Specimen Information

Cercopagis pengoi
Cercopagis pengoi
(fishhook waterflea)
Crustaceans-Cladocerans
Exotic

Specimen ID157345
GroupCrustaceans-Cladocerans
GenusCercopagis
Speciespengoi
Common Namefishhook waterflea
StateIL
LocalityLake Michigan, north of Chicago
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameLake Michigan
HUC8 Number04190000
Map
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Collection Month9
Collection Year1999
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayshipping ballast water
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:13643
Author:MacIsaac, Hugh M.
Date:2000
Title:Cercopagis pengoi: Another Ponto-Caspian invader in the Great Lakes.
Publisher:University of Windsor (http://wwwcsuwindsorca/users/h/hughm/private/cercopagishtml).
Pages:1-5
Record TypeLiterature
VerifierCharlebois, Pat
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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