genus Cyclops

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genus Cyclops - copepod water fleas

arthropod genus - a genus of arthropods

Copepoda, subclass Copepoda - minute planktonic or parasitic crustaceans

water flea, cyclops - minute free-swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear-shaped body and long antennae used in swimming; important in some food chains and as intermediate hosts of parasitic worms that affect man e.g. Guinea worms

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The genus Daphnia recorded the highest number among the Cladocera making up 7.84% of the total zooplankton, while the genus Cyclops constituting 6.09% the total zooplankton was the dominant genus among the class Copepoda.