Copepoda name details
Cyclops varius Lilljeborg, 1901
350632 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:350632)
unaccepted > interim unpublished (The short species diagnosis written in Latin lists characters that are shared by several Eucyclops species. Cyclops varius varius has not been delineated /defined in the original description.)
Species
Cyclops varius varius Lilljeborg, 1901 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Cyclops varius brachyurus Lilljeborg, 1901 accepted as Eucyclops serrulatus (Fischer, 1851) represented as Eucyclops serrulatus serrulatus (Fischer, 1851) represented as Eucyclops (Eucyclops) serrulatus (Fischer, 1851) represented as Eucyclops (Eucyclops) serrulatus serrulatus (Fischer, 1851) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Cyclops varius proximus Lilljeborg, 1901 accepted as Eucyclops serrulatus (Fischer, 1851) represented as Eucyclops serrulatus serrulatus (Fischer, 1851) represented as Eucyclops (Eucyclops) serrulatus (Fischer, 1851) represented as Eucyclops (Eucyclops) serrulatus serrulatus (Fischer, 1851) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subspecies Cyclops varius varius Lilljeborg, 1901 accepted as Cyclops varius Lilljeborg, 1901
- Subspecies Cyclops varius speratus Lilljeborg, 1901 represented as Cyclops speratus Lilljeborg, 1901 accepted as Eucyclops speratus (Lilljeborg, 1901) represented as Eucyclops speratus speratus (Lilljeborg, 1901) represented as Eucyclops (Speratocyclops) speratus (Lilljeborg, 1901) represented as Eucyclops (Speratocyclops) speratus speratus (Lilljeborg, 1901)
Lilljeborg, W. (1901). Synopsis specierum huc usque in Suecia observatarum generis Cyclopis, sive Bidrag till en Öfversigt af de inom Sverige iakttagna Arterna af Slägtet Cyclops. Kungliga Svenska Vetensk-Akademiens Handlingar, New Series 35(4):1-118, pls. 1-6. [details] 
Taxonomic remark In the original description Lilljeborg wrote: " Among the varying forms of the same species [varius], I have been able to...
Taxonomic remark In the original description Lilljeborg wrote: " Among the varying forms of the same species [varius], I have been able to distinguish three, which I described in my public lectures on these powerful animals in 1881 as separate species, under the names given below, but which, according to what I have subsequently learned, appear to overlap each other, and which I have therefore only included as forms or varieties of one species, although some of them may possibly prove to be distinct species upon more thorough investigation." [translation from Swedish original]
The short species diagnosis written in Latin lists characters that are shared by several Eucyclops species. Cyclops varius varius has not been delineated /defined in the original description.
The name Cyclops varius LiIljeborg, 1901 partly refers to E. speratus Lilljeborg and partly refers to E. serrulatus Fischer, it is not a valid name. [details]
The short species diagnosis written in Latin lists characters that are shared by several Eucyclops species. Cyclops varius varius has not been delineated /defined in the original description.
The name Cyclops varius LiIljeborg, 1901 partly refers to E. speratus Lilljeborg and partly refers to E. serrulatus Fischer, it is not a valid name. [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Cyclops varius Lilljeborg, 1901. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=350632 on 2026-05-06
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Lilljeborg, W. (1901). Synopsis specierum huc usque in Suecia observatarum generis Cyclopis, sive Bidrag till en Öfversigt af de inom Sverige iakttagna Arterna af Slägtet Cyclops. Kungliga Svenska Vetensk-Akademiens Handlingar, New Series 35(4):1-118, pls. 1-6. [details]
additional source Mendis, A.S., C.H. Fernando & G.D. Kariyawasam. (1962). A guide to the freshwater fauna of Ceylon. <em>Bulletin of the Fisheries Research Station, Sri Lanka (Ceylon).</em> 12:1-160. [copepods 65-67.]., available online at http:// http://hdl.handle.net/1834/32113 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Thiébaud, M. (1953). Les Entomostracés de la Vieille-Thièle à Meienried et des environs de Bienne. [The Entomostraca of Vieille-Thièle in Meienried and the surroundings of Bienne.]. <em>Revue Suisse de Zoologie.</em> 60(4):567-614, figs. 1-53. (xii-1953). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Breemen, P.J. van. (1907). Vrijlevende zoetwater-Copepoden van Nederland. [Free-living freshwater copepods of the Netherlands.]. <em>Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging (A.</em> (2)10(3):303-368, pls. 6-7. [details]
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): 110, 112, 124, 126, 133, 167, 197, 198, 205, 218, 219, 2214, 227, 231, 243, 250, 255, 2660, 2836, 310, 368, 370, 3830, 3903, 4129, 414, 445, 476, 5427, 84, 96, 97 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Mendis, A.S., C.H. Fernando & G.D. Kariyawasam. (1962). A guide to the freshwater fauna of Ceylon. <em>Bulletin of the Fisheries Research Station, Sri Lanka (Ceylon).</em> 12:1-160. [copepods 65-67.]., available online at http:// http://hdl.handle.net/1834/32113 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Thiébaud, M. (1953). Les Entomostracés de la Vieille-Thièle à Meienried et des environs de Bienne. [The Entomostraca of Vieille-Thièle in Meienried and the surroundings of Bienne.]. <em>Revue Suisse de Zoologie.</em> 60(4):567-614, figs. 1-53. (xii-1953). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Breemen, P.J. van. (1907). Vrijlevende zoetwater-Copepoden van Nederland. [Free-living freshwater copepods of the Netherlands.]. <em>Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging (A.</em> (2)10(3):303-368, pls. 6-7. [details]
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): 110, 112, 124, 126, 133, 167, 197, 198, 205, 218, 219, 2214, 227, 231, 243, 250, 255, 2660, 2836, 310, 368, 370, 3830, 3903, 4129, 414, 445, 476, 5427, 84, 96, 97 [details] Available for editors
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Taxonomic remark In the original description Lilljeborg wrote: " Among the varying forms of the same species [varius], I have been able to distinguish three, which I described in my public lectures on these powerful animals in 1881 as separate species, under the names given below, but which, according to what I have subsequently learned, appear to overlap each other, and which I have therefore only included as forms or varieties of one species, although some of them may possibly prove to be distinct species upon more thorough investigation." [translation from Swedish original]The short species diagnosis written in Latin lists characters that are shared by several Eucyclops species. Cyclops varius varius has not been delineated /defined in the original description.
The name Cyclops varius LiIljeborg, 1901 partly refers to E. speratus Lilljeborg and partly refers to E. serrulatus Fischer, it is not a valid name. [details]