Copepoda taxon details
Megacyclops viridis viridis (Jurine, 1820)
729868 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:729868)
accepted
Subspecies
Acanthocyclops niceae Mann, 1940 · unaccepted
Acanthocyclops viridis (Jurine, 1820) · alternative representation
Acanthocyclops viridis viridis (Jurine, 1820) · unaccepted
Cyclops (Megacyclops) viridis Jurine, 1820 · alternative representation
Cyclops niceae Mann, 1940 · unaccepted
Cyclops serratus Pratz, 1866 · uncertain > nomen dubium (Based on the description and...)
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
Cyclops uniangulatus Cragin, 1883 · unaccepted
Cyclops viridis Jurine, 1820 · alternative representation
Cyclops viridis Fischer, 1851 · unaccepted
Cyclops viridis viridis Jurine, 1820 · unaccepted
Megacyclops niceae (Mann, 1940) · unaccepted
Megacyclops viridis (Jurine, 1820) · alternative representation
Monoculus quadricornis viridis Jurine, 1820 · unaccepted (synonym)
Jurine, L. (1820). Histoire des Monocles, qui se trouvent aux environs de Genève. [History of the Monocles, which are found around Geneva.]. <em>Genève & Paris.</em> 258 pp, pls. 1-22. (Partial copy.)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10137 [details] 
(of Acanthocyclops viridis viridis (Jurine, 1820)) Jurine, L. (1820). Histoire des Monocles, qui se trouvent aux environs de Genève. [History of the Monocles, which are found around Geneva.]. <em>Genève & Paris.</em> 258 pp, pls. 1-22. (Partial copy.)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10137 [details]
(of Monoculus quadricornis viridis Jurine, 1820) Jurine, L. (1820). Histoire des Monocles, qui se trouvent aux environs de Genève. [History of the Monocles, which are found around Geneva.]. <em>Genève & Paris.</em> 258 pp, pls. 1-22. (Partial copy.)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10137 [details]
(of Acanthocyclops viridis (Jurine, 1820)) Jurine, L. (1820). Histoire des Monocles, qui se trouvent aux environs de Genève. [History of the Monocles, which are found around Geneva.]. <em>Genève & Paris.</em> 258 pp, pls. 1-22. (Partial copy.)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10137 [details]
(of Acanthocyclops viridis viridis (Jurine, 1820)) Jurine, L. (1820). Histoire des Monocles, qui se trouvent aux environs de Genève. [History of the Monocles, which are found around Geneva.]. <em>Genève & Paris.</em> 258 pp, pls. 1-22. (Partial copy.)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10137 [details]
(of Monoculus quadricornis viridis Jurine, 1820) Jurine, L. (1820). Histoire des Monocles, qui se trouvent aux environs de Genève. [History of the Monocles, which are found around Geneva.]. <em>Genève & Paris.</em> 258 pp, pls. 1-22. (Partial copy.)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10137 [details]
(of Acanthocyclops viridis (Jurine, 1820)) Jurine, L. (1820). Histoire des Monocles, qui se trouvent aux environs de Genève. [History of the Monocles, which are found around Geneva.]. <em>Genève & Paris.</em> 258 pp, pls. 1-22. (Partial copy.)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10137 [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Megacyclops viridis viridis (Jurine, 1820). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=729868 on 2026-04-17
original description
Jurine, L. (1820). Histoire des Monocles, qui se trouvent aux environs de Genève. [History of the Monocles, which are found around Geneva.]. <em>Genève & Paris.</em> 258 pp, pls. 1-22. (Partial copy.)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10137 [details]
original description (of Acanthocyclops viridis viridis (Jurine, 1820)) Jurine, L. (1820). Histoire des Monocles, qui se trouvent aux environs de Genève. [History of the Monocles, which are found around Geneva.]. <em>Genève & Paris.</em> 258 pp, pls. 1-22. (Partial copy.)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10137 [details]
original description (of Cyclops (Megacyclops) viridis Jurine, 1820) Jurine, L. (1820). Histoire des Monocles, qui se trouvent aux environs de Genève. [History of the Monocles, which are found around Geneva.]. <em>Genève & Paris.</em> 258 pp, pls. 1-22. (Partial copy.)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10137
page(s): 46 [details]
original description (of Cyclops niceae Mann, 1940) Mann, A.K. (1940). Über pelagische Copepoden türkischer Seen (mit Berücksichtigung des übrigen Planktons). Internationale Revue der Gesamten Hydrobiologie und Hydrographie 40(1-2):1-87, figs. 1-26, tabs., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/iroh.19400400102 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Cyclops serratus Pratz, 1866) 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]
original description (of Cyclops uniangulatus Cragin, 1883) Cragin, F.W. (1883). A contribution to the history of the fresh water Copepoda. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 8:66-81, pls. 1-4. [details]
