Copepoda taxon details

Paracyclops affinis (Sars G.O., 1863)

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cyclops affinis 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] OpenAccess publication
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Paracyclops affinis (Sars G.O., 1863). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=356815 on 2026-01-29
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original description (of Cyclops pygmaeus Rehberg, 1880) Rehberg, H. (1880). Beitrag zur Kenntnis der freilebenden Süsswasser-Copepoden. [Contribution to the knowledge of free-living freshwater copepods.]. <em>Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins zu Bremen.</em> 6:533-554, pl. 6. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Paracyclops sitiseiensis Harada, 1931) Harada, I. (1931). Studien über die Süsswasserfauna Formosas. IV. Süsswasser-Cyclopiden aus Formosa. [Studies on the freshwater fauna of Formosa. IV. Freshwater cyclopids from Formosa.]. <em>Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses.</em> 13:149-168, figs. 1-33. (5-xi-1931). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Cyclops affinis 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] OpenAccess publication

additional source Dussart, B.H. & D. Defaye. (2006). World directory of Crustacea Copepoda of inland waters. II - Cyclopiformes. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 354 pp. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Alekseev, V.R. (1987). Opredelitel' presnovodnykh tsiklopov Evropesko chasti SSSR. T. 1. Kopepoditnye stadii starshikh vozrastov podsemestva Eucyclopinae. Key to freshwater Cyclopinae of the European USSR. Older copepodid instars of the subfamily Eucyclopinae.]. <em>Gosnii Ozern. i rechn. rybn. kh-va. L. 95 s. (Rukopis' dep. v VINITI 13.01.87, No. 286-B87).</em> 96 pp. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Belmonte, G., G. Alfonso & S. Moscatello . (2006). Copepod fauna (Calanoida and Cyclopoida) in small ponds of the Pollino National Park (south Italy), with notes on seasonality and biometry of species. Journal of Limnology 65(2): 107-113. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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  PDF available [request]

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  PDF available [request]

additional source Damian-Georgescu, A. (1963). Copepoda. Fam. Cyclopidae (forme de apa dulce). [Copepoda. Fam. Cyclopidae (freshwater forms).]. <em>Fauna Republicii Populare Romîne, Crustacea.</em> 4(6):1-205, figs. 1-105. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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  PDF available [request]

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  PDF available [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) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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): 380, 4463, 5653 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Fryer, G. (1957). Freeliving freshwater Crustacea from Lake Nyasa and adjoining waters. Part I. Copepoda. <em>Archiv für Hydrobiologie.</em> 53(1):62-86, figs. 1-44. (iii-1957). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Karaytug, S. (1999). Copepoda: Cyclopoida. Genera Paracyclops, Ochridacyclops and Key to the Eucyclopinae. <em>Guides to the Identification of the Microinvertebrates of the Continental Waters of the World. H.J.F. Dumont (ed.). SPB Academic Publishing, The Netherlands, The Hague.</em> 14:1-217. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Karaytug, S. & G.A. Boxshall. (1998). The female antennules of Paracyclops (Cyclopoida: Cyclopidae): their significance for systematics. In: Dahms, H.U., T. Glatzel, H.J. Hirche, S. Schiel & H.K. Schminke, (eds.). Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Copepoda, Journal of Marine Systems, Spec. Vol. 15(1-4):397-400, fig.1. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Kiefer, F. (1929). Crustacea Copepoda. 2. Cyclopoida Gnathostoma. <em>Das Tierreich, Berlin und Leipzig.</em> 53:1-102. [German].
page(s): 42 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Kiefer, F. (1952). Copepoda Calanoida und Cyclopoida. <em>Exploration du Parc National Albert, Mission H. Damas (1935-1936), Institut des Parcs Nationaux du Congo Belge.</em> 21: 1-136, figs. 1-192, A-H, tabs. 1-21. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Kiefer, F. (1957). Eine kleine Crustaceenausbeute aus dem Tumbasee (Belgisch-Kongo). [A small crustacean yield from Lake Tumba (Belgian Congo). <em>Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines.</em> 56:92-100, figs. 1-25. (12-x-1957). [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): 127-130 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Langeland, A. (1978). Bestemmelsestabell over norske Cyclopoida Copepoda funnet i ferskvann (34 arter). [Key to Norwegian freshwater Cyclopoida Copepoda (34 species).]. <em>Rapport det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab, Museet, Trondheim, Zoologisk Serie, Report to the Royal Norwegian Association for the Sciences, the Museum, Trondheim. Zoological Series.</em> 4:1-21. (Norwegian). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Reversat, G., N. Garcia & B. Dussart. (1992). The copepod Paracyclops affinis as a predator of plant parasitic nematodes. Fundamental and Applied Limnology 15(2):183-185. [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 Smith, K.E. (1977). The taxonomy and distribution of Ontario copepod Crustacea (Calanoida and Cyclopoida) with keys to the species. <em>M.Sc. Thesis, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.</em> 121 pp. [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 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  PDF available [request]

additional source Chang, C.Y. (2012). Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Copepoda, Cyclopoida, Cyclopidae, Halicyclopinae, Eucyclopinae : continental cyclopoids 1. <em>Invertebrate Fauna of Korea, National Institute of Biological Resources, Ministry of Environment(Korea).</em> 21(19): 92 pp. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [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  PDF available [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  PDF available [request]

additional source Schell, J.M., C.J. Santos-Flores, P.E. Allen, B.M. Hunker, S. Kloehn, A. Michelson, R.A. Lillie & S.I. Dodson. (2001). Physical-chemical influences on vernal zooplankton community structure in small lakes and wetlands of Wisconsin, U.S.A. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 445:37-50., available online at https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1017574316867 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Pogare, S.L., V. Murkute & A. Chavan. (2023). Study on Diversity of Zooplankton in and Around Gadchiroli: A Review. <em>International Journal of Advance and Applied Research (IJAAR).</em> 4(44):57-64. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Latchinian-Arbes, M. (2025). Caracterización limnológica de la Laguna Negra (Rocha, Uruguay): análisis del estado trófico y descripción general de las principales comunidades biológicas. [Limnological characterization of Laguna Negra (Rocha, Uruguay): analysis of the trophic state and general description of the main biological communities.]. <em>Tesis de grado, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay.</em> 38 pp. [In Spanish]., available online at http:// https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12008/49839 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Dementev, M.S. (2015). Predvaritel'nyy obzor vodnykh bespozvonochnykh Tsentral'nogo Predkavkaz'ya (Severnyy Kavkaz) i prilegayushchikh gornykh territoriy. [Preliminary summary aquatic invertebrates in central Ciscaucasia (Nort Caucasus region) and adjacent mountain areas. ]. <em>Advances in Current Natural Sciences.</em> 6:102-118. [In Russian; English abstract]. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

redescription Karaytug, S. (1999). Copepoda: Cyclopoida. Genera Paracyclops, Ochridacyclops and Key to the Eucyclopinae. <em>Guides to the Identification of the Microinvertebrates of the Continental Waters of the World. H.J.F. Dumont (ed.). SPB Academic Publishing, The Netherlands, The Hague.</em> 14:1-217. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
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