Copepoda name details
Megacyclops viridis (Jurine, 1820)
157736 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157736)
alternative representation
Species
Cyclops (Megacyclops) viridis Jurine, 1820 · alternative representation
Cyclops viridis viridis Jurine, 1820 · unaccepted
Megacyclops niceae (Mann, 1940) · unaccepted
- Subspecies Megacyclops viridis batiale Stella, 1964
- Subspecies Megacyclops viridis deserticola Lindberg, 1936
- Subspecies Megacyclops viridis latipes Lindberg, 1949
- Subspecies Megacyclops viridis oligotrichus (Monchenko, 1980)
- Subspecies Megacyclops viridis takebuensis Ito Tak., 1953
- Subspecies Megacyclops viridis viridis (Jurine, 1820)
(of Cyclops viridis Jurine, 1820) 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 at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157736 on 2026-02-03
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(of Cyclops viridis Jurine, 1820) 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
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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 [request]
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 [request]
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 [request]
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 [request]
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 [request]
additional source Botosaneanu, L. (1971). Observations sur la faune aquatique hypogée des Monts du Banat (Roumanie). [Observations on the hypogeal aquatic fauna of the Banat Mountains (Romania).]. <em>Travaux de l'Institut de Spéologie 'Émile Racovitza', Bucharest.</em> 10:123-166, map. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Dévai, I. (1977). Az Evezólabu Ránkok (Calanoida es Cyclopoida) Alrendjeinek kishatarozoja. [Identification book of the copepod suborders (Calanoida and Cyclopoida).]. <em>In: Felföldy, L. (ed.) Hydrobiology for water management praxis, Budapest, Vizügyi Dokumentációs és Továbbképzó Intézet.</em> vol. 5: 220 pp. (Hungarian). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Einsle, U. (1988). Taxonomy of the genus Megacyclops (Crustacea, Copepoda): morphometry and the use of enzyme electrophoresis. <em>In: Boxshall, G.A. & H.K. Schminke (eds.). Biology of Copepods. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Copepoda. Developments in Hydrobiolology 47, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Hydrobiologia.</em> 47(167/168):387-391. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Einsle, U. (1993). Megacyclops magnus (Marsh, 1920) (Crustacea, Copepoda) in northern Canada, a comparison with European Megacyclops species. Canadian Journal of Zoology 71(7):1434-1438, figs. 1-5. (French summary.) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Einsle, U. (1993). Crustacea: Copepoda: Calanoida und Cyclopoida. <em>In: Schwoerbel, J. & P. Zwick (eds.). Süsswasserfauna von Mitteleuropa, Gustav Fischer Verlag.</em> 8(4-1):1-209. (German). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Dieng, H., M. Boots, N. Tuno, Y. Tsuda & M. Takagi. (2002). A laboratory and field evaluation of Macrocyclops distinctus, Megacyclops viridis and Mesocyclops pehpeiensis as control agents of the dengue vector Aedes albopictus in a peridomestic area in Nagasaki, Japan. <em>Medical and Veterinary Entomology.</em> 16(3): 285-291. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Dussart, B.H. & D. Defaye. (2001). Copepoda: Introduction to the Copepoda. (2nd edition)(revised and enlarged). <em>Guides to the Identification of the Microinvertebrates of the Continental Waters of the World. H.J.F. Dumont (ed.). SPB Academic Publishers, The Hague.</em> 16:1-344. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Franke, U. (1989). Katalog zur Sammlung limnischer Copepoden von Prof. Dr. Friedrich Kiefer (Mit einem Gesamtverzeichnis seiner Publikationen). [Catolog of the freshwater copepods of Dr. Friedrich Kiefer.]. <em>Carolinea Beiheft, Karlsrühe.</em> 5:1-433, figs. 1-2.
