Mesocyclops ogunnus Onabamiro 1957 (Crustacea: Copepoda: Cyclopoida): First report for northeastern Brazil

Abstract

Abstract:Mesocyclops ogunnus is a copepod originally recorded in Africa and Asia, being considered an invader species in reservoirs in the Americas. The present work records its occurrence in northeastern Brazil for the first time. This species was collected in the Três Lagoas region in the city of João Pessoa, State of Paraíba, Brazil, which increases its geographical distribution beyond the central-western, southeastern and southern regions of the country.

Occurrence of the Afro-Asian species Mesocyclops ogunnus Onabamiro, 1957 (Crustacea: Copepoda) in the Amazon River basin

“…In the Americas this species has been recorded as an introduced species (Reid and Pinto-Coelho, 1994;Matsumura-Tundisi and Silva, 2002;Suarez-Moralez et al, 1999;Hribar and Reid, 2008). In Brazil, M. ogunnus has been recorded in the Paraná River basin in hydroelectric plant reservoirs and in flood plain areas (Reid and Pinto-Coelho, 1994;Matsumura-Tundisi and Silva, 2002;Lansac-Tôha et al, 2002;Silva, 2011), in the Southeast Atlantic Coast basin in natural lakes of the Rio Doce Valley (Peixoto, et al, 2010) and in the Northeast Atlantic Coast basin in urban reservoirs (Cardôso et al, 2013). The present work records the occurrence of M. ogunnus for the first time in the Amazon River basin.…”