Biology:Afrocyclops pauliani

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Short description: Extinct species of crustacean

Afrocyclops pauliani
Afrocyclops pauliani bw.jpg
Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Order: Cyclopoida
Family: Cyclopidae
Genus: Afrocyclops
Species:
A. pauliani
Binomial name
Afrocyclops pauliani
Lindberg, 1951
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Location of Analamanga Region, Madagascar

Afrocyclops pauliani is an extinct species of copepod in the family Cyclopidae. A single specimen was discovered in 1951 in a small freshwater pool near Antananarivo, Madagascar , but the species has not been seen in collections since.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1617513 entry