Macrocyclops fuscus (Jurine 1820)

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Hexanauplia
Order: Cyclopoida
Family: Cyclopidae
Genus: Macrocyclops

Characterisation

Stygophile

Distribution

Cosmopolitan

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Agiou Nikolaou, Lindberg 1955c, Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016
  Region: Dytiki Makedonia / Regional unit: Kastoria / Municipality: Kastoria / Closest settlement: Kastoria
• Spilaio Drakou, Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016
  Region: Dytiki Makedonia / Regional unit: Kastoria / Municipality: Kastoria / Closest settlement: Kastoria
• Spilaio Gkoloubintsas, Lindberg 1955c, Lindberg 1955d, Beron 2016
  Region: Dytiki Makedonia / Regional unit: Kastoria / Municipality: Kastoria / Closest settlement: Kastoria

IUCN Red List

NE - Not Evaluated

Greece's Red Data Book

NE - Not Evaluated

Protection status

• There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.

Check Databases

Fauna Europea

GBIF

PESI

NCBI

Species references

• Beron, P. 2016. Faune cavernicole de la Grèce. Maison d'édition Est-West., Sofia. pp. 229.
• Lindberg, K. 1955. Cyclopides (Crustacés copèpodes) nouveaux de ľíle de Crète et du Pérou. Kungl. Fys. Sällsk. i Lund Forh., 25 (11): 1-7.
• Lindberg, K. 1955. Notes sur le grottes de la Grèce. Acta Mus. Maced. Sci. Natur. Skopje 3: 41–69

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Macrocyclops fuscus (Jurine 1820). In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 07.02.2018, Accessed 08.02.2026