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Muscocyclops

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Kingdom
  
Subphylum
  
Crustacea

Subclass
  
Scientific name
  
Muscocyclops therasiae

Phylum
  
Class
  
Maxillopoda

Order
  
Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Metacyclops, Tropocyclops, Halicyclops, Thermocyclops, Acanthocyclops

Muscocyclops is a genus of copepod crustaceans in the family Cyclopidae, comprising three species found only in South America. Two of the species – Muscocyclops bidentatus Reid, 1987 and Muscocyclops therasiae Reid, 1987 – are endemic to the Distrito Federal in Brazil, and are listed as conservation dependent on the IUCN Red List. The third species is Muscocyclops operculatus (Chappuis, 1917).

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Muscocyclops Wikipedia


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