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

Cyclopina Claus, 1863

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Herbstina*	Huys & Boxshall, 1990	synonym
*Microcyclopina*	Plesa, 1961	synonym
*Troglocyclopina*	Jaume & Boxshall, 1996	synonym

Children

Cyclopina adriatica Petkovski, 1955
Cyclopina balearica (Jaume & Boxshall, 1996)
Cyclopina brachystylis Sars G.O., 1921
Cyclopina crassisetosa Herbst, 1953
Cyclopina ensifera Grandori, 1925
Cyclopina esilis Brian, 1938
Cyclopina exigua Herbst, 1974
Cyclopina gracilis Claus, 1863
Cyclopina hadzii Petkovski, 1955
Cyclopina kieferi Schäfer, 1936
Cyclopina latipes Schäfer, 1936
Cyclopina norvegica Boeck, 1865
Cyclopina oblivia Monchenko, 1981
Cyclopina ovalis Brady, 1880
Cyclopina phoenicia Lindberg, 1953
Cyclopina pontica Monchenko, 1977
Cyclopina psammophila Steuer, 1940
Cyclopina pygmaea Sars G.O., 1918
Cyclopina rotundipes Herbst, 1952
Cyclopina schneideri Scott T., 1903
Cyclopina steueri Früchtl, 1923
Cyclopina tuberculata Herbst, 1962

Literature

original description	Claus, C. (1863). Die frei lebenden Copepoden mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna Deutschlands, der Nordsee und des Mittelmeeres. [The free-living copepods with special consideration of the fauna of Germany, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.]. Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig. 230 pp., pls. 1-37.
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	Nicholls, A.G. (1939). Marine harpacticoids and cyclopoids from the shores of the St. Lawrence. Le Naturaliste Canadien, Quebec. 66(2):241-316, 28 figs.
additional source	Kiefer, F. (1929). Crustacea Copepoda. 2. Cyclopoida Gnathostoma. Das Tierreich, Berlin und Leipzig. 53:1-102. [German].
additional source	Schäfer, H.W. (1936). Cyclopiniden (Crustacea Copepoda) aus der deutschen Nordsee. [Cyclopoida (Crustacea Copepoda) from the German North Sea.]. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 114(9-10):225-234, figs. 1-20. (2-vi-1936).
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. Cyclopina Claus, 1863. 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:106437