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

Halicyclops Norman, 1903

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Hemicyclops*	Claus, 1893	synonym
*Tococheres*	Pelseneer, 1929	synonym

Children

Halicyclops brevispinosus Herbst, 1952
Halicyclops christianensis Boeck, 1872
Halicyclops cryptus Monchenko, 1979
Halicyclops dalmatinus Petkovski, 1955
Halicyclops incognitus Herbst, 1962
Halicyclops magniceps (Lilljeborg, 1853)
Halicyclops mariae Castel, 1976
Halicyclops neglectus Kiefer, 1935
Halicyclops rotundipes Kiefer, 1935
Halicyclops septentrionalis Kiefer, 1935
Halicyclops stocki Herbst, 1962
Halicyclops troglodytes Kiefer, 1955
Halicyclops validus Monchenko, 1974

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: シオミズケンミジンコ属

Literature

original description	Norman, A.M. (1903). New generic names for some Entomostraca and Cirripedia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 11(7): 367-369.
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	Kiefer, F. (1936). Freilebenden Süss- und Salzwassercopepoden von der Insel Haiti. Mit einer Revision der Gattung Halicyclops Norman. [Free-living freshwater and saltwater copepods from the island of Haiti. With a revision of the genus Halicyclops Norman.]. Archiv für Hydrobiologie. 30(2):263-317, figs. 1-129, tabs., map.
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	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.
additional source	Lindberg, K. (1941). Cyclopides (Crustacés Copépodes) de l'Inde. V. Contribution à l'étude du genre Halicyclops Norman. [Cyclopida (Crustacea Copepods) of India. V. Contribution to the study of the genus Halicyclops Norman.]. Records of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 43:1-7, figs. 1-3. (26-iii-1941).
additional source	Rocha, C.E.F. (1985). A new species of Halicyclops (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) from the Amazon basin, Brazil. Acta Amazonica. 13(5-6):937-942, figs. 1-18. (not published in x-1983, Portuguese summary.).
additional source	Kiefer, F. (1929). Crustacea Copepoda. 2. Cyclopoida Gnathostoma. Das Tierreich, Berlin und Leipzig. 53:1-102. [German].

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Halicyclops Norman, 1903. 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:106433

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Halicyclops Norman, 1903. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/60ba6722-cc82-40d3-b792-85ae11c94cb7