Cyclopina adelphae
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| Cyclopina adelphae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Cyclopoida |
| Family: | Cyclopinidae |
| Genus: | Cyclopina |
| Species: | C. adelphae |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyclopina adelphae Karanovic, 2008 | |
 Holotype site: Dampier, Western Australia'"`UNIQ--ref-00000002-QINU`"' | |
Cyclopina adelphae is a species of copepod belonging to the order Cyclopoida, in the family, Cyclopinidae.[1] The species was first described in 2008 by zoologist, Tomislav Karanovic.[1][2] Its initial epithet was adelphe.[2]
The species is known only from its type locality in Dampier, Western Australia.[3][2] It difffers from other Australian Cyclopina species by having its third endopodal segment of second, third, and fourth legs with four setae, and its antennula being 11-segmented.[4]
