Specimen Information

Eurytemora affinis
Eurytemora affinis
(a calanoid copepod)
Crustaceans-Copepods
Native Transplant

Specimen ID156844
GroupCrustaceans-Copepods
GenusEurytemora
Speciesaffinis
Common Namea calanoid copepod
StateMS
CountyBolivar
LocalityBeulah, Mississippi River System, Oxbow lakes
Mapping AccuracyCentroid
Centroid Type 
HUC8 NameLower Mississippi-Helena
HUC8 Number08020100
Map
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Collection Year1973
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:13541
Author:Lee, C.E.
Date:1999
Title:Rapid and Repeated Invasion of Fresh Water by the Copepod Eurytemora affinis.
Journal:Evolution
Volume:53
Issue:5
Pages:1423-1434
CommentsSee Table 1 in paper. Estimated invasion date was 1973.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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