Copepoda name details
Cryptocyclops bicolor (Sars G.O., 1863)
254630 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254630)
alternative representation
Species
Cyclops (Microcyclops) bicolor Sars, 1863 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Microcyclops bicolor (Sars G.O., 1863) · unaccepted
- Subspecies Cryptocyclops bicolor bicolor (Sars G.O., 1863)
- Subspecies Cryptocyclops bicolor breviramus (Fryer, 1957)
- Subspecies Cryptocyclops bicolor linjanticus (Kiefer, 1928) accepted as Cryptocyclops linjanticus (Kiefer, 1928)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cyclops bicolor Sars G.O., 1863) Sars, G.O. (1863). Oversigt af de indenlandske Ferskvandcopepoder. [Overview of the domestic Freshwater Copepods.]. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiana.</em> 1862:212-262., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44339019 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Cryptocyclops bicolor (Sars G.O., 1863). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254630 on 2026-02-12
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(of Cyclops bicolor Sars G.O., 1863) Sars, G.O. (1863). Oversigt af de indenlandske Ferskvandcopepoder. [Overview of the domestic Freshwater Copepods.]. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiana.</em> 1862:212-262., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44339019 [details] 
basis of record Huettmann, F. (2007). ArcOD species list by Falk Huettmann. provided on 2007-11-25. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Lowndes, A.G. (1930). Freshwater Copepoda from Abyssinia collected by Mr J. Omer Cooper. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1930(1):161-179, pls. 1-4., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1930.tb00971.x [details] Available for editors
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additional source Dévai, I. (1977). Az Evezólabu Ránkok (Calanoida es Cyclopoida) Alrendjeinek kishatarozoja. [Identification book of the copepod suborders (Calanoida and Cyclopoida).]. <em>In: Felföldy, L. (ed.) Hydrobiology for water management praxis, Budapest, Vizügyi Dokumentációs és Továbbképzó Intézet.</em> vol. 5: 220 pp. (Hungarian). [details] Available for editors
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additional source Einsle, U. (1993). Crustacea: Copepoda: Calanoida und Cyclopoida. <em>In: Schwoerbel, J. & P. Zwick (eds.). Süsswasserfauna von Mitteleuropa, Gustav Fischer Verlag.</em> 8(4-1):1-209. (German). [details] Available for editors
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additional source Dussart, B.H. (1969). Les Copépodes des eaux continentales d'Europe occidentale. Tome II: Cyclopoïdes et Biologie. [Copepods of the continental waters of Western Europe. Volume II: Cyclopoids and Biology.]. <em>N. Boubée et Cie, Paris, France.</em> 292 pp, figs. 1-121. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Dussart, B.H. (1982). Crustacés Copépodes des eaux intérieures. [Crustaceans Copepods of inland waters.]. <em>Faune de Madagascar, ORSTOM, Paris.</em> 58:146 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Dussart, B.H. & D. Defaye. (2001). Copepoda: Introduction to the Copepoda. (2nd edition)(revised and enlarged). <em>Guides to the Identification of the Microinvertebrates of the Continental Waters of the World. H.J.F. Dumont (ed.). SPB Academic Publishers, The Hague.</em> 16:1-344. [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Fernando, C.H. & J.E. Ponyi. (1981). The freeliving freshwater cyclopoid Copepoda (Crustacea) of Malaysia and Singapore. Hydrobiologia 78(2):113-123, figs. 1-21, tabs. 1-2. (6-iii-1981), available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00007584 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Forró, L. (1995). Adatok a Dél-Dunántúl Cladocera és Copepoda (Crustacea) faunájának ismeretéhez. [Data on the knowledge of the Cladocera and Copepoda (Crustacea) fauna of southern Transdanubia, Hungary.]. <em>Dunantuli Dolgozatok (A) Termeszettudomanyi Sorozat.</em> 8:21-24. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Franke, U. (1989). Katalog zur Sammlung limnischer Copepoden von Prof. Dr. Friedrich Kiefer (Mit einem Gesamtverzeichnis seiner Publikationen). [Catolog of the freshwater copepods of Dr. Friedrich Kiefer.]. <em>Carolinea Beiheft, Karlsrühe.</em> 5:1-433, figs. 1-2.
