Afrocyclops pauliani
Extinct species of crustacean From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
| Afrocyclops pauliani | |
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| Artist's reconstruction | |
| Scientific classification | |
| 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 | |
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