Question #87589. Asked by uclageographer.
Last updated Oct 13 2016.
Together with other similar-sized non-copepod fresh-water crustaceans, especially cladocera, they are commonly called water fleas. The name Cyclops comes from the Cyclops of Greek mythology which shares the quality of having a single large eye, which may be either red or black in Cyclops.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclops_(genus)