Mycterops is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid of the family Mycteroptidae.

Mycterops lived during the Carboniferous period in Europe and North America.

Their first and possibly second tergites (dorsal surfaces of the abdominal sections) were strongly developed.

[1] The three genera included in the Mycteroptidae - Mycterops, Woodwardopterus, and Megarachne - might represent different ontogenetic stages of each other based on the sizes of the referred specimens and the patterns of mucronation.

[2] Mycterops whitei is a fragmentary species that might not be referrable to the genus at all if more complete specimens show that it has a caudal postabdomen.