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  Genus Ectocyclops

Species E. phaleratus

Taxon Information

The Species E. phaleratus 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

• Ectocyclops phaleratus, "Widespread in USA and southern Canada, Mexico (Aguascalientes, Tamaulipas). Cosmopolitan. Ponds, marshes" (Reid & Williamson, 2010).
• Ectocyclops phaleratus, [North Central United States] (Underhill et al., 1982).
• Ectocyclops phaleratus, "Not common but widespread in U.S. and southern Canada." (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