''Mesocyclops pehpeiensis'' is a
species
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of
copepod
Copepods (; meaning "oar-feet") are a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat (ecology), habitat. Some species are planktonic (inhabiting sea waters), some are benthos, benthic (living on the ocean floor) ...
in the
family
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Cyclopidae
The Cyclopidae are a family (biology), family of copepods containing more than half of the 1,200 species in the order (biology), order Cyclopoida in over 70 genera.
Genera
These genera are accepted as valid:
*''Abdiacyclops'' Karanovic, 2005
*' ...
native to Asia. It is closely related to ''
Mesocyclops ferjemurami'' and ''
Mesocyclops papuensis''. In 2018 it was reported that ''M. pehpeiensis'' has been found in western
Lake Erie
Lake Erie ( "eerie") is the fourth largest lake by surface area of the five Great Lakes in North America and the eleventh-largest globally. It is the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume of the Great Lakes and therefore also has t ...
.
[Associated Press (2018). "Two new zooplankton species found in Lake Erie". ''The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette''. Friday, August 10, 2018.]
References
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Cyclopidae
Crustaceans described in 1943