note: Catalog vial number(s): 108, 165, 351, 3909 [details] Available for editors
[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): 369-370 [details] Available for editors
[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
[request]
additional source Chang, C.Y. (2009). Illustrated encyclopedia of fauna & flora of Korea. Vol. 42. Inland-water Copepoda. <em>Jeonghaeng-sa, Ministry of Education, Seoul, South Korea.</em> 42:1-687. [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Chang, C.Y. (2013). Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Copepoda, Cyclopoida, Cyclopidae, Cyclopinae : Continental Cyclopoids II. <em>Invertebrate Fauna of Korea, National Institute of Biological Resources, Ministry of Environment(Korea).</em> 21(26): 107 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Kur, J. & B. Wojtasik. (2007). Chapter 9. Widlonogi Cyclopoida wybranych jezior zlewni górnej Raduni. [Chapter 9. Cyclopoid copepods of selected lakes in the upper Radunia river basin.]. <em>In: Borowiak, D. (ed.) Jeziora Kaszubskiego Parku Krajobrazowego. Katedra Limnologii, Uniwersytet Gdański, Gdansk, Poland.</em> :145-163. [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Kompoot, K. & S. Watiroyram. (2025). Freshwater copepods in the tributaries of the lower Mekong River Basin in Thailand. <em>Biodiversitas.</em> 26(4):1846-1859., available online at https://doi.org/10.13057/biodiv/d260434 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Bozkurt, A. & M.G. Guler. (2016). Uc tathsu kaynagindaki (Hatay) zooplankton bollugu, vucut uzunlugu ve yumurta miktarının mevsimsel değişi. [Seasonal change of zooplankton abundance, body length and egg number in three freshwater reservoirs (Hatay). ]. <em>Yunus Arastirma Bulteni.</em> 2016(2):101-113. [In Turkish; English abstract]., available online at https://doi.org/10.17693/yunus.05581 [details] Available for editors
[request]
basis of record Huettmann, F. (2007). ArcOD species list by Falk Huettmann. provided on 2007-11-25. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Lowndes, A.G. (1930). Freshwater Copepoda from Abyssinia collected by Mr J. Omer Cooper. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1930(1):161-179, pls. 1-4., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1930.tb00971.x [details] Available for editors
additional source Dévai, I. (1977). Az Evezólabu Ránkok (Calanoida es Cyclopoida) Alrendjeinek kishatarozoja. [Identification book of the copepod suborders (Calanoida and Cyclopoida).]. <em>In: Felföldy, L. (ed.) Hydrobiology for water management praxis, Budapest, Vizügyi Dokumentációs és Továbbképzó Intézet.</em> vol. 5: 220 pp. (Hungarian). [details] Available for editors
additional source Einsle, U. (1993). Crustacea: Copepoda: Calanoida und Cyclopoida. <em>In: Schwoerbel, J. & P. Zwick (eds.). Süsswasserfauna von Mitteleuropa, Gustav Fischer Verlag.</em> 8(4-1):1-209. (German). [details] Available for editors
additional source Dussart, B.H. (1969). Les Copépodes des eaux continentales d'Europe occidentale. Tome II: Cyclopoïdes et Biologie. [Copepods of the continental waters of Western Europe. Volume II: Cyclopoids and Biology.]. <em>N. Boubée et Cie, Paris, France.</em> 292 pp, figs. 1-121. [details] Available for editors
additional source Dussart, B.H. (1982). Crustacés Copépodes des eaux intérieures. [Crustaceans Copepods of inland waters.]. <em>Faune de Madagascar, ORSTOM, Paris.</em> 58:146 pp. [details] Available for editors
