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  Genus Onychodiaptomus

Species O. birgei

Taxon Information

The Species O. birgei has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from Wisconsin.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

  • Onychodiaptomus birgei, "Southern and eastern Canada, USA (northern states south to Georgia and Louisiana). Lakes, permanent and ephemeral ponds" (Reid & Williamson, 2010).
  • Diaptomus (Onychodiaptomus) birgei, "Lakes, ponds. Known from scattered localities in northern states and southern Canada; on east coast, north to New Brunswick, south to Ga., La." (Wilson & Yeatman, 1959).

Bibliography

  • Reid, J.W. & C.E. Williamson. 2010. Copepoda. [in] J.H. Thorp & A.P. Covich (eds.). Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates, 3rd edition: 829-899.
  • Wilson, M.S. & H.C. Yeatman. 1959. Free-Living Copepoda. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 735-861.

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