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First Record of Mesocyclops pehpeiensis Hu 1943 (Copepoda, Cyclopidae) in the Russian Far East

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Mesocyclops pehpeiensis Hu 1943 has been found in the Bogataya River, which connects the Bogatinskii Reservoir to Brazhnikov Bay, both near Vladivostok. This is the first record of this species from the Russian Far East. The morphology of this species is described and illustrated, and an identification key to this species is given.

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The Federal Collection of the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, no. 96-03-16, was used in this study.

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This work was supported by the federal program for the study of animal biodiversity AAAA-A19-119020690091-0 of the Russian Academy of Sciences and in part by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project no. 20-04-00035).

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Chaban, O.A., Alekseev, V.R. First Record of Mesocyclops pehpeiensis Hu 1943 (Copepoda, Cyclopidae) in the Russian Far East. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 49, 794–797 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359022070032

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