Mesocyclops pehpeiensis Hu, 1943

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
Hu, J. T. (1943). Notes on fresh-water copepods from Pehpei, Szechwan. Sinensia, Shanghai, 14(1–6):115–128, figs. A–C. https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=93113

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Arthropoda: class
Copepoda: order
Cyclopoida: family
Cyclopidae: genus
Mesocyclops: species
Mesocyclops pehpeiensis

Name

Homonyms: Mesocyclops pehpeiensis Hu, 1943
Common names: Copepod in English

Bibliographic References

Alekseev, V.R. & O.A. Chaban. (2021). New records of continental cyclopoids (Crustacea: Copepoda: Cyclopiformes) from Eastern Siberia and Russian Far East. Arthropoda Selecta. 30(4):503-520. 10.15298/arthsel.30.4.06
Anufriieva, E.V. & N.V. Shadrin. (2016). Current invasions of East Asian cyclopoids (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) in Europe: new records from eastern Ukraine. Turkish Journal Of Zoology, 40(2):282-285. 10.3906/zoo-1507-16
Anufriieva, E.V. (2014). Svobodnozhivushchiye tsiklopidy (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) v solenykh i gipersolenykh vodoyemakh Kryma: novyye nakhodki. [Free-living Cyclopidae (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) in saline and hypersaline water bodies of the Crimea: new findings.]. Morskyi Ekolohichnyi Zhurnal. 13(2):24-30. (Russian).
Anufriieva, E.V., M. Holynska & N. Shadrin. (2014). Current invasions of asian cyclopid species (Copepoda: Cyclopidae) in Crimea, with taxonomical and zoogeographical remarks on the hypersaline and freshwater fauna. Annales Zoologici. 64(1):109-130. 10.3161/000345414X680636
Chaban, O.A. & V.R. Alekseev. (2021). Pervoye soobshcheniye o nakhodke Mesocyclops pehpeiensis Hu 1943 (Copepoda, Cyclopidae) na Dal'nem Vostoke Rossii. [ First record of Mesocyclops pehpeiensis Hu 1943 (Copepoda, Cyclopidae) in the Far East of Russia.]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal. 100(9):1002-1006. [In Russian; English abstract]. 10.31857/S0044513421070047
Chaban, O.A. & V.R. Alekseev. (2022). First Record of Mesocyclops pehpeiensis Hu 1943 (Copepoda, Cyclopidae) in the Russian Far East. Biology Bulletin. 49(7):794-797. Dec 2022 [Russian Text © The Author(s), 2021, published in Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 2021, Vol. 100, No. 9, pp. 1002–1006.]. 10.1134/s1062359022070032
Chang, C.Y. & G.S. Min. (2005). Key to the Korean freshwater cyclopoid copepods and their DNA taxonomy. Jung-haeng-Sa Publishing Co., Seoul. 153 pp.
Chang, C.Y. (2009). Illustrated encyclopedia of fauna & flora of Korea. Vol. 42. Inland-water Copepoda. Jeonghaeng-sa, Ministry of Education, Seoul, South Korea. 42:1-687.
Chang, C.Y. (2013). Arthropoda, Maxillopoda, Copepoda, Cyclopoida, Cyclopidae, Cyclopinae : Continental Cyclopoids II. Invertebrate Fauna of Korea, National Institute of Biological Resources, Ministry of Environment(Korea). 21(26): 107 pp.
Chertoprud, E.S., A.Y. Sinev & I. Dimante-Deimantovica. (2017). Fauna of Cladocera and Copepoda from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (China). Zootaxa, 4258(6):561-573. 10.11646/zootaxa.4258.6.5
Connolly, J.K., J.M. Watkins, E.K. Hinchey, L.G. Rudstam & J.W. Reid (2019). The Asian cyclopoid copepod Mesocyclops pehpeiensis Hu 1943 reported from the western basin of Lake Erie. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 45(1):196-201. 10.1016/j.jglr.2018.11.005
Cruz-Escalante, L.E. (2019). Ecología alimentaria del copépodo invasor Mesocyclops pehpeiensis Hu,1943 y el nativo Microcyclops dubitabilis (Kiefer, 1934) aislados del Río Apatlaco, Morelos, México. [Food ecology of the invasive copepod Mesocyclops pehpeiensis Hu,1943 and the native Microcyclops dubitabilis (Kiefer, 1934) collected from the Apatlaco River, Morelos, Mexico.]. Tesis de Maestría, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F., Mexico. 98 pp. [In Spanish; English abstract].
Cruz-Escalante, L.E. (2026). Resistencia de copépodos dulceacuícolas seleccionados al efecto combinado de tóxicos y temperaturas: un caso de estudio incluyendo al copépodo invasor Mesocyclops pehpeiensis. [Resistance of selected freshwater copepods to the combined effects of toxicants and temperature: A case study including the invasive copepod Mesocyclops pehpeiensis.]. Tesis de Doctorado, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico. 197 pp. [In Spanish; English abstract] Jan 2026.
Dieng, H., M. Boots, N. Tuno, Y. Tsuda & M. Takagi. (2002). A laboratory and field evaluation of Macrocyclops distinctus, Megacyclops viridis and Mesocyclops pehpeiensis as control agents of the dengue vector Aedes albopictus in a peridomestic area in Nagasaki, Japan. Medical and Veterinary Entomology. 16(3): 285-291.
Fimia Duarte, R., J.W. Reid, Z. Menendez Diaz, S. Nyimbili, M. Medina Perez & R. Alvarez Valdes. (2008). Nuevos registros de copepodos fluviales (Crustacea: Copepoda) para Cuba. [New records of fluvial copepods (Crustacea: Copepoda) for Cuba.]. Brenesia. 70:65-68.
Fimia Duarte, R., R.E. Mondelo, N.H Hernández Contreras, Z. Menéndez Díaz, L. Cruz Camacho & R. A. Valdés. (2015). The copepods (crustacean: copepod) and fish (Osteichthyes) that inhabit in the fluvial ecosystems from Sancti Spíritus Province, Cuba. International Journal of Current Research, 7(6):17387-17392.
Guo, X.M. (2000). A redescription of Mesocyclops pehpeiensis Hu, 1943, and notes on Mesocyclops ruttneri Kiefer, 1981 (Copepoda, Cyclopidae). Hydrobiologia, The Hague 418(1-3):33-43. (15.i.2000)
Hanan Zwair, M.H. (2019). A new records Mesocyclops pehpeiensis Hu, 1943 (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) from AL-Najaf AL-Ashraf Governorate /Iraq. Journal of Kerbala University. 17(4):58-67. [In Arabic; English abstract].
Holynska, M., M. Swislocka-Cutter, C. López & M. Karpowicz. (2025). Freshwater cyclopids (Crustacea: Copepoda) ﬁrst recorded in South America – arguments for and against their non-native status. The European Zoological Journal. 92(1): 631-659. 10.1080/24750263.2025.2503319
Hu, J.T. (1943). Notes on fresh-water copepods from Pehpei, Szechwan. Sinensia, Shanghai. 14(1-6):115-128, figs. A-C.