note: Catalog vial number(s): 4173 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Güher, H. & T. Kirgiz. (1994). Species of freshwater Copepoda (Crustacea) in Edime Province and their distributions. Edirne Ili Tatlisu Copepoda (Crustacea) Türleri ve Daglimlari. <em>12th Ulusal Biyoloji Kongresi, 6-8 Temmuz 1994, Edime.</em> :220-226. (In Turkish.). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Gulyás, P. & L. Forró. (1992). Composition and abundance of microcrustacean fauna in the upper reservoir (Hidvegi-to) of the Kis-Balaton. <em>Miscellanea Zoologica Hungarica.</em> 7:39-51. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hemsen, J. (1952). Ergebnisse der österreichischen Iran-Expedition 1949/50. Cladoceran und freilebende Cipepoden der Kleingwässer und des Kaspisees. [Results of the Austrian Iran expedition 1949/50. Cladocerans and free-living cipepods of small waters and the Caspian Sea.]. <em>Sitzungsberichte Österr3eichische Akademie der Wissenschagften, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse.</em> 1(161):585-644, figs. 1-72. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hsiao, S.C. (1950). Copepods from Lake Erh Hai, China. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 100(3261):161-200, figs. 20-30, tabs. 1-5. (26-iv-1950) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ishida, T. (1998). Freshwater copepods from the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia. 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 [request]
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 [request]
additional source Kiefer, F. (1929). Crustacea Copepoda. 2. Cyclopoida Gnathostoma. <em>Das Tierreich, Berlin und Leipzig.</em> 53:1-102. [German].
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additional source Kiefer, F. (1937). Missbildungen bei Ruderfusskrebsen. [Malformations in copepods.]. <em>Mikrokosmos.</em> 30:127-131, figs. 1-14. ( May 1937). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kiefer, F. (1938). Zur Kenntis der Süsswassercyclopiden (Crustacea Copepoda) Japans. [On the knowledge of the freshwater cyclopids (Crustacea Copepoda) of Japan.]. <em>Fauna Musashinensis.</em> 2:1-18. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kiefer, F. (1939). Freilebende Ruderfusskrebse (Crustacea Copepoda) aus Nordwest und Südindien (Pandschab, Kaschmir, Ladak, Nilgirigebirge). [Free-living copepods (Crustacea Copepoda) from northwest and south India (Pangas, Kashmir, Ladak, Nilgiri Mountains).]. <em>Scientific Results of the Yale North India Expedition, Biological report no. 19. Memoirs of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 13(2):83-203, figs. 1-23, tabs., map. (Dec1939). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kiefer, F. (1955). Freilebenden Ruderfusskrebse (Crustacea Copepoda) aus Türkischen Binnengewässern. II. Cyclopoida und Harpacticoida. [Free-living copepods (Crustacea Copepoda) from Turkish inland waters. II. Cyclopoida and Harpacticoida.]. <em>Istanbul Universitesi Fen Fakultesi Hidrobiologi.</em> (B)2(4):108-132, figs. 1-63. (i-1955). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kiefer, F. (1957). Freilebende Ruderfusskrebse (Crustacea Copepoda) aus einigen ostanatolischen Seen. [Free-living copepods (Crustacea Copepoda) from some eastern Anatolian lakes.]. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 159(1-2):25-33, figs. 1-20. (vii-1957). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Monchenko, V.I. (1974). Shchelepnoroti tsiklopodiny, tsiklopi (Cyclopidae). Gnathostoma, Cyclopoida, (Cyclopidae). [Sliver-clawed cyclopoids, Cyclops (Cyclopidae). Gnathnostoma, Cyclopoida, (Cyclopidae).]. <em>Fauna Ukrainy, Fauna of Ukraine, Vidavnitstvo Naukova Dumka, Kiev.</em> 27(3):1-452, figs. 1-142. (28-vi-1974, Ukrainian).
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additional source Lindberg, K. (1936). Notes sur les Cyclopides (Crustacés Copépodes) des l'Iran. [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 [request]
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 [request]
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 [request]
additional source Pirocchi, J. (1943). Un ciclopide di profondità del Lago di Como. [A deep-sea Cyclops from Lake Como.]. <em>Bollettino di Zoologia.</em> 14:33-48, figs. 1-5. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Samraoui, B., H. Segers, S. Maas, D. Baribwegure & H.J. Dumont. (1998). Rotifera, Cladocera, Copepoda, and Ostracoda from coastal wetlands in northeast Algeria. Hydrobiologia 386:183-193. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Scher, O., D. Defaye, N.M. Korovchinsky & A. Thiéry. (2000). The crustacean fauna (Branchiopoda, Copepoda) of shallow freshwater bodies in Iceland. Vestnik Zoologii, Kiev 34(6):11-25. (7.xi.2000) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Wang, S., T.V. Phong, N. Tuno, H. Kawada & M. Takagi. (2005). Sensitivity of the larvivorous copepod species, Mesocyclops pehpeiensis and Megacyclops viridis, to the insect growth regulator, Pyriproxyfen. <em>Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association.