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 > Genus Diacyclops

Diacyclops bicuspidatus (Claus, 1857)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Cyclops Müller O.F., 1785

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Diacyclops*	Kiefer, 1927	accepted genus name

Children

Diacyclops bicuspidatus bicuspidatus (Claus, 1857)
Diacyclops bicuspidatus limnobius Kiefer, 1978
Diacyclops bicuspidatus lucanus Pesce & Galassi, 1985
Diacyclops bicuspidatus odessanus (Schmankevitch, 1875)

Literature

original description	Claus, C. (1857). Weitere Mittheilungen über die einheimischen Cyclopiden. [Further information on the native cyclopoids.]. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 23:205-210, pl. 11.
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	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	Dussart, B.H. (1969). Les Copépodes des eaux continentales d'Europe occidentale. Tome II: Cyclopoïdes et Biologie. [Copepods of the continental waters of Western Europe. Volume II: Cyclopoids and Biology.]. N. Boubée et Cie, Paris, France. 292 pp, figs. 1-121.
additional source	Chang, C.Y. (2013). Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Copepoda, Cyclopoida, Cyclopidae, Cyclopinae : Continental Cyclopoids II. Invertebrate Fauna of Korea, National Institute of Biological Resources, Ministry of Environment(Korea). 21(26): 107 pp.
additional source	Kiefer, F. (1929). Crustacea Copepoda. 2. Cyclopoida Gnathostoma. Das Tierreich, Berlin und Leipzig. 53:1-102. [German].
additional source	Chang, C.Y. (2009). Illustrated encyclopedia of fauna & flora of Korea. Vol. 42. Inland-water Copepoda. Jeonghaeng-sa, Ministry of Education, Seoul, South Korea. 42:1-687.
additional source	Kiefer, F. (1978). Freilebende Copepoda. [Free-living Copepoda]. In: Kiefer, F. & G. Fryer (eds.) Das Zooplankton der Binnengewässer, 2. Teil.; In: Elster, H.J. & W. Ohle (eds) Die Binnengewässer Einzeldarstellungen aus del Limnologie und ihren Nachbargebietien. 26(2):1-343, figs. 1-22, pls. 1-96, tabs. 1-12, Beilage.
additional source	Lindberg, K. (1936). Notes sur les Cyclopides (Crustacés Copépodes) des l'Iran. [Notes on the cyclopoids (Copepod Crustaceana) of Iran.]. Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de la Belgique. 12(17):1-26, figs. 1-33, map. (v-1936).
additional source	Einsle, U. (1965). Ökologische Studien an einer pelagisch lebenden Population von Diacyclops bicuspidatus (Crust. Cop.). [Ecological studies on a pelagic population of Diacyclops bicuspidatus (Crust. Cop.).]. Gewässer und Abwässer. 39-40:102-117, figs. 1-19.
additional source	Chang, C.Y. & G.S. Min. (2005). Key to the Korean freshwater cyclopoid copepods and their DNA taxonomy. Jung-haeng-Sa Publishing Co., Seoul. 153 pp.
additional source	Azémar, F.; Fiers, F.; Tackx, M. (2002). Zooplankton taxonomic list - taxa found from Bath to Gent (Schelde) during winter and spring 2002. Unpublished data.
additional source	Monchenko, V.I. (2000). Cryptic species in Diacyclops bicuspidatus (Copepoda: Cyclopoida): evidence from crossbreeding studies. In: Alekseev, V.R., G.A. Wyngaard & F.D. Ferrari (eds.). Advances in Copepod Taxonomy: A Tribute to Ulrich Einsle. Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Hague. Hydrobiologia 417(1-3):101-107. (1.i.2000)
additional source	Dussart, B.H. & D. Defaye. (2001). Copepoda: Introduction to the Copepoda. (2nd edition)(revised and enlarged). Guides to the Identification of the Microinvertebrates of the Continental Waters of the World. H.J.F. Dumont (ed.). SPB Academic Publishers, The Hague. 16:1-344.
additional source	Franke, U. (1989). Katalog zur Sammlung limnischer Copepoden von Prof. Dr. Friedrich Kiefer (Mit einem Gesamtverzeichnis seiner Publikationen). Catolog of the freshwater copepods of Dr. Friedrich Kiefer. Carolinea Beiheft, Karlsrühe. 5:1-433, figs. 1-2.
additional source	Einsle, U. (1993). Crustacea: Copepoda: Calanoida und Cyclopoida. In: Schwoerbel, J. & P. Zwick (eds.). Süsswasserfauna von Mitteleuropa, Gustav Fischer Verlag. 8(4-1):1-209. (German).

Genbank

Citation

Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Diacyclops bicuspidatus (Claus, 1857). 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:149785

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Diacyclops bicuspidatus (Claus, 1857). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/2b016723-d112-45c5-8837-e62784eac7de