Tags: Crustacean.
Muscocyclops is a genus of copepod crustaceans in the family Cyclopidae comprising three species found only in South America. Two of the species – Muscocyclops bidentatus Reid 1987 and Muscocyclops therasiae Reid 1987 – are endemic to the Distrito Federal in Brazil and are listed as conservation dependent on the IUCN Red List. The third species is Muscocyclops operculatus (Chappuis 1917).