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The status of the Mesocyclops from lake Biwa is reexamined and a new species, Mesocyclops dissimilis n. sp., distinct from M. thermocyclopoides Harada, 1931, is described.
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Defaye, D., Kawabata, K. Mesocyclops dissimilis n. sp. from Lake Biwa, Japan (Copepoda, Cyclopoida). Hydrobiologia 257, 121–126 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00005952
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