The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Copepoda

(copepods)

 

 cyclops

CYCLOPIDAE

Cyclops sp.

 

Species reported
          from Texas:

 

 

Cyclops bicuspidatus

Cyclops cavernarum

Cyclops crassicaudatus

Cyclops exilis

Cyclops learii

Cyclops leuckarti

Cyclops navus

Cyclops nearcticus

Cyclops scutifer

Cyclops serrulatus

Cyclops varicans

Cyclops venustoides

Cyclops vernalis
Distribution Citations

1938 Parks et al

1940 Harris & Silvey
1940 Legett
1942 Cheatum Longnecker
         Metler
1945 Sivels
1949 Redden
1949 Sivells

1950 Buxton
1953 Sublette
1955 Sublette

 

 

1974 Gilmore et al
1975 Longley
1976 Rhame & Stewart
1978 Karnei
1978 Karney

1984 Cusak
1988 Howard

1994 Reddell

 

notes:
*collected as zooplankton (Cheathum Longnecker & Metler 1942)

*often found on bottom substrates in reservoirs (Howard 1988)

*very tolerant of low oxygen levels (Howard 1988)

*reared from dry material on rehydration (Buxton & Breland 1957)

*some Texas species may be restricted to caves (Peck 1998)

*refs are for reports of genus only; species refs not included here; [ ] indicate state record, no specific county or locality indicated
copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser 
                          2010

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