</em> 21(4):483-488. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Phong, T.V., N. Tuno, H. Kawada & M. Takagi. (2008). Comparative evaluation of fecundity and survivorship of six copepod (Copepoda: Cyclopidae) species, in relation to selection of candidate biological control agents against Aedes aegypti. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 24(1):61-69. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Chang, C.Y. & G.S. Min. (2005). Key to the Korean freshwater cyclopoid copepods and their DNA taxonomy. Jung-haeng-Sa Publishing Co., Seoul. 153 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Chang, C.Y. (2009). Illustrated encyclopedia of fauna & flora of Korea. Vol. 42. Inland-water Copepoda. <em>Jeonghaeng-sa, Ministry of Education, Seoul, South Korea.</em> 42:1-687. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Glazunova, A.A. & Y.Y. Polunina. (2009). Copepods as the first intermediate hosts of Ligula intestinalis L.: Parasite of bream Abramis brama L. in the Vistula Lagoon of the Baltic Sea. <em>Inland Water Biology.</em> 2(4):371-376. [details]
additional source Yang, W.X., I. Mirabdullayev, H.U. Dahms, S. Chullasorn & J.S. Hwang. (2010). Karyology of Cyclops insignis, Thermocyclops crassus, and Megacyclops viridis (Copepoda, Cyclopoida). <em>Crustaceana.</em> 83(2):223-231. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Shapouri, M., L. Cancela da Fonseca, S. Iepure, T. Stigter & L. Ribeiro. (2015). The variation of stygofauna along a gradient of salinization risk in a coastal aquifer: the variation of stygofauna along a gradient of salinization in coastal aquifer. <em>Hydrology Research.</em> online 16 pp. Aug 2015., available online at https://doi.org/10.2166/nh.2015.153 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Røen, U. (1994). Studies on freshwater Entomostraca in Greenland VI. The Entomostraca of the Kap Farvel Area, southernmost Greenland. <em>Meddelelser om Gronland Bioscience.</em> 41:1-21. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bulut, H. & S. Saler. (2018). Seasonal variations in zooplankton community of an aquatic ecosystem at Susurluk Basin (Balikesir-Turkey). <em>Fresenius Environmental Bulletin.</em> 27(4):2530-2535. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cuthbert, R.N., A. Callaghan & J.T.A. Dick. (2019). The effect of the alternative prey, Paramecium caudatum (Peniculida: Parameciidae), on the predation of Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae) by the copepods Macrocyclops albidus and Megacyclops viridis (Cyclopoida: Cyclopidae). Journal of Medical Entomology , 56(1):276-279. Online Sep 2018, print Jan 2019, available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjy155 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kur, J. & B. Wojtasik. (2007). Chapter 9. Widlonogi Cyclopoida wybranych jezior zlewni górnej Raduni. [Chapter 9. Cyclopoid copepods of selected lakes in the upper Radunia river basin.]. <em>In: Borowiak, D. (ed.) Jeziora Kaszubskiego Parku Krajobrazowego. Katedra Limnologii, Uniwersytet Gdański, Gdansk, Poland.</em> :145-163. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pandourski, I. & A. Apostolov. (1998). Copepodes (Crustaces) des eaux souterraines du Pays Basque (Pays Basque Nord, Basse-Navarre). [Copepods (Crustaceans) from the groundwater of the Basque Country (Northern Basque Country, Lower Navarre).]. <em>Ikartzaleak.</em> 21:3-12. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Lindberg, K. (1949). Cyclopoides (Crustacés copépodes) du Liban et de Syrie. [Cyclopoids (Copepod crustaceans) from Lebanon and Syria.]. <em>Kunglnglige Fysiografiska Sällskapets i Lund Förhandlingar.</em> 19(10):1-11. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Itigilova, M.T., A. Dulmaa & E.Y. Afonina. (2014). Zooplankton of lakes of the Uldza and Kerulen river valleys of northeastern Mongolia. <em>Inland Water Biology.</em> 7 (3):249-258. English. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Früh, L., H. Kampen, G.A. Schaub & D. 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 [request]
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 [request]
additional source Soesbergen, M. (2021). The genus Megacyclops (Crustacea: Copepoda) in the Netherlands: Distribution and ecology. <em>International Journal of Fauna and Biological Studies.</em> 8(1, Part 1A):28-33. [details] Available for editors [request]