original description (of Acanthocyclops niceae Mann, 1940) Mann, A.K. (1940). Über pelagische Copepoden türkischer Seen (mit Berücksichtigung des übrigen Planktons). Internationale Revue der Gesamten Hydrobiologie und Hydrographie 40(1-2):1-87, figs. 1-26, tabs., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/iroh.19400400102 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Monoculus quadricornis viridis Jurine, 1820) Jurine, L. (1820). Histoire des Monocles, qui se trouvent aux environs de Genève. [History of the Monocles, which are found around Geneva.]. <em>Genève & Paris.</em> 258 pp, pls. 1-22. (Partial copy.)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10137 [details]
original description (of Cyclops viridis Fischer, 1851) Fischer, S. (1851). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der in der Umgegend von St. Petersburg sich findenden Cyclopiden. [Contributions to the knowledge of the cyclopids found in the St. Petersburg area.]. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou.</em> 24(3):409-438, pls. 9-10.
page(s): 412-419 [details]
original description (of Acanthocyclops viridis (Jurine, 1820)) Jurine, L. (1820). Histoire des Monocles, qui se trouvent aux environs de Genève. [History of the Monocles, which are found around Geneva.]. <em>Genève & Paris.</em> 258 pp, pls. 1-22. (Partial copy.)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10137 [details]
original description (of Cyclops viridis Jurine, 1820) Jurine, L. (1820). Histoire des Monocles, qui se trouvent aux environs de Genève. [History of the Monocles, which are found around Geneva.]. <em>Genève & Paris.</em> 258 pp, pls. 1-22. (Partial copy.)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10137 [details]
additional source Samraoui, B. (2002). Branchiopoda (Ctenopoda and Anomopoda) and Copepoda from eastern Numidia, Algeria. Hydrobiologia 470: 173-179., available online at https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1015640525662 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Colom, G. (1957). Biogeografia de las Baleares (La Formacion de las Islas y el origin de su flora y de su fauna.). <em>Estudio General Lu Liano de Mallorca, Serie ceintifica.</em> 1:1-568, figs. 1-119., available online at http://pdf is partial [Los crustaceos de las aguas dulces :455-475] [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Perbiche-Neves, G., P.H.C. Corgosinho, D. Previattelli, E. Suárez-Morales, M.G. Nogueira & C.E.F. Rocha. (2025). Catalogue for identification of the most common lacustrine and riverine cyclopoid copepod (Crustacea) species in plankton of La Plata Basin, South America. <em>Zoologia (Curitiba).</em> 42: 1-47. e24023., available online at https://www.scielo.br/j/zool/a/LfjcJw4Dp6nhgFsgDcPwQTH/?lang=en [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Acanthocyclops viridis viridis (Jurine, 1820)) Jurine, L. (1820). Histoire des Monocles, qui se trouvent aux environs de Genève. [History of the Monocles, which are found around Geneva.]. <em>Genève & Paris.</em> 258 pp, pls. 1-22. (Partial copy.)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10137 [details]
original description (of Cyclops (Megacyclops) viridis Jurine, 1820) Jurine, L. (1820). Histoire des Monocles, qui se trouvent aux environs de Genève. [History of the Monocles, which are found around Geneva.]. <em>Genève & Paris.</em> 258 pp, pls. 1-22. (Partial copy.)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10137
page(s): 46 [details]
original description (of Cyclops niceae Mann, 1940) Mann, A.K. (1940). Über pelagische Copepoden türkischer Seen (mit Berücksichtigung des übrigen Planktons). Internationale Revue der Gesamten Hydrobiologie und Hydrographie 40(1-2):1-87, figs. 1-26, tabs., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/iroh.19400400102 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Cyclops serratus Pratz, 1866) 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]
original description (of Cyclops uniangulatus Cragin, 1883) Cragin, F.W. (1883). A contribution to the history of the fresh water Copepoda. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 8:66-81, pls. 1-4. [details]
original description (of Acanthocyclops niceae Mann, 1940) Mann, A.K. (1940). Über pelagische Copepoden türkischer Seen (mit Berücksichtigung des übrigen Planktons). Internationale Revue der Gesamten Hydrobiologie und Hydrographie 40(1-2):1-87, figs. 1-26, tabs., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/iroh.19400400102 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Monoculus quadricornis viridis Jurine, 1820) Jurine, L. (1820). Histoire des Monocles, qui se trouvent aux environs de Genève. [History of the Monocles, which are found around Geneva.]. <em>Genève & Paris.</em> 258 pp, pls. 1-22. (Partial copy.)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10137 [details]
original description (of Cyclops viridis Fischer, 1851) Fischer, S. (1851). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der in der Umgegend von St. Petersburg sich findenden Cyclopiden. [Contributions to the knowledge of the cyclopids found in the St. Petersburg area.]. <em>Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou.</em> 24(3):409-438, pls. 9-10.
