Hesperodiaptomus

Hesperdiaptomus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Maxillopoda
Subclass: Copepoda
Order: Calanoida
Family: Diaptomidae
Genus: Hesperodiaptomus
Light, 1938

Hesperodiaptomus is a genus of copepods in the family Diaptomidae, containing 18 species.[1] Two species – H. augustaensis[2] and H. californiensis[3] – are endemic to the United States and listed as vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List.

It is one of the most diverse genera of freshwater copepods in North and Central America, where its members live in alpine communities.[4]

Species

References

  1. T. Chad Walter (2009). T. C. Walter & G. Boxshall, ed. "Hesperodiaptomus Light, 1938". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved April 15, 2010.
  2. J. W. Reid (1996). "Hesperodiaptomus augustaensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
  3. J. W. Reid (1996). "Hesperodiaptomus californiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
  4. Malgorzata A. Marszalek, Selvadurai Dayanandan & Edward J. Maly (2008). "Phylogeny of the genus Hesperodiaptomus (Copepoda) based on nucleotide sequence data of the nuclear ribosomal gene". Hydrobiologia 624 (1): 61–69. doi:10.1007/s10750-008-9666-8.
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