Specimen Information

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

Specimen ID1736335
GroupCrustaceans-Cladocerans
GenusCercopagis
Speciespengoi
Common Namefishhook waterflea
StateIL
CountyCook
LocalityArnold's Barge Slip (ABS), Lockport, IL
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameChicago
HUC8 Number07120003
HUC10 NameNorth Branch Chicago River-Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
HUC10 Number0712000301
HUC12 NameSouth Branch Chicago River-Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
HUC12 Number071200030107
Map
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Collection Day7
Collection Month7
Collection Year2021
Year AccuracyActual
Reference 1
Ref. Number:43134
Author:Maxson, K.A., A.L. Whitten, B.S. Harris, A. Happel, S.E. Butler, J.J. Parkos III, A.F. Casper, and J.T. Lamer
Date:2023
Title:First records of the fishhook waterflea Cercopagis pengoi Ostroumov, 1891
in the Mississippi River Basin, Illinois Waterway, USA
Journal:BioInvasions Records
Volume:12
Issue:4
Pages:1079-1087
CommentsDensity #/L: 0.0004
Record TypeLiterature
Number Collected8


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Citation information: U.S. Geological Survey. [2024]. Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database. Gainesville, Florida. Accessed [11/23/2024].

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