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Mesocyclops
| Mesocyclops | |
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| Mesocyclops ogunnus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Cyclopoida |
| Family: | Cyclopidae |
| Genus: | Mesocyclops G. O. Sars, 1914 |
| Type species | |
| Mesocyclops leuckarti (Claus, 1857)[1]
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Mesocyclops is a genus of copepod crustaceans in the family Cyclopidae. Because the various species of Mesocyclops are known to prey on mosquito larvae, it is used as a nontoxic and inexpensive form of biological mosquito control.
- ^ Mária Holynski & Frank Fiers (January 1994). "Mesocyclops thermocyclopoides species-group: redefinition and content". Hydrobiologia. 292: 41–51. doi:10.1007/BF00229921. S2CID 11615915.
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