Species Microcyclops varicans (Sars, 1863)
- Cyclops varicans Sars, G.O. 1863. Oversigt af de indenlandske Ferskvandcopepoder. Bulletin of the Mauritius Institute 1862: 212-262 [252].
- Cyclops subaequalis Kiefer, F. 1928. Crustacea I. Copepoda aquae dulcis. Faune des Colonies Françaises 1: 535-568, figs 1-48 [558].
Generic Combinations
- Cyclops varicans Sars G.O., 1863. —
Henry, M. 1922. A monograph of the freshwater Entomostraca of New South Wales. Part II. Copepoda. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 47(IV): 551-570 [562]
Kiefer, F. 1929. Zur Kenntnis einiger Artgruppen der Süsswasser-Cyclopiden. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 133: 1-56, figs 1-6 [27] - Microcyclops varicans varicans (Sars, G.O., 1863). —
Damian-Georgescu, A. 1963. Copepoda. Fam. Cyclopidae (forme de apa dulce). Fauna Republicii Populare Romîne, Crustacea 4(6): 1-205, figs 1-105 [162]
Reid, J.W. 1985. Chave de identificação e lists de referências bibliográficas para as espèces continentais Sulamericanas de vide livre da ordem Cyclopoida (Crustacea, Copepoda). Boletim de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil 9: 17-143 [140] - Microcyclops (Microcyclops) varicans varicans (Sars, G.O., 1863). —
Monchenko, V.I. 1974. Schelepnoroti Ciklopopodibni, Ciklopi (Cyclopidae). Fauna Ukraïni. Vidavnitstvo Naukova Dumka, Kiev 27(3): 1-452, figs 1-142 [In Ukrainian] [360] - Cyclops (Diacyclops) varicans (Sars, G.O., 1863). —
Pesta, O. 1928. Krebstiere oder Crustacea. I: Ruderfüsser oder Copepoda (1. Calanoida, 2. Cyclopoida) (3. Ordnung). pp. 1-136, figs 1-115 in Dahl, F. (ed.). Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der Angrenzenden Meeresteile nach Ihren Merkmalen und nach Ihrer Lebensweise. Jena : Fischer Vol. 9. [119] - Cyclops (Microcyclops) varicans (Sars, G.O., 1863). —
Kiefer, F. 1929. Crustacea Copepoda, 2. Cyclopoida Gnathostoma. Das Tierreich. Berlin & Leipzig : Walter de Gruyter & Co. Vol. 53 pp. 1-102. [66]
Kiefer, F. 1933. Die freilebenden Copepoden der Binnengewässer von Insulinde. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 12(Suppl.): 519-621 [567]
Kiefer, F. 1934. Die freilebenden Kopepoden Südafrikas. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik 65(2): 99-192, figs 1-167 [162]
Stephanides, T. 1948. A survey of the freshwater biology of Corfu and of other regions of Greece. Praktika toi Ellenikoi Udrobiologikoi Institoitoi, Athens 2: 1-263 [50] - Microcyclops varicans (Sars, G.O., 1863). —
Wilson, C.B. 1932. The copepods of the Woods Hole region Massachusetts. Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum Bulletin 158: 1-635 [326]
Rylov, V.M. 1948. Cyclopoida presnykh vod. Fauna SSSR, Rakoobraznye 3(3): 1-318, figs 1-79 [267]
Lindberg, K. 1953. Cyclopides (Crustacés Copépodes) de l'Australie. Acta Universitatis Lundensis 49: 1-8 [6]
Kiefer, F. 1960. Ruderfusskrebse (Copepoden). Stuttgart : Kosmos pp. 1-97, figs 1-287. [45]
Dussart, B.H. 1969. Les Copépodes des eaux continentales d'Europe occidentale. Tome II: Cyclopoïdes et Biologie. Paris : N. Boubée et Cie pp. 292, figs 1-121. [180]
Einsle, U. 1971. Copépodes libres. Résultats Scientifiques de l'Exploration Hydrobiologique du Bassin du Lac Bangweolo et du Luapula 13(1): 1-74, figs 1-28, tabs. 1-7, map 1 [48]
Kiefer, F. 1978. Copepoda non-parasitica. pp. 209-225 in Illies, J. (ed.). Limnofauna Europaea. Stuttgart : Gustav Fisher Verlag and Swets & Zeitlinger B.V. Vol. 2. [216]
