Metacyclops

Metacyclops is a genus of copepod crustaceans in the family Cyclopidae, containing 61 species, of which three are listed on the IUCN Red List – M. campestris from Brazil (conservation dependent), M. gasparoi from Italy (vulnerable) and M. postojnae from Slovenia (vulnerable).


 * Metacyclops aequatorialis Dussart, 1978
 * Metacyclops agnitus Herbst, 1988
 * Metacyclops amicitiae Kolaczynski, 2015
 * Metacyclops amoenus (Mann, 1940)
 * Metacyclops botosaneanui Pesce, 1985
 * Metacyclops brauni Herbst, 1962
 * Metacyclops campestris Reid, 1987
 * Metacyclops chelazzii Dumont, 1981
 * Metacyclops communis Lindberg, 1938
 * Metacyclops concavus Kiefer, 1937
 * Metacyclops curtispinosus Dussart, 1984
 * Metacyclops cushae Reid, 1991
 * Metacyclops dengizicus (Lepeshkin, 1900)
 * Metacyclops dentatus Plesa, 1981
 * Metacyclops denticulatus Dussart & Frutos, 1986
 * Metacyclops deserticus Mercado-Salas & Suárez-Morales, 2013
 * Metacyclops dianae Pesce, 1985
 * Metacyclops exsulis (Gauthier, 1951)
 * Metacyclops gasparoi Stoch, 1987
 * Metacyclops geltrudeae Galassi & Pesce, 1994
 * Metacyclops gracilis (Lilljeborg, 1853)
 * Metacyclops grandis (Kiefer, 1935)
 * Metacyclops grandispinifer (Lindberg, 1940)
 * Metacyclops hannensis Defaye, 1993
 * Metacyclops hartmanni Herbst, 1960
 * Metacyclops hirsutus C. E. F. Rocha, 1994
 * Metacyclops janstocki Herbst, 1990
 * Metacyclops laticornis (Lowndes, 1934)
 * Metacyclops leptopus (Kiefer, 1927)
 * Metacyclops longimaxillis Defaye & Por, 2010
 * Metacyclops lusitanus Lindberg, 1961
 * Metacyclops malayicus Kiefer, 1930
 * Metacyclops margaretae Lindberg, 1938
 * Metacyclops mendocinus (Wierzejski, 1892)
 * Metacyclops micropus Kiefer, 1932
 * Metacyclops minutus (Claus, 1863)
 * Metacyclops mortoni Pesce, De Laurentiis & Humphreys, 1996
 * Metacyclops mutatus Herbst, 1988
 * Metacyclops necessarius (Kiefer, 1926)
 * Metacyclops oraemaris C. E. F. Rocha, 1994
 * Metacyclops paludicola (Herbst, 1959)
 * Metacyclops pectiniatus Shen & Tai, 1964
 * Metacyclops planus (Gurney, 1909)
 * Metacyclops postojnae Brancelj, 1987
 * Metacyclops problematicus Dumont, 1973
 * Metacyclops prolatus Kiefer, 1935
 * Metacyclops pseudoanceps (Green, 1962)
 * Metacyclops rudis Plesa, 1981
 * Metacyclops ryukyuensis Ishida, 1995
 * Metacyclops somalicus Dumont, 1981
 * Metacyclops stammeri Kiefer, 1938
 * Metacyclops subaequalis Dussart, 1984
 * Metacyclops subdolus Kiefer, 1938
 * Metacyclops superincidentis Karanovic, 2004
 * Metacyclops thailandicus Boonyanusith, Sanoamuang & Brancelj, 2018
 * Metacyclops tredecimus (Lowndes, 1934)
 * Metacyclops trisetosus Herbst, 1957
 * Metacyclops trispinosus Dumont, 1981
 * Metacyclops tropicus (Kiefer, 1932)
 * Metacyclops unacanthus Lindberg, 1936
 * Metacyclops woni Lee & Chang, 2015


 * Metacyclops arenicolus Fryer, 1956 → Allocyclops arenicolus (Fryer, 1956)
 * Metacyclops arnaudi (Sars G.O., 1908) → Pescecyclops arnaudi (Sars G.O., 1908)
 * Metacyclops dimorphus (Kiefer, 1934) → Apocyclops dimorphus (Kiefer, 1934)
 * Metacyclops distans Kiefer, 1956 → Apocyclops distans (Kiefer, 1956)
 * Metacyclops fiersi De Laurentiis, Pesce & Humphreys, 2001 → Fierscyclops fiersi (De Laurentiis, Pesce & Humphreys, 2001)
 * Metacyclops kimberleyi Karanovic, 2004 → Pescecyclops kimberleyi (Karanovic, 2004)
 * Metacyclops laurentiisae Karanovic, 2004 → Pescecyclops laurentiisae (Karanovic, 2004)
 * Metacyclops monacanthus (Kiefer, 1928) → Pescecyclops monacanthus (Kiefer, 1928)
 * Metacyclops panamensis (Marsh, 1913) → Apocyclops panamensis (Marsh, 1913)
 * Metacyclops pilanus Karanovic, 2004 → Pescecyclops pilanus (Karanovic, 2004)
 * Metacyclops pilbaricus Karanovic, 2004 → Pescecyclops pilbaricus (Karanovic, 2004)
 * Metacyclops procerus (Herbst, 1955) → Apocyclops procerus (Herbst, 1955)
 * Metacyclops royi Lindberg, 1940 → Apocyclops royi (Lindberg, 1940)
 * Metacyclops spartinus (Ruber, 1966) → Apocyclops spartinus (Ruber, 1968)
 * Metacyclops stocki Pesce, 1985 → Hesperocyclops stocki (Pesce, 1985)
 * Metacyclops viduus (Kiefer, 1933) → Apocyclops viduus (Kiefer, 1933)