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  Genus Macrocyclops

Species M. distinctus

Taxon Information

The Species M. distinctus has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has not been reported from North America.

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

Literature Records

• Macrocyclops distinctus, "No authentic record in [North America], but should be looked for because of its rather wide distribution in the world" (Wilson & Yeatman, 1959).

Bibliography

• Wilson, M.S. & H.C. Yeatman. 1959. Free-Living Copepoda. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 735-861.