Dussart, B.H. 1981. Copépodes du bassin du Niger. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire 43: 135-169 [152]
Dussart, B.[H.] & Defaye, D. 1985. Répertoire mondial des Copépodes Cyclopoïdes. Bordeaux, France : Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique pp. 1-236. [102]
Dussart, B.H. & Frutos, S.M. 1986. Sur quelques Copépodes d'Argentine. Revue d'Hydrobiologie Tropicale 18(4): 305-314, figs 1-59, tab. 1 [English and Spanish summaries. Date recorded as 1985 in Karanovic (2006)] [310]
Defaye, D 1988. Contribution à la connaissance des Crustacés Copepodes d'Éthiopie. Hydrobiologia 164(2): 103-147 [English summary] [132]
Reid, J.W. 1992. Copepoda (Crustacea) from fresh waters of the Florida Everglades, U.S.A., with a description of Eucyclops conrowae n. sp. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 111(3): 229-254 [249]
Gaviria, S. 1998. Checklist and distribution of the free-living copepods (Arthropoda: Crustacea) from Austria. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien Serie B, Botanik und Zoologie 100: 539-594 [Date published xii.1998] [558]
Hudson, P.L., Reid, J.W., Lesko, L.T. & Selgeby, J.H. 1998. Cyclopoid and harpacticoid copepods of the Laurentian Great Lakes. Bulletin of the Ohio Biological Survey New Series 12(2): vi+1-50 [16]
Karanovic, T. 2004. Subterranean Copepods from Arid Western Australia. Zeist, Netherlands : Koninklijke Brill Academic Publishers 366 pp. [121] - Microcyclops (Microcyclops) varicans (Sars, G.O., 1863). —
Kiefer, F. 1938. Freilebende Ruderfusskrebse (Crustacea Copepoda) von Formosa. Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 8: 35-73, figs 1-50 [Date published 25-iii-1938] [57]
Ito, T. 1954. Cyclopoida copepods of Japanese subterranean waters. Report of the Faculty of Fisheries of the Prefectural University of Mie 1: 372-416, figs 1-180, tabs 1-17 [Date published 30-vii-1954] [402]
Ito, T. 1957. Groundwater copepods from south-western Japan. Hydrobiologia 11(1): 1-28 [Date published 31-x-1957] [18]
Shenm, C.-J., Tai , A.-Y, Zhang, C.-Z, Li, Z.-Y., Song, D.-X, Song, Y.-Z & Chen, G.-X. 1979. Fauna Sinica, Crustacea, freshwater Copepoda. Peking [Beijing] : Science Press pp.1-450. [375]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Microcyclops rubellus (Lilljeborg, 1901). —
Kiefer, F. 1960. Ruderfusskrebse (Copepoden). Stuttgart : Kosmos pp. 1-97, figs 1-287. [45]
Dussart, B.H. 1969. Les Copépodes des eaux continentales d'Europe occidentale. Tome II: Cyclopoïdes et Biologie. Paris : N. Boubée et Cie pp. 292, figs 1-121. [182]
Kiefer, F. 1978. Copepoda non-parasitica. pp. 209-225 in Illies, J. (ed.). Limnofauna Europaea. Stuttgart : Gustav Fisher Verlag and Swets & Zeitlinger B.V. Vol. 2. [216]
Reid, J.W. 1992. Copepoda (Crustacea) from fresh waters of the Florida Everglades, U.S.A., with a description of Eucyclops conrowae n. sp. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 111(3): 229-254 [245]
Gaviria, S. 1998. Checklist and distribution of the free-living copepods (Arthropoda: Crustacea) from Austria. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien Serie B, Botanik und Zoologie 100: 539-594 [Date published xii.1998] [558]
Hudson, P.L., Reid, J.W., Lesko, L.T. & Selgeby, J.H. 1998. Cyclopoid and harpacticoid copepods of the Laurentian Great Lakes. Bulletin of the Ohio Biological Survey New Series 12(2): vi+1-50 [15] - Microcyclops varicans rubellus (Lilljeborg, 1901). —
