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  Genus Tropocyclops

Species T. extensus

Taxon Information

The Species T. extensus has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from North America.

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

Literature Records

• Tropocyclops extensus, "USA (central and eastern states from Indiana to Louisiana, and New Jersey to Florida, including Florida Keys), Mexico (Aguascalientes, Yucatán), Cayman Islands, Haiti. Small ponds, cave pool" (Reid & Williamson, 2010).
• Tropocyclops extensus longispina, "USA (New Jersey), Mexico (Distrito Federal), Bahamas. Ponds" (Reid & Williamson, 2010).

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.