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CaRMS name detailsMegacyclops viridis (Jurine, 1820)
157736 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157736)
alternative representation
Species
(of ) Jurine, L. (1820). Histoire des Monocles, qui se trouvent aux environs de Genève. [History of the Monocles, which are found around Geneva.]. <em>Genève & Paris.</em> 258 pp, pls. 1-22. (Partial copy.). [details]
Distribution Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the...
Distribution Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway) [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Megacyclops viridis (Jurine, 1820). Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157736 on 2026-01-22
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2026). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Megacyclops viridis (Jurine, 1820). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157736 on 2026-01-22
Date action by
original description
(of ) Jurine, L. (1820). Histoire des Monocles, qui se trouvent aux environs de Genève. [History of the Monocles, which are found around Geneva.]. <em>Genève & Paris.</em> 258 pp, pls. 1-22. (Partial copy.). [details]
basis of record Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  additional source Brancelj, A. (1990). Favnisticni pregled ciklopoidov (Crustacea: Copepoda: Cyclopoida) v podzemeljskih habitatih v Bosni in Hercegovini. [A faunistic review of Cyclopoida (Crustacea: Copepoda: Cyclopoida) in subterranean habitats from Bosnia and Herzegovina.]. <em>Bioloski Vestnik.</em> 38(2):15-25. [details] Available for editors additional source Abdullahi, B.A. (1990). The effect of temperature on reproduction in three species of cyclopoid copepods. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 196(2):101-109. [details] Available for editors additional source Abdullahi, B.A. (1992). Effects of diet on growth and development of three species of cyclopoid copepods. <em>Hydrobiologia, The Hague.</em> 232(3):233-241. [details] Available for editors additional source Alekseev, V.R. (1987). Opredelitel' presnovodnykh tsiklopov Evropesko chasti SSSR. T. 1. Kopepoditnye stadii starshikh vozrastov podsemestva Eucyclopinae. Key to freshwater Cyclopinae of the European USSR. Older copepodid instars of the subfamily Eucyclopinae.]. <em>Gosnii Ozern. i rechn. rybn. kh-va. L. 95 s. (Rukopis' dep. v VINITI 13.01.87, No. 286-B87).</em> 96 pp. [details] Available for editors additional source Belmonte, G., G. Alfonso & S. Moscatello . (2006). Copepod fauna (Calanoida and Cyclopoida) in small ponds of the Pollino National Park (south Italy), with notes on seasonality and biometry of species. Journal of Limnology 65(2): 107-113. [details] Available for editors additional source Botosaneanu, L. (1971). Observations sur la faune aquatique hypogée des Monts du Banat (Roumanie). 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In: Dahms, H.U., T. Glatzel, H.J. Hirche, S. Schiel & H.K. Schminke, (eds.). Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Copepoda, Journal of Marine Systems, Spec. Vol. 15(1-4):391-396. [details] Available for editors additional source Kiefer, F. (1978). Freilebende Copepoda. [Free-living Copepoda]. <em>In: Kiefer, F. & G. Fryer (eds.) Das Zooplankton der Binnengewässer, 2. Teil.; In: Elster, H.J. & W. Ohle (eds) Die Binnengewässer Einzeldarstellungen aus del Limnologie und ihren Nachbargebietien.</em> 26(2):1-343, figs. 1-22, pls. 1-96, tabs. 1-12, Beilage. [details] Available for editors additional source Kiefer, F. (1929). Crustacea Copepoda. 2. Cyclopoida Gnathostoma. <em>Das Tierreich, Berlin und Leipzig.</em> 53:1-102. [German]. page(s): 53 [details] Available for editors additional source Kiefer, F. (1937). Missbildungen bei Ruderfusskrebsen. [Malformations in copepods.]. <em>Mikrokosmos.</em> 30:127-131, figs. 1-14. ( May 1937). 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[Notes on the cyclopoids (Copepod Crustaceana) of Iran.]. <em>Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de la Belgique.</em> 12(17):1-26, figs. 1-33, map. (v-1936). [details] Available for editors additional source Lindberg, K. (1962). Cyclopides (Crustacés Copépodes) des Açores. [Cyclopoids (Copepod Crustaceans) of the Azores.]. <em>Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal.</em> 15(51):5-19. (v-1962). [details] Available for editors additional source Merayo, C.R. & I. Moreno. (1979). Estudio de las variaciones estacionales de las poblaciones de rotiferos, cladoceros y copepodos en las charcas de Latores (Oviedo). [Study of seasonal variations in populations of rotifers, cladocerans and copepods in the Latores ponds (Oviedo).]. <em>Boletín de la Estación Central de Ecología, Madrid.</em> 8(15):25-43. [details] Available for editors additional source Pirocchi, J. (1943). Un ciclopide di profondità del Lago di Como. 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Werner. (2019). Predation on the invasive mosquito Aedes japonicus (Diptera: Culicidae) by native copepod species in Germany. <em>Journal of Vector Ecology.</em> 44(2):241-247. Dec 2019., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/jvec.12355 [details] Available for editors additional source Novichkova, A., A.A. Kotov & E.S. Chertoprud. (2020). Freshwater crustaceans of Bykovsky Peninsula and neighboring territory (Northern Yakutia, Russia). <em>Arthropoda Selecta.</em> 29(1):1-12., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/arthsel.29.1.01 [details] Available for editors additional source Löffler, H. (1956). Limnologische beobachtungen an Iranischen Binnengewässer. II. Teil. Systematische beschreibung der rotatorien uknd crustaceen aus den untersuchten gewässern. [Limnological observations on Iranian inland waters. II. Part. 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Distribution Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway) [details]Habitat Normally found in calm waters, but can tolerate rough waters. Upper epipelagic region of the Gulf and estuary. [details] |