Petkovski, T.K. 1955. IV. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Copepoden. Acta Musei Macedonici Scientarium Naturalium Skopje 3(3): 71-104, figs 1-70 [Date published 1-viii-1955] [84]
Damian-Georgescu, A. 1963. Copepoda. Fam. Cyclopidae (forme de apa dulce). Fauna Republicii Populare Romîne, Crustacea 4(6): 1-205, figs 1-105 [164]
Plesa, C. 1981. Cyclopides (Crustacea, Copepoda) de Cuba. Résultats des Expedition biospéléologiques Cubano-Romaines á Cuba 3: 17-34, figs 1-65, tabs 1-2 [Date published vi-1984: English summary] [28]
Dussart, B.[H.] & Defaye, D. 1985. Répertoire mondial des Copépodes Cyclopoïdes. Bordeaux, France : Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique pp. 1-236. [104] - Microcyclops (Microcyclops) varicans f. rubellus (Lilljeborg, 1901). —
Monchenko, V.I. 1974. Schelepnoroti Ciklopopodibni, Ciklopi (Cyclopidae). Fauna Ukraïni. Vidavnitstvo Naukova Dumka, Kiev 27(3): 1-452, figs 1-142 [In Ukrainian] [365] - Microcyclops varicans var. rubellus (Lilljeborg, 1901). —
Rylov, V.M. 1948. Cyclopoida presnykh vod. Fauna SSSR, Rakoobraznye 3(3): 1-318, figs 1-79 [269] - Microcyclops (Microcyclops) rubellus (Lilljeborg, 1901). —
Shenm, C.-J., Tai , A.-Y, Zhang, C.-Z, Li, Z.-Y., Song, D.-X, Song, Y.-Z & Chen, G.-X. 1979. Fauna Sinica, Crustacea, freshwater Copepoda. Peking [Beijing] : Science Press pp.1-450. [377] - Microcyclops varicans subaequalis (Kiefer, 1928). —
Kiefer, F. 1956. Freilebende Ruderfusskrebse (Crustacea Copepoda) I. Calanoida und Cyclopoida. pp. 233-268, figs 1-100, tab. 1 in Gessner, F. & Vareschi, V. (eds). Ergebnisse der Deutschen Limnologischen Venezuela-Expedition, 1952. Berlin : Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften Vol. 1. [260]
Dussart, B.[H.] & Defaye, D. 1985. Répertoire mondial des Copépodes Cyclopoïdes. Bordeaux, France : Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique pp. 1-236. [104]
Reid, J.W. 1985. Chave de identificação e lists de referências bibliográficas para as espèces continentais Sulamericanas de vide livre da ordem Cyclopoida (Crustacea, Copepoda). Boletim de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil 9: 17-143 [140] - Microcyclops varicans f. dojrensis Petkovski, 1954. —
Petkovski, T.K. 1954. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der jugoslavischen Cyclopiden. Acta Musei Macedonici Scientiarum Naturalium, Skopje 2:. (). Acta Musei Macedonici Scientarium Naturalium Skopje 2(1/12): 1-31, figs 1-33 [Date published 28.v.1954] [20]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Murchison region and Pilbara region (WA) Cosmopolitan. Found in epigean and underground fresh and brackish water bodies throughout Australia.
Ubiquitous throughout Australia.
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: underground water.
General References
Morton, D.W. & Bayly, I.A.E. 1977. Studies on the ecology of some temporary freshwater pools in Victoria with special reference to microcrustaceans. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 28: 439-454 [445] (distribution and ecology information)
Shiel, R.J., Walker, K.F. & Williams, W.D. 1982. Plankton of the lower River Murray, South Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 33: 301-327 (SA record)
History of changes
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