Afrocyclops pauliani

Afrocyclops pauliani is an extinct species of copepod in the family Cyclopidae. A single specimen was discovered in 1951 in a small freshwater pool near Antananarivo, Madagascar, but the species has not been seen in collections since.

Afrocyclops pauliani
Artist's reconstruction
Conservation status
Extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Copepoda
Order:	Cyclopoida
Family:	Cyclopidae
Genus:	Afrocyclops
Species:	†A. pauliani
Binomial name
†Afrocyclops pauliani Lindberg, 1951
Location of Analamanga Region, Madagascar