Cyzicus (crustacean)

Cyzicus is a genus of clam shrimps in the family Cyzicidae. Identified by Jean Victoire Audouin in 1837, the genus was reidentified as Caenestheriella by Eugen von Daday in 1910.[1]

Cyzicus
Cyzicus californicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Branchiopoda
Subclass: Phyllopoda
Superorder: Diplostraca
Order: Spinicaudata
Family: Cyzicidae
Genus: Cyzicus
Audouin, 1837

There are seven species in the genus:[1]

  • Cyzicus belfragei (Packard, 1871) – Belfrage clam shrimp
  • Cyzicus californicus (Packard, 1883) – California clam shrimp
  • Cyzicus elongatus (Mattox, 1957 – elongate clam shrimp
  • Cyzicus gynecia (Mattox, 1949) – Mattox clam shrimp
  • Cyzicus mexicanus (Claus, 1860) – Mexican clam shrimp
  • Cyzicus morsei (Packard, 1883) – Morse clam shrimp
  • Cyzicus setosa (Pearse, 1912) – setose clam shrimp

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