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CYCLOPINAE, KIEFER, 1927 (subfamily)
Last segment of fifth leg of female with 1
or 2 appendages. Sides of caudal branch
without groups of bristles.

 

MICROCYCLOPS, CLAUS, 1893

First antenna with 9-11 segments, not reaching
beyond the cephalothorax. Last, distal segment
of fifth leg of female with one long seta and
one very small spine. Inner setae on caudal
ranch less than two times as long as outer setae.
Nauplii as well as copepodits feed mainly on
small algae, also protozoan and rotifers.
Benthic, crawling along the Substratum.
Species from Indonesia are belonging to a sub-genus
called Nediocyclops (Dussart & Sarnita, 1986),
se Dussart and Defaye (2001).

128 a. Besides fourth leg a long setae. Egg sacs
large, slightly diverging. Size female 600-900 μm.
Eurytherm; 20-39^o Celcius. Feeds on algae.
Benthic in littoral. Very common.
The records likely refer to other species
(Papa and Hołyńska 2013).
- Laguna de Bay, Paoay Lake, La Mesa Dam,
  Sampaloc Lake, Tadlac Lake, Taal Lake,
  Lake Mainit, Lake Lanao.
   Microcyclops "varicans", (SARS, 1863)
      [1941a, 1978a+b, 1986a, 2001a, 2008e, 2011a, 2013]

 

128 b. Besides fourth leg a small spine. Eurytherm
in alkaline freshwater. 
Genus needs revision. Record need confirmation
(Papa and Hołyńska 2013).     
   Microcyclops linjanticus, (KIEFER 1928)
   (syn. Cryptocyclops)
      [1941a]

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