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  Genus Tropocyclops

Species T. prasinus

Taxon Information

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

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

Literature Records

• Tropocyclops prasinus, "Widespread in Canada, USA, and Mexico. Supposedly cosmopolitan. Ponds, lakes" (Reid & Williamson, 2010).
• Tropocyclops prasinus mexicanus, "Widespread in Canada and USA, Mexico (Coahuila, Distrito Federal, Yucatán), Cuba, Brazil. Very common in plankton of ponds, lakes, and reservoirs; a few records in cave pools" (Reid & Williamson, 2010).
• Eucyclops prasinus, [North Central United States] (Underhill et al., 1982).
• Tropocyclops prasinus, "A very common and widespread limnetic species in [North America]" (Wilson & Yeatman, 1959).
• Tropocyclops prasinus mexicanus, "Limnetic in Mexican lakes, may occur in states bordering on Mexico" (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.
• Underhill, J.C., W.D. Schmid & D.E. Gilbertson. 1982. Taxonomic Keys to the Common Animals of the North Central States, exclusive of the parasitic worms, terrestrial insects, and birds, 4th edition. 205 pp.
• Wilson, M.S. & H.C. Yeatman. 1959. Free-Living Copepoda. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 735-861.

Web Pages

• An Image-Based Key To The Zooplankton Of North America