Cyclopina adelphae
| Cyclopina adelphae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Cyclopoida |
| Family: | Cyclopinidae |
| Genus: | Cyclopina |
| Species: | C. adelphae
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| Binomial name | |
| Cyclopina adelphae Karanovic, 2008
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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
- ^ a b "Australian Faunal Directory: Cyclopina adelphe Karanovic, 2008". biodiversity.org.au. Archived from the original on 2022-03-12. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
- ^ a b c "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cyclopina adelphae Karanovic, 2008". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2026-02-10.
- ^ a b c Karanovic, T. (2008). Marine Interstitial Poecilostomatoida and Cyclopoida (Copepoda) of Australia. Crustaceana Monograph, Brill, Leiden 9:1-336
- ^ Karanovic, Tomislav (2008). "Key To Australian Species Of The Genus Cyclopina". brill.com. Retrieved 2026-02-11.