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

Cyclops Müller O.F., 1785

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Cyclops abyssorum Sars, 1863
Cyclops ankyrae Mann, 1940
Cyclops aurantius Fischer, 1860
Cyclops bohater Kozminski, 1933
Cyclops furcifer Claus, 1857
Cyclops heberti Einsle, 1996
Cyclops insignis Claus, 1857
Cyclops kolensis Lilljeborg, 1901
Cyclops lacustris Sars, 1863
Cyclops ochridanus Kiefer, 1932
Cyclops scutifer Sars, 1863
Cyclops singularis Einsle, 1996
Cyclops stagnalis Einsle, 1996
Cyclops strenuus Fischer, 1851
Cyclops vicinus Ulianine, 1875
Cyclops viridis Jurine, 1820

Literature

original description	Müller, O.F. (1785). Entomostraca seu Insecta Testacea, quae in aquis Daniae et Norvegiae reperit, descripsit et iconibus illustravit Otho Fridericus Müller. [The Entomostraca or Insecta Testacea, which he finds in the waters of Denmark and Norway, were described and illustrated by icons by Otho Friedrich Müller.]. F.W. Thiele, Lipsiae & Havniae. 134 pp., index, pls. 1-21.
basis of record	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Labbé, A. (1926). Remarques sur le genre Cyclops O.F. Müller. [Remarks on the genus Cyclops O.F. Müller.]. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 51:56-64.
additional source	Häcker, V. (1890). Über die Reifungsvorgänge bei Cyclops. Zoologischen Anzeiger. 346:1-8.
additional source	Rylov, V.M. (1963). Freshwater Cyclopoida. Cyclopoida presnykh vod. Fauna of USSR, Crustacea. 3(3): i-vi, 1-314, figs. 1-79. ( Translation by Israel Program Scient. Trans. of Rylov, V.M. (1948). Cyclopoida presnyk vod. Cyclopoid fauna. Fauna SSSR Rakoobraznye, Moscow. 3(3):1-318, figs. 1-79.
additional source	Dussart, B.H. (1960). Le genre Cyclops s. str. (Crustacé Copépode) en France. [The genus Cyclops s. str. (Copepod Crustacean) in France.]. Comptes Rendus de l'Association Française pour l'Avancement des Sciences, paris. 76:51-56, figs. 1-3.
additional source	Claus, C. (1857). Das Genus Cyclops und seine einheimischen Arten. [The genus Cyclops and its native species.]. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Inaugual-Dissertation der Hochiloblichen Philosophischen Fakultät zu Marburg,. 23:1-40, pls. 1-3.
additional source	Alverdes, F. (1920). Die Vererbung von Abnormalitäten bei Cyclops. [The inheritance of abnormalities in Cyclops.]. Zeitschrift für Induktive Abstammungs- und Vererbungslehre, Berlin. 24:211-278, figs. 1-56. (xi-1920).
additional source	Breemen, P.J. van. (1907). Vrijlevende zoetwater-Copepoden van Nederland. [Free-living freshwater copepods of the Netherlands.]. Tijdschrift der Nederlandsche Dierkundige Vereeniging (A. (2)10(3):303-368, pls. 6-7.
additional source	Alverdes, F. (1920). Über das Manifestwerden der ererbten Anlage einer Abnormalität. (Nach Untersuchungen an Cyclops. [ On the manifestation of the inherited predisposition to an abnormality. (Based on investigations on Cyclops.]. Biologisches Zentralblatt, Leipzig. 40: 473-480.
additional source	Dana, J.D. (1853-1855). Crustacea. Part II. In: United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes. U. S. N., C. Sherman Printer, Philadelphia. 14: 691-1618. [1855, folio atlas pls. 1-96.].
additional source	Forbes, E.B. (1897). A contribution to a knowledge of North American freshwater Cyclopidae. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History 5(2):27-83, pls. 8-20.
additional source	Lilljeborg, W. (1901). Synopsis specierum huc usque in Suecia observatarum generis Cyclopis, sive Bidrag till en Öfversigt af de inom Sverige iakttagna Arterna af Slägtet Cyclops. Kungliga Svenska Vetensk-Akademiens Handlingar, New Series 35(4):1-118, pls. 1-6.
additional source	Monchenko, V.I. (1974). Shchelepnoroti tsiklopodiny, tsiklopi (Cyclopidae). Gnathostoma, Cyclopoida, (Cyclopidae). [Sliver-clawed cyclopoids, Cyclops (Cyclopidae). Gnathnostoma, Cyclopoida, (Cyclopidae).]. Fauna Ukrainy, Fauna of Ukraine, Vidavnitstvo Naukova Dumka, Kiev. 27(3):1-452, figs. 1-142. (28-vi-1974, Ukrainian).
additional source	Marsh, C.D. (1910). A revision of the North American species of Cyclops. Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. 16(2)3:1067-1135, pls. 72-81. (completed vol.16 is dated 1910).
additional source	Lindberg, K. (1957). Le groupe Cyclops rubens (syn. Cyclops strenuus). Revision du genre Cyclops s. str. (O.F. Müller 1770) (Crustacés Copépodes). [The Cyclops rubens group (syn. Cyclops strenuus). Revision of the genus Cyclops s. str. (O.F. Müller 1770) (Crustacea Copepods).]. C.W.K. Gleerup Editeurs, Lund, Suede. :1-335, figs. 1-113. Imprimee en Suede nya Litografen, Malmo 1958 II 500.
additional source	McDonald, M. (1940). A key to the species of Cyclops in Iowa. Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science 46:373-381, figs. 1-41. (vi-1940)
additional source	Byrnes, E.F. (1909). The fresh water Cyclops of Long Island. Cold Sprint Harbor Monographs, The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences publisher. 7:1-43, 15 pls.
additional source	Kiefer, F. (1929). Crustacea Copepoda. 2. Cyclopoida Gnathostoma. Das Tierreich, Berlin und Leipzig. 53:1-102. [German].
additional source	Slack, F.E. (1956). A key to the British species of the genus Cyclops O.F. Müller. Glasgow Naturalist 17(5):250-256, figs. 1-3. (xii-1956)

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Cyclops Müller O.F., 1785. 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:149782

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Cyclops Müller O.F., 1785. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/23eeef5a-1377-474d-a8cd-7c4a3ffaf95b