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Tropocyclops Kiefer, 1927

Cyclops pentagonus from Vosseler 1886
Cyclops pentagonus from Vosseler 1886

157738 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157738)

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  1. Species Tropocyclops bopingi Dumont, 2006
  2. Species Tropocyclops breviramus Hsiao, 1950
  3. Species Tropocyclops brevis Dussart, 1972
  4. Species Tropocyclops brevispinus Shen & Tai, 1962
  5. Species Tropocyclops candidiusi (Harada, 1931)
  6. Species Tropocyclops chinei Dang, 1967
  7. Species Tropocyclops federensis Reid, 1991
  8. Species Tropocyclops frequens Kiefer, 1931
  9. Species Tropocyclops indicus (Kiefer, 1927)
  10. Species Tropocyclops ishidai Lee & Chang, 2007
  11. Species Tropocyclops jerseyensis Kiefer, 1931
  12. Species Tropocyclops levequi Dumont, 1981
  13. Species Tropocyclops longiabdominalis Shen & Tai, 1962
  14. Species Tropocyclops mellanbyi Onabamiro, 1952
  15. Species Tropocyclops miser (Brehm, 1953)
  16. Species Tropocyclops multicolor (Lindberg, 1935)
  17. Species Tropocyclops nananae Reid, 1991
  18. Species Tropocyclops nigroviridis (Harada, 1931)
  19. Species Tropocyclops onabamiroi Lindberg, 1950
  20. Species Tropocyclops parvus Kiefer, 1931
  21. Species Tropocyclops piscinalis Dussart, 1985
  22. Species Tropocyclops polkianus Einsle, 1971
  23. Species Tropocyclops pseudoparvus Dussart & Fernando, 1986
  24. Species Tropocyclops rarus Dussart, 1983
  25. Species Tropocyclops setulifer Lee & Chang, 2007
  26. Species Tropocyclops tenellus (Sars G.O., 1909)
  27. Species Tropocyclops varicoides (Brady, 1907)
  28. Species Tropocyclops affinis (Sars G.O., 1863) accepted as Paracyclops affinis (Sars G.O., 1863)
  29. Species Tropocyclops jamaicensis Reid & Janetzky, 1996 accepted as Defayeicyclops jamaicensis (Reid & Janetzky, 1996)
  30. Species Tropocyclops meridionalis (Kiefer, 1931) accepted as Tropocyclops prasinus meridionalis Kiefer, 1931
    1. Subspecies Tropocyclops meridionalis peruviana Lindberg, 1955 accepted as Tropocyclops prasinus peruviana Lindberg, 1955
  31. Subgenus Tropocyclops (Defayeicyclops) Alekseev & Vaillant, in: Alekseev, Haffner, Vaillant & Yusoff, 2013 represented as Defayeicyclops Alekseev & Vaillant in: Alekseev, Haffner, Vaillant & Yusoff, 2013
    1. Species Tropocyclops (Defayeicyclops) matanoensis Defaye, 2007
  32. Species Tropocyclops confinis (Kiefer, 1930) represented as Tropocyclops confinis confinis (Kiefer, 1930)
    1. Subspecies Tropocyclops confinis awiensis Onabamiro, 1957
    2. Subspecies Tropocyclops confinis confinis (Kiefer, 1930)
    3. Subspecies Tropocyclops confinis longifurca Dussart, 1982
    4. Subspecies Tropocyclops confinis frequens Kiefer, 1931 accepted as Tropocyclops frequens Kiefer, 1931
  33. Species Tropocyclops extensus Kiefer, 1931 represented as Tropocyclops extensus extensus Kiefer, 1931
    1. Subspecies Tropocyclops extensus extensus Kiefer, 1931
    2. Subspecies Tropocyclops extensus longispina Kiefer, 1931
  34. Species Tropocyclops matanoensis Defaye, 2007 represented as Tropocyclops (Defayeicyclops) matanoensis Defaye, 2007
  35. Species Tropocyclops prasinus (Fischer, 1860) represented as Tropocyclops prasinus prasinus (Fischer, 1860)
    1. Subspecies Tropocyclops prasinus altoandinus Gaviria, 1994
    2. Subspecies Tropocyclops prasinus aztequei Lindberg, 1955
    3. Subspecies Tropocyclops prasinus divergens Dussart, 1982
    4. Subspecies Tropocyclops prasinus guawana Kiefer, 1931
    5. Subspecies Tropocyclops prasinus meridionalis Kiefer, 1931
    6. Subspecies Tropocyclops prasinus mexicanus Kiefer, 1938
    7. Subspecies Tropocyclops prasinus multicolor Lindberg, 1955
    8. Subspecies Tropocyclops prasinus palniensis Lindberg, 1946
    9. Subspecies Tropocyclops prasinus peruviana Lindberg, 1955
    10. Subspecies Tropocyclops prasinus prasinus (Fischer, 1860)
    11. Subspecies Tropocyclops prasinus shagamiensis Onabamiro, 1957
    12. Subspecies Tropocyclops prasinus tjeefi Dumont, 1981
    13. Subspecies Tropocyclops prasinus breviramus Hsiao, 1950 accepted as Tropocyclops breviramus Hsiao, 1950
    14. Subspecies Tropocyclops prasinus candidiusi (Harada, 1931) accepted as Tropocyclops candidiusi (Harada, 1931)
    15. Subspecies Tropocyclops prasinus jerseyensis Kiefer, 1931 accepted as Tropocyclops jerseyensis Kiefer, 1931
    16. Subspecies Tropocyclops prasinus tenellus (Sars G.O., 1909) accepted as Tropocyclops tenellus (Sars G.O., 1909)
  36. Species Tropocyclops schubarti (Kiefer, 1935) represented as Tropocyclops schubarti schubarti (Kiefer, 1935)
    1. Subspecies Tropocyclops schubarti dispar Herbst, 1962
    2. Subspecies Tropocyclops schubarti schubarti (Kiefer, 1935)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Kiefer, F. (1927). Versuch eines Systems der Cyclopiden. [Attempt at the systematics of cyclopoids.]. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 73(11-12):302-308. (5-x-1927). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Tropocyclops Kiefer, 1927. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157738 on 2026-07-21
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2005-05-24 07:32:08Z
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Cuvelier, Daphne
2010-07-31 11:38:11Z
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Walter, T. Chad
2016-03-10 18:58:27Z
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Walter, T. Chad
2022-12-14 23:06:54Z
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Walter, T. Chad
2025-04-25 12:54:46Z
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Boxshall, Geoff

