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

Cyclopina pygmaea Sars G.O., 1918

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cyclopina*	Claus, 1863	accepted genus name
*Herbstina*	Huys & Boxshall, 1990	synonym
*Microcyclopina*	Plesa, 1961	synonym
*Troglocyclopina*	Jaume & Boxshall, 1996	synonym

Species group names

*Cyclopicina pygmaea*	(Sars G.O., 1918)	synonym

Literature

original description	Sars, G.O. (1918). An account of the Crustacea of Norway, with short descriptions and figures of all the species: VI. Copepoda Cyclopoida. Bergens Museum, Bergen. 6:1-225, 118 plates.
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. (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. Cyclopina pygmaea Sars G.O., 1918. 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:106533