Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Copepoda > Infraclass Neocopepoda > Superorder Gymnoplea > Order Calanoida > Family Pseudocyclopidae

Pseudocyclops Brady, 1872

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Pseudocyclops arguinensis Andronov, 1986
Pseudocyclops costanzoi Baviera, Crescenti & Zagami, 2007
Pseudocyclops crassiremis Brady, 1872
Pseudocyclops faroensis Brugnano, Celona & Zagami, 2010
Pseudocyclops giussanii Zagami, Brugnano & Costanzo, 2008
Pseudocyclops mirus Andronov, 1986
Pseudocyclops obtusatus Brady & Robertson, 1873
Pseudocyclops pumilis Andronov, 1986
Pseudocyclops umbraticus Giesbrecht, 1893

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: プセウドキクロプス属

Literature

original description	Brady, G. S. (1872). Contributions to the study of the Entomostraca. No. VII. A list of the non-parasitic marine Copepoda of the north-east coast of England. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (4)10:1-17, pls. 2-6. (Also in: Natural History Transactions of Northumberland and Durham 4:423-445 + pls. 17-21.).
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	Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.).
additional source	Vervoort, W. (1964). Free-living Copepoda from Ifaluk Atoll in the Caroline Islands with notes on related species. Bulletin. United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution: Washington, DC (USA). 236: 1-431.
additional source	Zagami, G., G. Costanzo, N. Crescenti & C. Brugnano. (2005). Dati preliminari sui copepodi calanoidi bento-planctonici del genere Pseudocyclops del lago di Faro (Sicilia nord-orientale). Preliminar data on bentho-planktonic calanoid copepod Pseudocyclops genus of the lake Faro (north-eastern Sicily). Biologia Marina Mediterranea 12(1): 650-653; (Parte Seconda) (Italian)
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Bowman, T.E. & J.G. González. (1961). Four new species of Pseudocyclops (Copepoda: Calanoida) from Puerto Rico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 113(3452):37-59, figs. 1-11. (20-iii-1961)

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Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Pseudocyclops Brady, 1872. 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:104212