Thermocyclops is a genus of 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...

 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...

. It was first described and later extensively researched by Friedrich Kiefer

Friedrich Kiefer

Professor Friedrich Kiefer was a German zoologist, specialising in freshwater copepods. For over 60 years, he was "the preeminent morphological taxonomist of continental free-living copepods"....

, who discovered some 20 species. The species and subspecies of the genus inhabit fresh and brackish waters alike (rarely ground waters) all around the world, although most are from tropical areas.

The genus contains the following species:

• Thermocyclops africae Baribwegure, Thirion & Dumont, 2001
• Thermocyclops analogus Kiefer, 1936
• Thermocyclops asiaticus (Kiefer, 1932)
• Thermocyclops brehmi (Kiefer, 1927)
• Thermocyclops brevifurcatus (Harada, 1931)
• Thermocyclops byzantinus Kiefer, 1952
• Thermocyclops consimilis Kiefer, 1934
• Thermocyclops conspicuus Lindberg, 1950
• Thermocyclops crassus (Fischer, 1853)
• Thermocyclops crenulatus Brehm, 1949
• Thermocyclops crucis Holynska, 2006
• Thermocyclops dalmaticus Petkovski, 1956
• Thermocyclops decipiens (Kiefer, 1929)
• Thermocyclops decoratus Dussart, 1978
• Thermocyclops dumonti Baribwegure & Mirabdullayev, 2003
• Thermocyclops dybowskii (Landé, 1890)
• Thermocyclops emini (Mrázek, 1898)
• Thermocyclops ethiopiensis Defaye, 1988
• Thermocyclops hastatus (Kiefer, 1952)
• Thermocyclops hooki Löffler, 1968
• Thermocyclops hyalinus (Rehberg, 1880)
• Thermocyclops ianthinus Harada, 1931
• Thermocyclops iguapensis W. M. Silva & Matsumura-Tundisi, 2005
• Thermocyclops incisus (Kiefer, 1932)
• Thermocyclops infrequens (Kiefer, 1929)
• Thermocyclops inopinus (Kiefer, 1926)
• Thermocyclops inversus (Kiefer, 1936)
• Thermocyclops iwoyiensis Onabamiro, 1952
• Thermocyclops kawamurai K. Kikuchi, 1940
• Thermocyclops kivuensis Kiefer, 1952
• Thermocyclops macracanthus (Kiefer, 1929)
• Thermocyclops macrolasius Kiefer, 1952
• Thermocyclops maheensis Lindberg, 1941
• Thermocyclops microspinulosus Lindberg, 1942
• Thermocyclops minutus (Lowndes, 1934)
• Thermocyclops mongolicus Kiefer, 1937
• Thermocyclops ndalaganus Kiefer, 1952
• Thermocyclops neglectus (G. O. Sars, 1909)
• Thermocyclops nigerianus Kiefer, 1932
• Thermocyclops oblongatus (G. O. Sars, 1927)
• Thermocyclops oithonoides (G. O. Sars, 1863)
• Thermocyclops operculifer Kiefer, 1930
• Thermocyclops orghidani (Plesa, 1981)
• Thermocyclops orientalis Dussart & Fernando, 1985
• Thermocyclops ouadanei van de Velde, 1978
• Thermocyclops pachysetosus Lindberg, 1951
• Thermocyclops parvus
  Thermocyclops parvus
  Thermocyclops parvus is a species of copepod in the family Cyclopidae. It is endemic to the United States, where it is known only from the Everglades in Florida. Its natural habitat is swamps.-Source:* Reid, J.W. 1996. . Downloaded on 8 June 2011....
  
  Reid, 1989
• Thermocyclops philippinensis (Marsh, 1932)
• Thermocyclops pseudoperculifer Holynska, 2006
• Thermocyclops retroversus (Kiefer, 1929)
• Thermocyclops rylovi (Smirnov, 1928)
• Thermocyclops schmeili (Poppe & Mrázek, 1895)
• Thermocyclops schuurmanae (Kiefer, 1928)
• Thermocyclops stephanidesi Kiefer, 1938
• Thermocyclops taihokuensis Harada, 1931
• Thermocyclops tchadensis Dussart & Gras, 1966
• Thermocyclops tenuis (Marsh, 1910)
• Thermocyclops thermocyclopoides (Harada, 1931)
• Thermocyclops tinctus Lindberg, 1936
• Thermocyclops trichophorus Kiefer, 1930
• Thermocyclops uenoi ItoTak, 1952
• Thermocyclops vermifer Lindberg, 1935
• Thermocyclops vizarae (Fryer, 1957)
• Thermocyclops wolterecki Kiefer, 1938