original description Kiefer, F. (1927). Versuch eines Systems der Cyclopiden. [Attempt at the systematics of cyclopoids.]. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 73(11-12):302-308. (5-x-1927). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Eucyclops (Tropocyclops) Kiefer, 1927) Kiefer, F. (1927). Versuch eines Systems der Cyclopiden. [Attempt at the systematics of cyclopoids.]. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 73(11-12):302-308. (5-x-1927). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 

additional source Kiefer, F. (1931). Die Untergattung Tropocyclops der Gattung Eucyclops (Copepoda Cyclopoida). [The subgenus Tropocyclops of the genus Eucyclops (Copepoda Cyclopoida).]. <em>Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 138:487-514, figs. 1-8. (v-1931). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Monchenko, V.I. (1974). Shchelepnoroti tsiklopodiny, tsiklopi (Cyclopidae). Gnathostoma, Cyclopoida, (Cyclopidae). [Sliver-clawed cyclopoids, Cyclops (Cyclopidae). Gnathnostoma, Cyclopoida, (Cyclopidae).]. <em>Fauna Ukrainy, Fauna of Ukraine, Vidavnitstvo Naukova Dumka, Kiev.</em> 27(3):1-452, figs. 1-142. (28-vi-1974, Ukrainian).
page(s): 106-107 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Lindberg, K. (1942). Cyclopides (Crustacés Copépodes) de l'Inde. XI-XIII. Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta 44:73-94, figs. 1-8. (19-iii-1942) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Reid, J.W. (1991). Some species of Tropocyclops (Crustacea, Copepoda) from Brazil, with a key to the American species. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 61(1):3-15., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/26660644-06101001 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Rylov, V.M. (1963). Freshwater Cyclopoida. Cyclopoida presnykh vod. <em>Fauna of USSR, Crustacea.</em> 3(3): i-vi, 1-314, figs. 1-79. ( Translation by Israel Program Scient. Trans. of Rylov, V.M. (1948). Cyclopoida presnyk vod. Cyclopoid fauna. Fauna SSSR Rakoobraznye, Moscow. 3(3):1-318, figs. 1-79. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Chang, C.Y. & G.S. Min. (2005). Key to the Korean freshwater cyclopoid copepods and their DNA taxonomy. Jung-haeng-Sa Publishing Co., Seoul. 153 pp. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Riera, T. (1982). V'ariabilitat Morfologica de Tropocyclops i Temora. Aproximació critica a l'us generalitzat de la biometria en la taxonomia de copèpodes. [Morphological variability of Tropocyclops and Temora. A critical approach to the generalized use of biometrics in copepod taxonomy.]. <em>Tesis Doctoral, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.</em> [In Spanish]. [details] 
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