Copepoda taxon details
Megacyclops gigas gigas (Claus, 1857)
730070 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:730070)
accepted
Subspecies
Acanthocyclops gigas (Claus, 1857) · unaccepted
Cyclops gigas Claus, 1857 · unaccepted
Cyclops ingens Herrick, 1882 · unaccepted
Cyclops viridis gigas Claus, 1857 · unaccepted
Cyclops viridis ingens Herrick, 1882 · unaccepted
Megacyclops gigas (Claus, 1857) · alternative representation
(of Cyclops gigas Claus, 1857) Claus, C. (1857). Weitere Mittheilungen über die einheimischen Cyclopiden. [Further information on the native cyclopoids.]. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 23:205-210, pl. 11. [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Megacyclops gigas gigas (Claus, 1857). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=730070 on 2026-04-05
original description
(of Cyclops gigas Claus, 1857) Claus, C. (1857). Weitere Mittheilungen über die einheimischen Cyclopiden. [Further information on the native cyclopoids.]. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 23:205-210, pl. 11. [details]
original description (of Cyclops ingens Herrick, 1882) Herrick, C.L. (1882). Cyclopidae of Minnesota with notes on other copepods. Notes on some Minnesota Cladocera. On Notodromas and Cambarus. Reports of the Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota 10, 1881:219-254, figs. 1-2, pls. 1-7.
page(s): 1882: 228-229, Plate IV, figs. 1-8 [details]
original description (of Cyclops viridis ingens Herrick, 1882) Herrick, C.L. (1882). Papers on the Crustacea of the freshwaters of Minnesota. III. On <i>Notodromus</i> and <i>Cambarus</i>. <em>Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota Annual Report.</em> 10: 252-254. [details]
original description (of Cyclops ingens Herrick, 1882) Herrick, C.L. (1882). Cyclopidae of Minnesota with notes on other copepods. Notes on some Minnesota Cladocera. On Notodromas and Cambarus. Reports of the Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota 10, 1881:219-254, figs. 1-2, pls. 1-7.
page(s): 1882: 228-229, Plate IV, figs. 1-8 [details]
original description (of Cyclops viridis ingens Herrick, 1882) Herrick, C.L. (1882). Papers on the Crustacea of the freshwaters of Minnesota. III. On <i>Notodromus</i> and <i>Cambarus</i>. <em>Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota Annual Report.</em> 10: 252-254. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cyclops gigas Claus, 1857)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Megacyclops gigas (Claus, 1857))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Megacyclops gigas) (from synonym Megacyclops gigas (Claus, 1857))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Megacyclops gigas (Claus, 1857))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Megacyclops gigas (Claus, 1857))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Megacyclops gigas (Claus, 1857))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Megacyclops gigas) (from synonym Megacyclops gigas (Claus, 1857))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Megacyclops gigas (Claus, 1857))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Megacyclops gigas (Claus, 1857))
From editor or global species database
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