Diaptomidae
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Diaptomidae is a family
of freshwater
pelagic copepod
s. It includes around 50 genera:
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of freshwater
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pelagic copepod
Copepod
Copepods are a group of small crustaceans found in the sea and nearly every freshwater habitat. Some species are planktonic , some are benthic , and some continental species may live in limno-terrestrial habitats and other wet terrestrial places, such as swamps, under leaf fall in wet forests,...
s. It includes around 50 genera:
- Acanthodiaptomus Kiefer, 1932
- AglaodiaptomusAglaodiaptomusAglaodiaptomus is a genus of copepods in the family Diaptomidae. They are often bright red or blue due to carotenoid pigments.-Conservation status:...
Light, 1938 - AllodiaptomusAllodiaptomusAllodiaptomus is a genus of copepods in the family Diaptomidae, containing the following species:*Allodiaptomus intermedius Reddy, 1987*Allodiaptomus mieni Dang & Ho, 1985*Allodiaptomus mirabilipes Kiefer, 1936...
Kiefer, 1936 - ArctodiaptomusArctodiaptomusArctodiaptomus is a genus of copepods in the family Diaptomidae, containing the following species:*Arctodiaptomus acutulus *Arctodiaptomus alpinus *Arctodiaptomus altissimus Kiefer, 1936...
Kiefer, 1932 - ArgyrodiaptomusArgyrodiaptomusArgyrodiaptomus is a genus of copepods in the family Diaptomidae, containing the following species:*Argyrodiaptomus aculeatus *Argyrodiaptomus argentinus *Argyrodiaptomus azevedoi Argyrodiaptomus is a genus of copepods in the family Diaptomidae, containing the following species:*Argyrodiaptomus...
Brehm, 1933 - Aspinus Brandorff, 1973
- Austrinodiaptomus Reid, 1997
- Calchas Brehm, 1949
- Calodiaptomus Kiefer, 1936
- Camerundiaptomus Dumont & Chiambeng, 2002
- Colombodiaptomus Gaviria, 1989
- Copidodiaptomus Kiefer, 1968
- Dactylodiaptomus Kiefer, 1936
- Dasydiaptomus Defaye & Dussart, 1993
- Dentodiaptomus Shen & Tai, 1964
- DiaptomusDiaptomusDiaptomus is a genus of copepods with a single eye spot. It is superficially similar in size and appearance to Cyclops. However it has characteristically very long first antennae that exceed the body length. In addition, the females carry the eggs in a single sac rather than the twin sacs seen in...
Westwood, 1836 - Dolodiaptomus Shen & Tai, 1964
- DussartiusDussartiusDussartius baeticus is a species of crustacean in the family Diaptomidae. It is endemic to the Iberian Peninsula, having been found in south-eastern Spain, and in the waters of the Tagus estuary, the Caniçada reservoir , and four reservoirs in the Mondego system in Portugal....
Kiefer, 1978 - EodiaptomusEodiaptomusEodiaptomus is a genus of copepods in the family Diaptomidae, containing the following species:*Eodiaptomus draconisignivomi Brehm, 1952*Eodiaptomus indawgyi Dumont & Green, 2005*Eodiaptomus japonicus...
Kiefer, 1932 - EudiaptomusEudiaptomusEudiaptomus is a genus of crustacean in the family Diaptomidae, containing the following species:*Eudiaptomus aemilianus Brian, 1927*Eudiaptomus amurensis *Eudiaptomus anatolicus Gündüz, 1998...
Kiefer, 1932 - Filipinodiaptomus Mamaril & Fernando, 1978
- Gigantodiaptomus Kiefer, 1932
- Hadodiaptomus Brancelj, 2005
- HeliodiaptomusHeliodiaptomusHeliodiaptomus is a genus of copepods in the family Diaptomidae, containing the following species:*Heliodiaptomus alikunhii Sehgal, 1960*Heliodiaptomus cinctus *Heliodiaptomus contortus...
Kiefer, 1932 - HemidiaptomusHemidiaptomusHemidiaptomus is a genus of freshwater copepods in the family Diaptomidae, containing the following species:*Hemidiaptomus ignatovi G. O. Sars, 1903*Hemidiaptomus monticola Weisig & Ali-Zade, 1938*Hemidiaptomus rylovi Charin, 1928...
G. O. Sars, 1903 - HesperodiaptomusHesperodiaptomusHesperodiaptomus is a genus of copepods in the family Diaptomidae, containing 18 species. Two species – H. augustaensis and H. californiensis – are endemic to the United States and listed as vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List....
Light, 1938 - IdiodiaptomusIdiodiaptomusIdiodiaptomus gracilipes is a species of copepod in the family Diaptomidae. It is endemic to "a pool at Itapura", in São Paulo state, Brazil....
Kiefer, 1936 - Keraladiaptomus Santos Silva, Kakkassery, Mass & Dumont, 1994
- Leptodiaptomus Light, 1938
- Ligulodiaptomus Shen & Tai, 1962
- MastigodiaptomusMastigodiaptomusMastigodiaptomus is a genus of Neotropical copepods in the family Diaptomidae. Two of the eight species in the genus are listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List, and one is listed as a vulnerable species :...
