COPEPODS OF THE WOODS HOLE BEGION 



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House; Fresh Pond west of Nobska Light; Ice Pond at Qiiisset; 

 Crockers Pond, Jones Pond, East Falmouth Pond, small lily pond 

 south of Ashumet Pond, Bournes Pond, Browns Pond, Jenkins 

 Pond, Mares Pond, all in the town of Falmouth; Flax Pond and 

 Red Brook Pond in the town of Bourne; Santuit Pond, Mashpee 

 Pond, John Pond, and Ashumet Pond in the town of Mashpee; 

 Shallow Pond, Crescent Lake, Centerville, Long Pond, Newton, 

 Lovells Pond, Chequaquet Lake (Great Pond), and Upper, Middle, 

 and Lower Cotuit Ponds in the town of Barnstable ; Flax Pond and 

 Scargo Pond in the town of Dennis ; Hinckleys Pond in the town of 

 Harwich ; Long Pond and Bangs Pond in the town of Brewster ; two 

 small ponds beside the main road west of Chatham ; Tarpaulin Cove 

 Pond, French Watering Place, Marys Lake, and West End Pond on 



Figure 197. — Mesocyclops obsoletus: a, Male, dorsal; b, male, first antenna; 

 c, male, fifth leg ; d, female, fifth leg 



Naushon Island; small pond west of Edgartown and Edgartown 

 Great Pond on Marthas Vineyard; pond on Rams Head Island in 

 Hadley Harbor. 



Distribution. — Lake Albert Nyanza (Cunnington) ; Norwegian 

 ponds and lakes (Sars) ; Europe (Claus, Schmeil, Richard, Lande) ; 

 Asia (Uljanin) ; Russia (Poggenpol) ; North America (Herrick, 

 Marsh, Forbes) ; Brazil (Sars) ; Hungary (Daday) ; Argentina 

 (Sars) ; Netherlands (Hoeck) ; Rhode Island (Williams) ; Australia 

 (Sars). 



Color. — Body transparent with a grayish-white or bluish-green 

 tinge; the cephalic segment often contains orange oil globules of 

 various sizes, and the contents of the anterior and posterior portions 

 of the digestive tract are orange-red. The eye is reddish, the eggs 

 are pale yellow with a dark center. 



