Cyclopina amita

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

Cyclopina amita 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]

The species has been found in Dampier, Western Australia,[1][3] and Karratha, Western Australia.[1] It differs from other Australian Cyclopina species by its females having the outer spine on the fifth leg more than twice as long as on the inner one, the third endopodal segment of second, third, and fourth legs having five setae, and the antennula being 11-segmented.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Australian Faunal Directory: Cyclopina amita Karanovic, 2008". biodiversity.org.au. Archived from the original on 2022-03-12. Retrieved 2026-02-12.
  2. ^ a b c "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cyclopina amita Karanovic, 2008". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2026-02-12.
  3. ^ a b 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.