Copepoda name details

Cyclops serratus Pratz, 1866

350595  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:350595)

uncertain > nomen dubium (Based on the description and drawings, Cyclops serratus might perhaps be a Megacyclops. Yet even the generic identity is uncertain see the P5 in Fig. 42, which differs from the morphology typical in Megacyclops. Anyway, the very short caudal rami and P4)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Pratz, E. (1866). Über einige im Grundwasser lebende Thiere. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der unterirdischen Crustaceen. [On some animals living in groundwater. Contributions to the knowledge of subterranean crustaceans.]. <em>Dissertation zur erlangung dur würde eines magisters der pharmacie, Saint Petersburg.</em> 65 pp., 4 plates. [details] OpenAccess publication
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Cyclops serratus Pratz, 1866. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=350595 on 2026-05-22
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2008-07-15 14:41:49Z
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Walter, T. Chad
2013-04-14 10:43:02Z
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Walter, T. Chad
2023-12-31 13:04:31Z
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Walter, T. Chad
2024-02-19 14:18:11Z
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original description Pratz, E. (1866). Über einige im Grundwasser lebende Thiere. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der unterirdischen Crustaceen. [On some animals living in groundwater. Contributions to the knowledge of subterranean crustaceans.]. <em>Dissertation zur erlangung dur würde eines magisters der pharmacie, Saint Petersburg.</em> 65 pp., 4 plates. [details] OpenAccess publication

source of synonymy Schmeil, O. (1892). Deutschlands freilebende Süsswasser-Copepoden. I. Cyclopidae. [Germany's free-living freshwater copepods. I. Cyclopidae.]. <em>Bibliotheca Zoologica, Stuttgart.</em> 4(11)(1):1-192, pls. 1-8, figs. 1-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.82495
page(s): 186 [details]