Light, 1939 - Megadiaptomus Kiefer, 1936
- MetadiaptomusMetadiaptomusMetadiaptomus is a genus of crustacean in the family Diaptomidae, containing the following species:*Metadiaptomus aethiopicus *Metadiaptomus alluaudi *Metadiaptomus asiaticus...
Methuen, 1910 - Microdiaptomus Osorio-Tafall, 1942
- Mixodiaptomus Kiefer, 1932
- Mongolodiaptomus Kiefer, 1937
- Nannodiaptomus Dang & Ho, 2001
- Natrodiaptomus Stella, 1984
- NeodiaptomusNeodiaptomusNeodiaptomus is a genus of freshwater copepods in the family Diaptomidae. It contains the following species, four of which are listed as vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List :*Neodiaptomus curvispinosus Dang & Ho, 2001...
Kiefer, 1932 - NeutrodiaptomusNeutrodiaptomusNeutrodiaptomus is a genus of copepods in the family Diaptomidae. The Japanese endemic species N. formosus is lited as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. The genus Neutrodiaptomus contains the following species:...
Kiefer, 1937 - Nordodiaptomus M. S. Wilson, 1951
- NotodiaptomusNotodiaptomusNotodiaptomus is a genus of copepods in the family Diaptomidae. It is the most widely distributed, most abundant and most species-rich genus of freshwater calanoid copepods in the Neotropics. The genus was erected in 1936 by Friedrich Kiefer for eleven species formerly placed in a wider Diaptomus...
Kiefer, 1936 - Occidodiaptomus Borutzky in Borutsky, Stepanova & Kos, 1991
- OdontodiaptomusOdontodiaptomusOdontodiaptomus is a genus of freshwater copepods in the family Diaptomidae. It includes the following species:*Odontodiaptomus michaelseni *Odontodiaptomus paulistanus *Odontodiaptomus thomseni...
Kiefer, 1936 - OnychodiaptomusOnychodiaptomusOnychodiaptomus is a genus of copepods in the family Diaptomidae, containing the following species:*Onychodiaptomus birgei *Onychodiaptomus hesperus M. S. Wilson & Light, 1951...
Light, 1939 - Paradiaptominae Kiefer, 1932
- ParadiaptomusParadiaptomusParadiaptomus is a genus of crustacean in the family Diaptomidae. It includes the following species:*Paradiaptomus africanus *Paradiaptomus alluaudi *Paradiaptomus barnardi Paradiaptomus is a genus of crustacean in the family Diaptomidae. It includes the following species:*Paradiaptomus africanus...
Daday, 1910 - PhyllodiaptomusPhyllodiaptomusPhyllodiaptomus is a genus of crustacean in the family Diaptomidae. It includes the following species:*Phyllodiaptomus annae *Phyllodiaptomus blanci...
Kiefer, 1936 - Prionodiaptomus Light, 1939
- Pseudolovenula Marukawa, 1921
- Rhacodiaptomus Kiefer, 1936
- Scolodiaptomus Reid, 1987
- SinodiaptomusSinodiaptomusSinodiaptomus is a genus of freshwater copepods in the family Diaptomidae, found in Asia and Palaearctic regions. The Japanese Sinodiaptomus valkanovi has established non-indigenous populations in California, Bulgaria and New Zealand, although only the New Zealand population persists due to...
Kiefer, 1932 - SkistodiaptomusSkistodiaptomusSkistodiaptomus is a genus of freshwater copepods in the family Diaptomidae, found across North America. The genus contains eight species, three of which are endemic to the United States and are listed on the IUCN Red List as vulnerable species or Data Deficient .*Skistodiaptomus bogalusensis...
Light, 1939 - SpelaeodiaptomusSpelaeodiaptomusSpelaeodiaptomus rouchi is a species of copepod in the family Diaptomidae. It is endemic to France....
Dussart, 1970 - Speodiaptomus Borutzky, 1962
- Spicodiaptomus Rajendran, 1973
- StygodiaptomusStygodiaptomusStygodiaptomus is a genus of copepods in the family Diaptomidae, containing the following species:*Stygodiaptomus ferus Karanovic, 1999*Stygodiaptomus kieferi Petkovski, 1981*Stygodiaptomus petkovskii Brancelj, 1991...
Petkovski, 1981 - ThermodiaptomusThermodiaptomusThermodiaptomus is a genus of copepods in the family Diaptomidae, containing the following species:*Thermodiaptomus congruens *Thermodiaptomus galebi *Thermodiaptomus galeboides...
Kiefer, 1932 - Troglodiaptomus Petkovski, 1978
- TropodiaptomusTropodiaptomusTropodiaptomus is a genus of copepods in the family Diaptomidae. It includes the following species, many of which are narrow endemics and are included on the IUCN Red List :...
Kiefer, 1932 - Tumeodiaptomus Dussart, 1979
- Vietodiaptomus Dang, 1977