Morphological variability and distribution of the exotic Asian Mesocyclops thermocyclopoides (Copepoda: Cyclopoida): in the Neotropical region

Suárez‐Morales, Eduardo; Mercado-Salas, Nancy F.; Moráles-Ramírez, Álvaro

doi:10.1590/s1984-46702011000500016

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“…A similar morphological differentiation of introduced populations of freshwater cyclopoids was observed by Suárez-Morales et al (2011b) in the Asian Mesocyclops thermocyclopoides. However, further investigation is necessary to confirm that M. aspericornis is undergoing a similar process, including a close analysis of the genital field and adjacent structures in these populations plus molecular studies to determine if these morphological differences are expressions of speciation.…”

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First occurrence of Mesocyclops aspericornis (Daday, 1906) (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) in northern Colombia

Fuentes-Reinés¹,

Suárez‐Morales²,

Granados-Martínez³

2017

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Abstract:The occurrence of the Afro-Asian freshwater cyclopoid copepod Mesocyclops aspericornis in the Gaira River, Magdalena, northern Colombia, represents the first record in the area and expands its known distributional range in South America. The specimens examined are described and compared with available morphological data. The variability of this species is confirmed among American and Afro-Asian populations but it was observed also between two Colombian populations. This record contributes to track the advancement of this introduced species in the Americas.

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First occurrence of Mesocyclops aspericornis (Daday, 1906) (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) in northern Colombia

Fuentes-Reinés¹,

Suárez‐Morales²,

Granados-Martínez³

2017

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“…As for copepods, Suárez-Morales and Arroyo-Bustos [223] recorded Skistodiaptomus pallidus as an intra-continental exotic species in Sinaloa, north of Mexico. The Euro-Asian cyclopoid Thermocyclops crassus is also an introduced species [210], as are two other species of Mesocyclops (M. pehpeiensis and M. thermocyclopoides) [224][225][226].…”

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Freshwater Diversity of Zooplankton from Mexico: Historical Review of Some of the Main Groups

Cervantes-Martínez

Ramírez

Elías‐Gutiérrez

et al. 2023

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In this review, we include rotifers, copepods, and cladocerans, including other groups not usually deemed as zooplankters: i.e., protists, acari, and large branchiopods. The objectives of this study were to integrate the dispersed literature on the taxonomy and diversity of these freshwater zooplankton groups and to explain (1) how these contributions can be arranged in distinct historical periods and (2) how this knowledge has allowed the detection of exotic and threatened species. We divided the freshwater zooplankton studies in Mexico into three historical periods: the first one comprised the 1840s to the 1940s when foreign researchers carried out most studies during several expeditions. Spanish researchers promoted surveys on different zooplankton taxa at the end of this first period. The second period, from the early 1950s to the end of the 1990s of the XX century, showed a remarkably increased research activity in its last ten years only (that is, during the 1990s to 2000), represented by contributions of a new generation of Mexican zooplanktologists. This period yielded more complete zooplankton listings and detailed morphological descriptions of rotifers, cladocerans, copepods, and large branchiopods. The third period started from the year 2000 to date. During this time, listings and online faunistic baselines based on integrative taxonomy have been the primary trend. An account of exotic zooplankters and conservation issues of several native species are discussed. The results of this review show that the knowledge of the freshwater zooplankton of this country has increased significantly over the last 40 years, with at least 408 first records of species for Mexico. Currently, the knowledge of Mexican freshwater zooplankton is among the most complete in the world. However, it is estimated that only a small fraction of the true diversity has been documented.

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“…Together with that of the other areas of Central America (CA), its inland copepod fauna represents an interesting assemblage, because CA is a recent biogeographic passage of copepods between North and South America (Suárez-Morales 2003, Suárez-Morales et al 2005). Also, there are records of introduced species of copepods in Costa Rica (Collado et al 1984a, b, Suárez-Morales et al 2011); their advancement in the country should be followed based on an expanded sampling program. Additional efforts are required to reveal the copepod diversity of Costa Rican freshwater systems.…”

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“…As part of the Neotropical region with a high continental copepod diversity (Boxshall and Defaye 2008), studies of the group in Costa Rica have been intermittent (Collado et al 1984a, b, Suárez-Morales and Reid, unpubl. data), but new efforts are revealing interesting records (Suárez-Morales et al 2011). …”

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Diversity of the free-living marine and freshwater Copepoda (Crustacea) in Costa Rica: a review

Moráles-Ramírez¹,

Suárez‐Morales²,

Corrales-Ugalde³

et al. 2014

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The studies on marine copepods of Costa Rica started in the 1990’s and focused on the largest coastal-estuarine systems in the country, particularly along the Pacific coast. Diversity is widely variable among these systems: 40 species have been recorded in the Culebra Bay influenced by upwelling, northern Pacific coast, only 12 in the Gulf of Nicoya estuarine system, and 38 in Golfo Dulce, an anoxic basin in the southern Pacific coast of the country. Freshwater environments of Costa Rica are known to harbor a moderate diversity of continental copepods (25 species), which includes 6 calanoids, 17 cyclopoids and only two harpacticoids. Of the +100 freshwater species recorded in Central America, six are known only from Costa Rica, and one appears to be endemic to this country. The freshwater copepod fauna of Costa Rica is clearly the best known in Central America. Overall, six of the 10 orders of Copepoda are reported from Costa Rica. A previous summary by 2001 of the free-living copepod diversity in the country included 80 marine species (67 pelagic, 13 benthic). By 2009, the number of marine species increased to 209: 164 from the Pacific (49% of the copepod fauna from the Eastern Tropical Pacific) and 45 from the Caribbean coast (8% of species known from the Caribbean Basin). Both the Caribbean and Pacific species lists are growing. Additional collections of copepods at Cocos Island, an oceanic island 530 km away of the Pacific coast, have revealed many new records, including five new marine species from Costa Rica. Currently, the known diversity of marine copepods of Costa Rica is still in development and represents up to 52.6% of the total marine microcrustaceans recorded in the country. Future sampling and taxonomic efforts in the marine habitats should emphasize oceanic environments including deep waters but also littoral communities. Several Costa Rican records of freshwater copepods are likely to represent undescribed species. Also, the biogeographic relevance of the inland copepod fauna of Costa Rica requires more detailed surveys.

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Morphological variability and distribution of the exotic Asian Mesocyclops thermocyclopoides (Copepoda: Cyclopoida): in the Neotropical region

Cited by 9 publications

References 21 publications

First occurrence of Mesocyclops aspericornis (Daday, 1906) (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) in northern Colombia

First occurrence of Mesocyclops aspericornis (Daday, 1906) (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) in northern Colombia

Freshwater Diversity of Zooplankton from Mexico: Historical Review of Some of the Main Groups

Diversity of the free-living marine and freshwater Copepoda (Crustacea) in Costa Rica: a review

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