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  Genus Microarthridion

Species M. littorale

Taxon Information

The Species M. littorale 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

• Microarthridion littorale, "may enter oligohaline and tidal-fresh regions of estuaries in North America. ... North American and European coasts. Has been reported from ship ballast water in the Great Lakes" (Reid & Williamson, 2010).
• Microarthridion littorale, "euryhaline species known from Atlantic coast" (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.
• Wilson, M.S. & H.C. Yeatman. 1959. Free-Living Copepoda. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 735-861.