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Cyclops
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Cyclops

Cyclops is one of the most common genera of freshwater copepods, comprising over 400 species . Together with other similar-sized non-copepod fresh-water crustaceans, especially cladocera, they are commonly called water fleas. The name Cyclops comes from the Cyclops of Greek mythology which shares the quality of having a single large eye, which may be either red or black in Cyclops.

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13 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Cyclops insignis

speciesCyclops insignis

Cyclops strenuus

speciesCyclops strenuus

Cyclops vicinus

speciesCyclops vicinus

Cyclops bohater

speciesCyclops bohater

Cyclops scutifer

speciesCyclops scutifer

Cyclops abyssorum

speciesCyclops abyssorum

Cyclops furcifer

speciesCyclops furcifer

Cyclops kolensis

speciesCyclops kolensis

Cyclops bicuspidatus

speciesCyclops bicuspidatus

Cyclops kikuchii

speciesCyclops kikuchii

Cyclops cavernarum

speciesCyclops cavernarum

Cyclops heberti

speciesCyclops heberti

Cyclops haueri

speciesCyclops haueri

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 244267.