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. Systematic description of the rotifers and crustaceans from the examined waters.]. <em>Hydrobiologia, Ergebnisse der Österreichischen Iranexpeidtion 1949/1950.</em> 8: 239–278., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00151755 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Sönmez, S., S. Sak, A. Alper & S. Karaytug. (2008). A Faunistic Study on the Freshwater Copepoda (Crustacea) of Balıkesir. <em>Journal of Applied Biological Sciences.</em> 2 (3): 45-49. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kormendi, S. (2014). Adatok a Hortobágyi Nemzeti Park asztatikus szikes vizeinek Rotatoria és Crustacea (Cladocera, Copepoda) faunájának ismeretéhez I. [Data for the knowledge of the Rotatoria and Crustacea (Cladocera, Copepoda) fauna of the astatic saline waters of the Hortobágy National Park I.]. <em>Natura Somogyiensis.</em> 24:47-60. [Hungarian]. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Dementev, M.S. (2015). Predvaritel'nyy obzor vodnykh bespozvonochnykh Tsentral'nogo Predkavkaz'ya (Severnyy Kavkaz) i prilegayushchikh gornykh territoriy. [Preliminary summary aquatic invertebrates in central Ciscaucasia (Nort Caucasus region) and adjacent mountain areas. ]. <em>Advances in Current Natural Sciences.</em> 6:102-118. [In Russian; English abstract]. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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
[request]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
[request]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
[request]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
[request]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
[request]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
[request]additional source Botosaneanu, L. (1971). Observations sur la faune aquatique hypogée des Monts du Banat (Roumanie). [Observations on the hypogeal aquatic fauna of the Banat Mountains (Romania).]. <em>Travaux de l'Institut de Spéologie 'Émile Racovitza', Bucharest.</em> 10:123-166, map. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Dévai, I. (1977). Az Evezólabu Ránkok (Calanoida es Cyclopoida) Alrendjeinek kishatarozoja. [Identification book of the copepod suborders (Calanoida and Cyclopoida).]. <em>In: Felföldy, L. (ed.) Hydrobiology for water management praxis, Budapest, Vizügyi Dokumentációs és Továbbképzó Intézet.</em> vol. 5: 220 pp. (Hungarian). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Einsle, U. (1988). Taxonomy of the genus Megacyclops (Crustacea, Copepoda): morphometry and the use of enzyme electrophoresis. <em>In: Boxshall, G.A. & H.K. Schminke (eds.). Biology of Copepods. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Copepoda. Developments in Hydrobiolology 47, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Hydrobiologia.</em> 47(167/168):387-391. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Einsle, U. (1993). Megacyclops magnus (Marsh, 1920) (Crustacea, Copepoda) in northern Canada, a comparison with European Megacyclops species. Canadian Journal of Zoology 71(7):1434-1438, figs. 1-5. (French summary.) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Einsle, U. (1993). Crustacea: Copepoda: Calanoida und Cyclopoida. <em>In: Schwoerbel, J. & P. Zwick (eds.). Süsswasserfauna von Mitteleuropa, Gustav Fischer Verlag.</em> 8(4-1):1-209. (German). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Dieng, H., M. Boots, N. Tuno, Y. Tsuda & M. Takagi. (2002). A laboratory and field evaluation of Macrocyclops distinctus, Megacyclops viridis and Mesocyclops pehpeiensis as control agents of the dengue vector Aedes albopictus in a peridomestic area in Nagasaki, Japan. <em>Medical and Veterinary Entomology.</em> 16(3): 285-291. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Dussart, B.H. & D. Defaye. (2001). Copepoda: Introduction to the Copepoda. (2nd edition)(revised and enlarged). <em>Guides to the Identification of the Microinvertebrates of the Continental Waters of the World. H.J.F. Dumont (ed.). SPB Academic Publishers, The Hague.</em> 16:1-344. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Franke, U. (1989). Katalog zur Sammlung limnischer Copepoden von Prof. Dr. Friedrich Kiefer (Mit einem Gesamtverzeichnis seiner Publikationen). [Catolog of the freshwater copepods of Dr. Friedrich Kiefer.]. <em>Carolinea Beiheft, Karlsrühe.</em> 5:1-433, figs. 1-2.
note: Catalog vial number(s): 4173 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Güher, H. & T. Kirgiz. (1994). Species of freshwater Copepoda (Crustacea) in Edime Province and their distributions. Edirne Ili Tatlisu Copepoda (Crustacea) Türleri ve Daglimlari. <em>12th Ulusal Biyoloji Kongresi, 6-8 Temmuz 1994, Edime.</em> :220-226. (In Turkish.). [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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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]
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Megacyclops viridis)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Cyclops viridis viridis Jurine, 1820)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (10 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Megacyclops viridis)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Cyclops viridis viridis Jurine, 1820)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (10 records)
To ITIS