Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Podoplea > Order Cyclopoida > Suborder Cyclopida

Cyclopidae Rafinesque, 1815

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Cyclopinae
Eucyclopinae
Halicyclopinae
Monoculus Linnaeus, 1758

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: copepods sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Hüpferlinge sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Japanese: ケンミジンコ科

Literature

original description	Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp.
basis of record	Boxshall, G. (2001). Copepoda (excl. Harpacticoida), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 252-268
additional source	Sewell, R.B.S. (1949). The littoral and semi-parasitic Cyclopoida, the Monstrilloida and Notodelphyoida. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition. Publ. British Museum (Natural History). 9(2):17-199, figs. 1-41, l chart.
additional source	Canu, E. (1892). Les Copépodes du Boulonnais. Morphologie, embryologie, taxonomie. [Copepods of Boulogne. Morphology, embryology, taxonomy.]. Travaux du Laboratoire de Zoologie Maritime de Wimereux-Ambleteuse. 6:1-292, figs. 1-20, pls. 1-30.
additional source	Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp.
additional source	Kiefer, F. (1927). Neue Untersuchungen über die Süsswasser-Cyclopiden. [New studies on freshwater cyclopoids.]. Mikrokosmos, Stuttgart. 21(4):71-75. (1928).
additional source	Reuter-Schiltz, I. & J. Hoffmann. (1970). Faune des Cyclopoida du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg. [Fauna of Cyclopoida of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.]. Archives de l'Institut Grand-Ducal de Luxembourg, Section des Sciences, Naturelles, Physiques et Mathematiques. n. ser. 34: 207-249, figs. 1-54.
additional source	Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. 463 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Cyclopidae Rafinesque, 1815. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106413

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Cyclopidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/48c0af34-5813-454f-8115-0a78791e6383