Copepoda taxon details
Mesocyclops obsoletus (Koch, 1838)
359335 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:359335)
accepted
Species
Cyclops obsoletus Koch, 1838 · unaccepted
Cyclops simplex Poggenpol, 1874 · unaccepted
(of Cyclops obsoletus Koch, 1838) Koch, C.L. (1838). Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden. [Germany's crustaceans, myriapods and arachnids.]. <em>In: Herrick-Schäffer, G.A.W. (ed.). Ein Beitrag zur Deutschen Fauna, 1835-1844. Issued as loose leaves for each species with plates. Heft 21 & Heft 35. Regensburg.</em> Heft 21:1-12. (ix.1838). [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Mesocyclops obsoletus (Koch, 1838). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=359335 on 2026-05-14
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(of Cyclops obsoletus Koch, 1838) Koch, C.L. (1838). Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden. [Germany's crustaceans, myriapods and arachnids.]. <em>In: Herrick-Schäffer, G.A.W. (ed.). Ein Beitrag zur Deutschen Fauna, 1835-1844. Issued as loose leaves for each species with plates. Heft 21 & Heft 35. Regensburg.</em> Heft 21:1-12. (ix.1838). [details]
original description (of Cyclops simplex Poggenpol, 1874) Poggenpol, M.Y. (1874). Spisok' Copepoda, Cladocera i Ostracoda Moskvy i blizhaishikh'eya okrestnostei. Verzeichniss der Copepoden, Cladoceren und Ostracoden der Umgebung von Moskau. [Copepods, cladocerans and ostracods from the Moscow area.]. <em>Izv. imp. Obshch. Lyub. Estest. Antrop. Etnogr. imp. Mosk. Univ. (Schriften der Gesellschaft von Freunden der Naturwissenschaft zu Moskau).</em> 10(2):67-77, pls. 15-17. [In Russian with German abstract.]. [details]
additional source Lowndes, A.G. (1930). Freshwater Copepoda from Abyssinia collected by Mr J. Omer Cooper. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1930(1):161-179, pls. 1-4., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1930.tb00971.x [details] Available for editors
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additional source Lötmarker, T. (1964). Studies on planktonic Crustacea in thirteen lakes in northern Sweden. <em>Reports of the Institute of Freshwater Research, Drottningholm.</em> 45:113-189, figs. 1-31, appendix with figs. 32-44, tabs. 1-8. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Langeland, A. (1978). Bestemmelsestabell over norske Cyclopoida Copepoda funnet i ferskvann (34 arter). [Key to Norwegian freshwater Cyclopoida Copepoda (34 species).]. <em>Rapport det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab, Museet, Trondheim, Zoologisk Serie, Report to the Royal Norwegian Association for the Sciences, the Museum, Trondheim. Zoological Series.</em> 4:1-21. (Norwegian). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Sars, G.O. (1927). The freshwater Entomostraca of the Cape Province (Union of South Africa). Part III: Copepoda. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 25(5): 85-149. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Sewell, R.B.S. (1924). Crustacea Copepoda: Fauna of Chilka Lake. <em>Memoirs of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 5(12):771-851, pls. 44-59. (vii-1924). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.158.i [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Cyclops simplex Poggenpol, 1874) Poggenpol, M.Y. (1874). Spisok' Copepoda, Cladocera i Ostracoda Moskvy i blizhaishikh'eya okrestnostei. Verzeichniss der Copepoden, Cladoceren und Ostracoden der Umgebung von Moskau. [Copepods, cladocerans and ostracods from the Moscow area.]. <em>Izv. imp. Obshch. Lyub. Estest. Antrop. Etnogr. imp. Mosk. Univ. (Schriften der Gesellschaft von Freunden der Naturwissenschaft zu Moskau).</em> 10(2):67-77, pls. 15-17. [In Russian with German abstract.]. [details]
additional source Lowndes, A.G. (1930). Freshwater Copepoda from Abyssinia collected by Mr J. Omer Cooper. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1930(1):161-179, pls. 1-4., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1930.tb00971.x [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lötmarker, T. (1964). Studies on planktonic Crustacea in thirteen lakes in northern Sweden. <em>Reports of the Institute of Freshwater Research, Drottningholm.</em> 45:113-189, figs. 1-31, appendix with figs. 32-44, tabs. 1-8. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Langeland, A. (1978). Bestemmelsestabell over norske Cyclopoida Copepoda funnet i ferskvann (34 arter). [Key to Norwegian freshwater Cyclopoida Copepoda (34 species).]. <em>Rapport det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab, Museet, Trondheim, Zoologisk Serie, Report to the Royal Norwegian Association for the Sciences, the Museum, Trondheim. Zoological Series.</em> 4:1-21. (Norwegian). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sars, G.O. (1927). The freshwater Entomostraca of the Cape Province (Union of South Africa). Part III: Copepoda. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 25(5): 85-149. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sewell, R.B.S. (1924). Crustacea Copepoda: Fauna of Chilka Lake. <em>Memoirs of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.</em> 5(12):771-851, pls. 44-59. (vii-1924). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Wilson, C.B. (1932). The copepods of the Woods Hole region, Massachusetts. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 158:1-635, figs. 1-316, pls. 1-41., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.158.i [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (10 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (10 records)
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