Ponticyclops

{{Short description|Genus of crustaceans}}

{{Speciesbox

| status = LR/cd

| status_system = IUCN2.3

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Reid, J.W. |date=1996 |title=Ponticyclops boscoi |volume=1996 |page=e.T17976A7641072 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T17976A7641072.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

| parent_authority = Reid, 1987

| taxon = Ponticyclops boscoi

| authority = Reid, 1987

}}

Ponticyclops is a genus of copepods in the family Cyclopidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Ponticyclops boscoi.{{cite web |author=T. Chad Walter |title=Ponticyclops Reid, 1987 |editor=T. Chad Walter |editor2=Geoff Boxshall |work=World Copepoda database |publisher=World Register of Marine Species |url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=347810 |accessdate=December 31, 2009 |date=July 15, 2008}} It is endemic to Brazil, where its natural habitat is swamps.

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