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  Genus Microcyclops

Species M. rubellus

Taxon Information

The Species M. rubellus 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

• Microcyclops rubellus, "Widespread in USA and Canada, Mexico (Distrito Federal, Morelos, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Yucatán). Supposedly cosmopolitan, although this requires revision. Lakes, ponds, sloughs, interstitial in streambeds, including cave streams" (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.

Web Pages

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