Copepoda taxon details
Megacyclops latipes (Lowndes, 1927)
359278 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:359278)
accepted
Species
Acanthocyclops gigas latipes (Lowndes, 1927) · unaccepted
Acanthocyclops latipes (Lowndes, 1927) · unaccepted
Cyclops gigas latipes Lowndes, 1927 · unaccepted
Cyclops latipes Lowndes, 1927 · unaccepted
Megacyclops gigas latipes (Lowndes, 1927) · alternative representation
(of Cyclops latipes Lowndes, 1927) Lowndes, A.G. (1927). Cyclops latipes, sp. n. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)19:266-270, figs. 1-4. (ii-1927), available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222932708633595 [details] Available for editors 
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Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Megacyclops latipes (Lowndes, 1927). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=359278 on 2026-05-28
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(of Cyclops latipes Lowndes, 1927) Lowndes, A.G. (1927). Cyclops latipes, sp. n. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)19:266-270, figs. 1-4. (ii-1927), available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222932708633595 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Cyclops gigas latipes Lowndes, 1927) Lowndes, A.G. (1927). Cyclops latipes, sp. n. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)19:266-270, figs. 1-4. (ii-1927), available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222932708633595 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Einsle, U. (1993). Megacyclops magnus (Marsh, 1920) (Crustacea, Copepoda) in northern Canada, a comparison with European Megacyclops species. Canadian Journal of Zoology 71(7):1434-1438, figs. 1-5. (French summary.), available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z93-198 [details] Available for editors [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 [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 [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): 485 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kiefer, F. (1929). Crustacea Copepoda. 2. Cyclopoida Gnathostoma. <em>Das Tierreich, Berlin und Leipzig.</em> 53:1-102. [German].
page(s): 54-55 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kiefer, F. (1955). Freilebenden Ruderfusskrebse (Crustacea Copepoda) aus Türkischen Binnengewässern. II. Cyclopoida und Harpacticoida. [Free-living copepods (Crustacea Copepoda) from Turkish inland waters. II. Cyclopoida and Harpacticoida.]. <em>Istanbul Universitesi Fen Fakultesi Hidrobiologi.</em> (B)2(4):108-132, figs. 1-63. (i-1955). [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): 270-272 [details] Available for editors [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 [request]
additional source Srámek-Husek, R. (1960). Perlocky a klanonozci ze zátopového uzeni lipenskí prehrady. Die Cladoceren und Copepoden aus dem Staugebiet der Bupno-Talsperre. [The Cladocera and Copepods from the Bupno Dam Reservoir. <em>Casopis Národniho Musea, Prague.</em> 129(1):37-47, figs. 1-16, tabs. 1-2. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Soesbergen, M. (2021). The genus Megacyclops (Crustacea: Copepoda) in the Netherlands: Distribution and ecology. <em>International Journal of Fauna and Biological Studies.</em> 8(1, Part 1A):28-33., available online at https://doi.org/10.22271/23940522.2021.v8.i1a.789 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]original description (of Cyclops gigas latipes Lowndes, 1927) Lowndes, A.G. (1927). Cyclops latipes, sp. n. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)19:266-270, figs. 1-4. (ii-1927), available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222932708633595 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Einsle, U. (1993). Megacyclops magnus (Marsh, 1920) (Crustacea, Copepoda) in northern Canada, a comparison with European Megacyclops species. Canadian Journal of Zoology 71(7):1434-1438, figs. 1-5. (French summary.), available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z93-198 [details] Available for editors
[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
[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
[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): 485 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kiefer, F. (1929). Crustacea Copepoda. 2. Cyclopoida Gnathostoma. <em>Das Tierreich, Berlin und Leipzig.</em> 53:1-102. [German].
page(s): 54-55 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kiefer, F. (1955). Freilebenden Ruderfusskrebse (Crustacea Copepoda) aus Türkischen Binnengewässern. II. Cyclopoida und Harpacticoida. [Free-living copepods (Crustacea Copepoda) from Turkish inland waters. II. Cyclopoida and Harpacticoida.]. <em>Istanbul Universitesi Fen Fakultesi Hidrobiologi.</em> (B)2(4):108-132, figs. 1-63. (i-1955). [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): 270-272 [details] Available for editors
[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
[request]additional source Srámek-Husek, R. (1960). Perlocky a klanonozci ze zátopového uzeni lipenskí prehrady. Die Cladoceren und Copepoden aus dem Staugebiet der Bupno-Talsperre. [The Cladocera and Copepods from the Bupno Dam Reservoir. <em>Casopis Národniho Musea, Prague.</em> 129(1):37-47, figs. 1-16, tabs. 1-2. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Soesbergen, M. (2021). The genus Megacyclops (Crustacea: Copepoda) in the Netherlands: Distribution and ecology. <em>International Journal of Fauna and Biological Studies.</em> 8(1, Part 1A):28-33., available online at https://doi.org/10.22271/23940522.2021.v8.i1a.789 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Megacyclops latipes)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Cyclops latipes Lowndes, 1927)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (12 records)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Megacyclops latipes)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Cyclops latipes Lowndes, 1927)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (12 records)
To ITIS