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Cyclopicina toyoshioae Ohtsuka, Tanaka & Boxshall, 2016

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Cyclopicina toyoshioae Ohtsuka, Tanaka & Boxshall, 2016
Name authority
Ohtsuka, Tanaka & Boxshall, 2016
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Copepoda
Family
Cyclopicinidae
Genus
Cyclopicina
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumArthropoda
  4. subphylumCrustacea
  5. classCopepoda Milne Edwards, 1840
  6. infraclassNeocopepoda Huys & Boxshall, 1991
  7. superorderPodoplea Giesbrecht, 1882
  8. suborderCyclopicinida Khodami, Mercado-Salas, Tang & Matrinez Arbizu, 2019
  9. familyCyclopicinidae Khodami, Vaun MacArthur, Blanco-Bercial & Martinez Arbizu, 2017
  10. genusCyclopicina Lindberg, 1953
  11. speciesCyclopicina toyoshioae Ohtsuka, Tanaka & Boxshall, 2016

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Cyclopicina. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Cyclopicina sirenkoi Martínez Arbizu, 1997CyclopicinidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 2 records assigned to Cyclopicinidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Ohtsuka, S., H. Tanaka & G.A. Boxshall. (2016). A new species of hyperbenthic cyclopoid copepod from Japan: First record of the Genus Cyclopicina in the Indo-Pacific Region. Zoological Science, 33. https://doi.org/10.2108/zs160094 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:32VRJ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.