IUCN Red List

IUCN Red List

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– M. campestris from Brazil

Brazil

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(conservation dependent

Conservation Dependent

Conservation Dependent was an IUCN category assigned to species or lower taxa which were dependent on conservation efforts to prevent the taxon becoming threatened with extinction...

), M. gasparoi from Italy

Italy

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(vulnerable

Vulnerable species

On 30 January 2010, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species identified 9694 Vulnerable species, subspecies and varieties, stocks and sub-populations.-References:...

) and M. postojnae from Slovenia

Slovenia

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(vulnerable).

Metacyclops aequatorialis Dussart, 1978
Metacyclops agnitus Herbst, 1988
Metacyclops amoenus (Mann, 1940)
Metacyclops arenicolus Fryer, 1956
Metacyclops arnaudi (G. O. Sars, 1908)
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 dianae Pesce, 1985
Metacyclops dimorphus (Kiefer, 1934)
Metacyclops distans Kiefer, 1956
Metacyclops exsulis (Gauthier, 1951)
Metacyclops fiersi De Laurentiis, Pesce & Humphreys, 2001
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 kimberleyi Karanovic, 2004
Metacyclops laticornis (Lowndes, 1934)
Metacyclops laurentiisae Karanovic, 2004
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 monacanthus (Kiefer, 1928)
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 panamensis (Marsh, 1913)
Metacyclops pectiniatus Shen & Tai, 1964
Metacyclops pilanus Karanovic, 2004
Metacyclops pilbaricus Karanovic, 2004
Metacyclops planus (Gurney, 1909)
Metacyclops postojnae Brancelj, 1987
Metacyclops problematicus Dumont, 1973
Metacyclops procerus (Herbst, 1955)
Metacyclops prolatus Kiefer, 1935
Metacyclops pseudoanceps (Green, 1962)
Metacyclops royi Lindberg, 1940
Metacyclops rudis Plesa, 1981
Metacyclops ryukyuensis Ishida, 1995
Metacyclops somalicus Dumont, 1981
Metacyclops spartinus (Ruber, 1966)
Metacyclops stammeri Kiefer, 1938
Metacyclops stocki Pesce, 1985
Metacyclops subaequalis Dussart, 1984
Metacyclops subdolus Kiefer, 1938
Metacyclops superincidentis Karanovic, 2004
Metacyclops tredecimus (Lowndes, 1934)
Metacyclops trisetosus Herbst, 1957
Metacyclops trispinosus Dumont, 1981
Metacyclops tropicus (Kiefer, 1932)
Metacyclops unacanthus Lindberg, 1936
Metacyclops viduus (Kiefer, 1933)

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