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The Nigerian Mesocyclops and Thermocyclops species are revised using an extensive collection of over 600 samples from Nigeria. Six species of Mesocyclops and three of Thermocyclops are recorded. Illustrated descriptions of these species and keys to their identification are given. Their occurrence and variability in Nigerian freshwater systems and their distribution in the African continent is discussed.
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Jeje, C.Y. A revision of the Nigerian species of the genera Mesocyclops Sars, 1914 and Thermocyclops Kiefer, 1927 (Copepoda: Cyclopoida). Hydrobiologia 164, 171–184 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00008457
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