additional source Dussart, B.H. & D. Defaye. (2001). Copepoda: Introduction to the Copepoda. (2nd edition)(revised and enlarged). <em>Guides to the Identification of the Microinvertebrates of the Continental Waters of the World. H.J.F. Dumont (ed.). SPB Academic Publishers, The Hague.</em> 16:1-344. [details] Available for editors
additional source Fernando, C.H. & J.E. Ponyi. (1981). The freeliving freshwater cyclopoid Copepoda (Crustacea) of Malaysia and Singapore. Hydrobiologia 78(2):113-123, figs. 1-21, tabs. 1-2. (6-iii-1981), available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00007584 [details] Available for editors
additional source Forró, L. (1995). Adatok a Dél-Dunántúl Cladocera és Copepoda (Crustacea) faunájának ismeretéhez. [Data on the knowledge of the Cladocera and Copepoda (Crustacea) fauna of southern Transdanubia, Hungary.]. <em>Dunantuli Dolgozatok (A) Termeszettudomanyi Sorozat.</em> 8:21-24. [details] Available for editors
additional source Franke, U. (1989). Katalog zur Sammlung limnischer Copepoden von Prof. Dr. Friedrich Kiefer (Mit einem Gesamtverzeichnis seiner Publikationen). [Catolog of the freshwater copepods of Dr. Friedrich Kiefer.]. <em>Carolinea Beiheft, Karlsrühe.</em> 5:1-433, figs. 1-2.
note: Catalog vial number(s): 108, 165, 351, 3909 [details] Available for editors
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): 369-370 [details] Available for editors
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
additional source Chang, C.Y. (2009). Illustrated encyclopedia of fauna & flora of Korea. Vol. 42. Inland-water Copepoda. <em>Jeonghaeng-sa, Ministry of Education, Seoul, South Korea.</em> 42:1-687. [details] Available for editors
additional source Chang, C.Y. (2013). Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Copepoda, Cyclopoida, Cyclopidae, Cyclopinae : Continental Cyclopoids II. <em>Invertebrate Fauna of Korea, National Institute of Biological Resources, Ministry of Environment(Korea).</em> 21(26): 107 pp. [details] Available for editors
additional source Kur, J. & B. Wojtasik. (2007). Chapter 9. Widlonogi Cyclopoida wybranych jezior zlewni górnej Raduni. [Chapter 9. Cyclopoid copepods of selected lakes in the upper Radunia river basin.]. <em>In: Borowiak, D. (ed.) Jeziora Kaszubskiego Parku Krajobrazowego. Katedra Limnologii, Uniwersytet Gdański, Gdansk, Poland.</em> :145-163. [details] Available for editors
additional source Kompoot, K. & S. Watiroyram. (2025). Freshwater copepods in the tributaries of the lower Mekong River Basin in Thailand. <em>Biodiversitas.</em> 26(4):1846-1859., available online at https://doi.org/10.13057/biodiv/d260434 [details] Available for editors
additional source Bozkurt, A. & M.G. Guler. (2016). Uc tathsu kaynagindaki (Hatay) zooplankton bollugu, vucut uzunlugu ve yumurta miktarının mevsimsel değişi. [Seasonal change of zooplankton abundance, body length and egg number in three freshwater reservoirs (Hatay). ]. <em>Yunus Arastirma Bulteni.</em> 2016(2):101-113. [In Turkish; English abstract]., available online at https://doi.org/10.17693/yunus.05581 [details] Available for editors
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Microcyclops bicolor) (from synonym Microcyclops bicolor (Sars G.O., 1863))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Microcyclops bicolor (Sars G.O., 1863))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (5 records)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Microcyclops bicolor) (from synonym Microcyclops bicolor (Sars G.O., 1863))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Microcyclops bicolor (Sars G.O., 1863))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (5 records)
To ITIS
