Cyclopina adelphae

Cyclopina adelphae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Order: Cyclopoida
Family: Cyclopinidae
Genus: Cyclopina
Species:
C. adelphae
Binomial name
Cyclopina adelphae
Karanovic, 2008

Cyclopina adelphae is a species of copepod belonging to the order Cyclopoida, in the family, Cyclopinidae.[2] The species was first described in 2008 by zoologist, Tomislav Karanovic.[2][3] Its initial epithet was adelphe.[3]

The species is known only from its type locality in Dampier, Western Australia.[1][3] It difffers from other Australian Cyclopina species by having its third endopodal segment of second, third, and fourth legs with four setae, and its antennula being 11-segmented.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Australian Faunal Directory: Cyclopina adelphe Karanovic, 2008". biodiversity.org.au. Archived from the original on 2022-03-12. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
  2. ^ a b c "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cyclopina adelphae Karanovic, 2008". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2026-02-10.
  3. ^ a b c Karanovic, T. (2008). Marine Interstitial Poecilostomatoida and Cyclopoida (Copepoda) of Australia. Crustaceana Monograph, Brill, Leiden 9:1-336
  4. ^ Karanovic, Tomislav (2008). "Key To Australian Species Of The Genus Cyclopina". brill.com. Retrieved 2026-02-11.