Mesocyclops aspericornis (Daday, 1906)

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Arthropoda

class

Copepoda

order

Cyclopoida

family

Cyclopidae

genus

Mesocyclops

species

Mesocyclops aspericornis

Name

Synonyms

Cyclops aspericornis Daday, 1906

Homonyms

Mesocyclops aspericornis (Daday, 1906)

Common names

Copepod in English

Bibliographic References

1. Alekseev, V.R. (1998). Key to freshwater Cyclopidae of Russia and adjacent lands (Crustacea). Zoosystematica Rossica 7(1):25-43.
2. Alekseev, V.R. (2021). Revision of the Genus Mesocyclops Sars 1914 (Copepoda, Cyclopidae) of the World Fauna. <em>Biology Bulletin.</em> 48:1210–1230. 10.1134/S1062359021080021
3. Amtuz Zehra. (2000). Breeding biology and culture of freshwater cyclopoid copepod Mesocyclops aspericornis,. <em>Ph.D. thesis, University of Madras, Chennai.</em> 162 pp.
4. Ann, E. & V. Ramasubramanian. (2026). Plant-derived carotenoid bioconversion by Mesocyclops aspericornis for functional aquafeed innovation. <em>Food Bioscience.</em> 79: 1-27. May 2026108526. 10.1016/j.fbio.2026.108526
5. Ashraf Mayan, V.K. (2014). Systematics and ecology of fresh water copepods. <em>University of Calicut, Thenhipalam, Kerala, India.</em> 257 pp. + 35 unpaginated plates.
6. Brown, M.D., J.K. Hendrikz, J.G. Greenwood & B.H. Kay. (1996). Evaluation of Mesocyclops aspericornis (Cyclopoida: Cyclopidae) and Toxorhynchites speciosus as integrated predators of mosquitoes in tire habitats in Queensland. <em>Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association.</em> 12(3 PART 1): 414-420 .
7. Cavite, Y.G.C., J.J. Juan, M.I.L. Koh, M.L.D. Lopez & R.D.S. Papa (2017). Species composition of freshwater zooplankton fauna from selected groundwater-dependent ecosystems in Bulacan Province (Philippines) with taxonomic notes on new locality record of harpacticoid species in the Philippines. <em>Philippine Journal of Systematic Biology</em>. 11(1):44-49.
8. Daday, E. (1906). Untersuchungen über die Copepodenfauna von Hinterindien, Sumatra und Java, nebst einem Beitrag zur Copepodenkenntnis der Hawaii-Inseln. (Reise von Dr. Walter Volz). [Investigations into the copepod fauna of the Indies, Sumatra and Java, together with a contribution to the knowledge of copepods on the Hawaiian Islands. (Journey by Dr. Walter Volz).]. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere.</em> 24(3):175-206, pls. 14-16. (31-viii-1906).
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10. Dhanker, R., R. Kumar & J.S. Hwang. (2013). How effective are Mesocyclops aspericornis (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) in controlling mosquito immatures in the environment with an application of phytochemicals? Hydrobiologia 716(1):147-162. 10.1007/s10750-013-1559-9
11. Elías-Gutiérrez, M. (2006). Estudio comparativo del zooplancton en dos regiones de México. [Comparative study of the zooplankton in two regions of Mexico.]. <em>El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Informe final SNIB CONABIO proyecto No. AS019, México, D.F., Mexico.</em> 61 pp. [In Spanish and English].
12. Fernandez, E. (1994). Mesocyclops aspericornis for the control of Aedes aegypti in Puerto Rico and Anguilla. <em>In: Halstead, S.B. & H. Gómez-Dantes (eds.). Dengue - a Worldwide Problem, a Common Strategy. Proceedings of the International Conference on Dengue and Aedes aegypti Community-based Control, Rockefeller Foundation and Ministry of Health, Mexico 329 pp.</em> :151-157.
13. Fimia Duarte, R., A.E. Quirós, D.Z. Menéndez & M.L. Perdomo. (2005). Depredación experimental de larvas de mosquitos por el copépodo Mesocyclops aspericornis (Copepoda: Cyclopoida). [Experimental predation of mosquito larvae by the copepod Mesocyclops aspericornis (Copepoda: Cyclopoida).]. <em>Poeyana, Havana Cuba.</em> 2005(492):39-42.
14. 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.]. <em>Brenesia.</em> 70:65-68.
15. 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.
16. Franke, U. (1989). Katalog zur Sammlung limnischer Copepoden von Prof. Dr. Friedrich Kiefer (Mit einem Gesamtverzeichnis seiner Publikationen). [Catolog of the freshwater copepods of Dr. Friedrich Kiefer.]. <em>Carolinea Beiheft, Karlsrühe.</em> 5:1-433, figs. 1-2.
17. Guttiérrez-Aguirre, Martha Angélica, and Eduardo Suárez-Morales, 2001: Distribution and taxonomy of the tropical American Mesocyclops G. O. Sars, 1914 (Copepoda, Cyclopoida). Crustaceana, vol. 74, part 5. 477-487.
18. Holynska, M. & F. Stoch. (2012). Mesocyclops (Crustacea, Copepoda, Cyclopidae) in the South Pacific islands. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 251(3): 237-252.
19. 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. <em>The European Zoological Journal.</em> 92(1): 631-659. 10.1080/24750263.2025.2503319
20. Hyder, Ali, M. War, S. Naveed & K. Altaff. (2014). Utilization of poultry waste (chicken manure) for Cost effective and high density culture of two freshwater cyclopoid copepods Thermocyclops decipiens and Mesocyclops aspericornis. <em>Research Journal of Biotechnology.</em> 9(9):86-89.