Genus Cyclopsis Popov, 1930

Cyclopsis Popov, 1930: 74 (type species: Cyclopsis tentacularis Popov, 1930).

Diagnosis. Head and body with many tentacles; symplectic and quadrate separated; rudimentary coronomeckelian present in tendon from adductor mandibulae section 3; posterior part of palatine covered with a cartilaginous element.

Remarks. The genus is monotypic, appearing first as a nomen nudum in Soldatov & Popov (1929) and subsequently being made available in Popov (1930) and Soldatov & Lindberg (1930) (Mecklenburg & Sheiko, 2003). See Popov (1931) for a detailed description of Cyclopsis .

The genus includes only Cyclopsis tentacularis Popov, 1930 .