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  Subfamily Cyclopinae

Genus Acanthocyclops

    Species A. vernalis -- Wisconsin!
    Species A. capillatus -- midwestern North America.
    Species A. einslei -- midwestern North America.
    Species A. venustoides -- midwestern North America.
    Species A. brevispinosus -- North America.
    Species A. carolinianus -- North America.
    Species A. columbiensis -- North America.
    Species A. exilis -- North America.
    Species A. montana -- North America.
    Species A. parasensitivus -- North America.
    Species A. parvulus -- North America.
    Species A. pennaki -- North America.
    Species A. robustus -- North America.
    Species A. trajani -- North America.
    Species A. pilosus
    Species A. smithae
    Species A. venustus

Taxon Information

The Genus Acanthocyclops has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from Wisconsin.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Acanthocyclops, "Speciose, cosmopolitan genus with many common species" (Reid & Williamson, 2010).
• Acanthocyclops, 4 species [North America]...2 species [North America]...about 2 species [North America] (Smith, 2001).
• Cyclops (Acanthocyclops), (Wilson & Yeatman, 1959).

Bibliography

• Reid, J.W. & C.E. Williamson. 2010. Copepoda. [in] J.H. Thorp & A.P. Covich (eds.). Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates, 3rd edition: 829-899.
• Smith, D.G. 2001. Copepoda. Pennak's Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States, 4th edition: 489-517.
• Wilson, M.S. & H.C. Yeatman. 1959. Free-Living Copepoda. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 735-861.

Web Pages

• Integrated Taxonomic Information System
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• World of Copepods