''Thermocyclops'' is a genus of
crustacean
Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean group ...
in family
Cyclopidae
The Cyclopidae are a family (biology), family of copepods containing more than half of the 1,200 species in the order (biology), order Cyclopoida in over 70 genera.
Genera
These genera are accepted as valid:
*''Abdiacyclops'' Karanovic, 2005
*' ...
. It was first described and later extensively researched by
Friedrich Kiefer Professor Friedrich Kiefer (9 September 1897 – 18 April 1985) was a German zoologist, specialising in freshwater copepods. For over 60 years, he was "the preeminent morphological taxonomist of continental free-living copepods".
Kiefer was born in ...
, who discovered some 20 species.
The species and subspecies of the genus inhabit fresh and brackish waters alike (rarely ground waters) all around the world, although most are from tropical areas.
The genus contains the following species:
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Thermocyclops africae''
Baribwegure, Thirion & Dumont, 2001
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Thermocyclops analogus''
Kiefer, 1936
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Thermocyclops asiaticus''
(Kiefer, 1932)
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Thermocyclops brehmi''
(Kiefer, 1927)
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Thermocyclops brevifurcatus''
(Harada, 1931)
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Thermocyclops byzantinus''
Kiefer, 1952
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Thermocyclops consimilis''
Kiefer, 1934
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Thermocyclops conspicuus''
Lindberg, 1950
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Thermocyclops crassus''
(Fischer, 1853)
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Thermocyclops crenulatus''
Brehm, 1949
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Thermocyclops crucis''
Holynska, 2006
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Thermocyclops dalmaticus''
Petkovski, 1956
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Thermocyclops decipiens''
(Kiefer, 1929)
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Thermocyclops decoratus''
Dussart, 1978
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Thermocyclops dumonti''
Baribwegure & Mirabdullayev, 2003
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Thermocyclops dybowskii''
(Landé, 1890)
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Thermocyclops emini
''Thermocyclops'' is a genus of crustacean in family Cyclopidae. It was first described and later extensively researched by Friedrich Kiefer, who discovered some 20 species. The species and subspecies of the genus inhabit fresh and brackish water ...
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(Mrázek, 1898)
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Thermocyclops ethiopiensis''
Defaye, 1988
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Thermocyclops hastatus''
(Kiefer, 1952)
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Thermocyclops hooki''
Löffler, 1968
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Thermocyclops hyalinus''
(Rehberg, 1880)
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Thermocyclops ianthinus''
Harada, 1931
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Thermocyclops iguapensis''
W. M. Silva & Matsumura-Tundisi, 2005
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Thermocyclops incisus''
(Kiefer, 1932)
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Thermocyclops infrequens''
(Kiefer, 1929)
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Thermocyclops inopinus''
(Kiefer, 1926)
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Thermocyclops inversus''
(Kiefer, 1936)
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Thermocyclops iwoyiensis''
Onabamiro, 1952
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Thermocyclops kawamurai''
K. Kikuchi, 1940
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Thermocyclops kivuensis''
Kiefer, 1952
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Thermocyclops macracanthus''
(Kiefer, 1929)
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Thermocyclops macrolasius''
Kiefer, 1952
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Thermocyclops maheensis''
Lindberg, 1941
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Thermocyclops microspinulosus''
Lindberg, 1942
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Thermocyclops minutus''
(Lowndes, 1934)
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Thermocyclops mongolicus''
Kiefer, 1937
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Thermocyclops ndalaganus''
Kiefer, 1952
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Thermocyclops neglectus''
(G. O. Sars, 1909)
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Thermocyclops nigerianus''
Kiefer, 1932
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Thermocyclops oblongatus''
(G. O. Sars, 1927)
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Thermocyclops oithonoides''
(G. O. Sars, 1863)
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Thermocyclops operculifer''
Kiefer, 1930
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Thermocyclops orghidani''
(Plesa, 1981)
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Thermocyclops orientalis''
Dussart & Fernando, 1985
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Thermocyclops ouadanei''
van de Velde, 1978
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Thermocyclops pachysetosus''
Lindberg, 1951
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Thermocyclops parvus
''Thermocyclops parvus'' is a species of copepod in the family Cyclopidae. It is endemic to the United States, where it is known only from the Everglades in Florida. Its natural habitat is swamp
A swamp is a forested wetland.Keddy, P.A. 2010. ...
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Reid, 1989
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Thermocyclops philippinensis''
(Marsh, 1932)
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Thermocyclops pseudoperculifer''
Holynska, 2006
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Thermocyclops retroversus''
(Kiefer, 1929)
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Thermocyclops rylovi''
(Smirnov, 1928)
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Thermocyclops schmeili''
(Poppe & Mrázek, 1895)
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Thermocyclops schuurmanae''
(Kiefer, 1928)
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Thermocyclops stephanidesi''
Kiefer, 1938
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Thermocyclops taihokuensis''
Harada, 1931
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Thermocyclops tchadensis''
Dussart & Gras, 1966
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Thermocyclops tenuis''
(Marsh, 1910)
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Thermocyclops thermocyclopoides''
(Harada, 1931)
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Thermocyclops tinctus''
Lindberg, 1936
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Thermocyclops trichophorus''
Kiefer, 1930
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Thermocyclops uenoi''
ItoTak, 1952
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Thermocyclops vermifer''
Lindberg, 1935
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Thermocyclops vizarae''
(Fryer, 1957)
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Thermocyclops wolterecki''
Kiefer, 1938
References
Cyclopidae
Cyclopoida genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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