page(s): 412-419 [details]
original description (of Acanthocyclops viridis (Jurine, 1820)) Jurine, L. (1820). Histoire des Monocles, qui se trouvent aux environs de Genève. [History of the Monocles, which are found around Geneva.]. <em>Genève & Paris.</em> 258 pp, pls. 1-22. (Partial copy.)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10137 [details]
original description (of Cyclops viridis Jurine, 1820) Jurine, L. (1820). Histoire des Monocles, qui se trouvent aux environs de Genève. [History of the Monocles, which are found around Geneva.]. <em>Genève & Paris.</em> 258 pp, pls. 1-22. (Partial copy.)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10137 [details]
additional source Samraoui, B. (2002). Branchiopoda (Ctenopoda and Anomopoda) and Copepoda from eastern Numidia, Algeria. Hydrobiologia 470: 173-179., available online at https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1015640525662 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Colom, G. (1957). Biogeografia de las Baleares (La Formacion de las Islas y el origin de su flora y de su fauna.). <em>Estudio General Lu Liano de Mallorca, Serie ceintifica.</em> 1:1-568, figs. 1-119., available online at http://pdf is partial [Los crustaceos de las aguas dulces :455-475] [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Perbiche-Neves, G., P.H.C. Corgosinho, D. Previattelli, E. Suárez-Morales, M.G. Nogueira & C.E.F. Rocha. (2025). Catalogue for identification of the most common lacustrine and riverine cyclopoid copepod (Crustacea) species in plankton of La Plata Basin, South America. <em>Zoologia (Curitiba).</em> 42: 1-47. e24023., available online at https://www.scielo.br/j/zool/a/LfjcJw4Dp6nhgFsgDcPwQTH/?lang=en [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | green copepod [from synonym] | [details] |
| German | Grüner Hüpferling [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes) (from synonym Megacyclops viridis (Jurine, 1820))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Cyclops viridis Jurine, 1820)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Megacyclops viridis (Jurine, 1820))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Acanthocyclops viridis (Jurine, 1820))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthocyclops viridis) (from synonym Acanthocyclops viridis (Jurine, 1820))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Megacyclops viridis) (from synonym Megacyclops viridis (Jurine, 1820))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Acanthocyclops viridis (Jurine, 1820))
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Megacyclops viridis (Jurine, 1820))
To PESI (from synonym Cyclops viridis Jurine, 1820)
To PESI (from synonym Cyclops viridis viridis Jurine, 1820)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Cyclops viridis Jurine, 1820)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (10 records) (from synonym Megacyclops viridis (Jurine, 1820))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Cyclops viridis Jurine, 1820)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Megacyclops viridis (Jurine, 1820))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Acanthocyclops viridis (Jurine, 1820))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthocyclops viridis) (from synonym Acanthocyclops viridis (Jurine, 1820))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Megacyclops viridis) (from synonym Megacyclops viridis (Jurine, 1820))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Acanthocyclops viridis (Jurine, 1820))
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Megacyclops viridis (Jurine, 1820))
To PESI (from synonym Cyclops viridis Jurine, 1820)
To PESI (from synonym Cyclops viridis viridis Jurine, 1820)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Cyclops viridis Jurine, 1820)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (10 records) (from synonym Megacyclops viridis (Jurine, 1820))