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Mesocyclops edax  (S. A. Forbes, 1890)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 88692

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Mesocyclops nicaraguensis Herbst, 1960
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumCrustacea Brünnich, 1772 – crustacés, crustáceo, crustaceans  
                   ClassMaxillopoda Dahl, 1956  
                      SubclassCopepoda Milne-Edwards, 1840 – copepods, copépodes  
                         InfraclassNeocopepoda Huys & Boxshall, 1991  
                            SuperorderPodoplea Giesbrecht, 1882  
                               OrderCyclopoida Burmeister, 1834  
                                  FamilyCyclopidae Dana, 1846  
                                     GenusMesocyclops G. O. Sars, 1914  
                                        SpeciesMesocyclops edax (S. A. Forbes, 1890)  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Janet W. Reid  
  Notes: Department of Systematic Biology, Invertebrate Zoology Section, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560-0163   
  Reference for: Mesocyclops edax    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 31, pre-press (version 18-May-04)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: McLaughlin et al. 2005. Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Crustaceans. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 31   
  Reference for: Mesocyclops edax   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Mesocyclops edax   
       
  Source: The World of Copepods, 28-Jul-2004, website (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: http://www.nmnh.si.edu/iz/copepod/   
  Reference for: Mesocyclops edax   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Guttiérrez-Aguirre, Martha Angélica, and Eduardo Suárez-Morales  
  Publication Date: 2001   
  Article/Chapter Title: Distribution and taxonomy of the tropical American Mesocyclops G. O. Sars, 1914 (Copepoda, Cyclopoida)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Crustaceana, vol. 74, part 5   
  Page(s): 477-487   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0011-216X   
  Notes: online ISSN 1568-5403   
  Reference for: Mesocyclops edax   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Suárez-Morales, E., and J. W. Reid  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: An updated list of the free-living freshwater copepods (Crustacea) of Mexico   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Southwestern Naturalist, vol. 43, no. 2   
  Page(s): 256-265   
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  Reference for: Mesocyclops edax   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Middle America  
    Caribbean  
    North America  
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: McLaughlin et al. (2005) Occurrence values: B, I; A, Ar, G, P  
 

 

    

 
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