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 | |
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| Cyzicus californicus | |
Scientific 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
References
- "Cyzicus Audouin, 1837". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
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