Specimen Information

Skistodiaptomus pallidus
Skistodiaptomus pallidus
(a calanoid copepod)
Crustaceans-Copepods
Native Transplant

Specimen ID241461
GroupCrustaceans-Copepods
GenusSkistodiaptomus
Speciespallidus
Common Namea calanoid copepod
StateMI
LocalityLake Huron
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameLake Huron
HUC8 Number04240002
Map
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Collection Year1975
Year AccuracyEstimated
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:703
Author:Mills, E.L., J.H. Leach, J.T. Carlton, and C.L. Secor
Date:1993
Title:Exotic species in the Great Lakes: a history of biotic crises and anthropogenic introductions
Journal:Journal of Great Lakes Research
Volume:19
Issue:1
Pages:1-54
CommentsThe occurrences in the Lake Huron drainage were discovered upon re-examining archived specimens from 1974 and 1975 (Mills et al. 1993; Torke 2001; Lesko et al. 2003).
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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