Lepidurus arcticus
| Lepidurus arcticus | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Branchiopoda |
| Order: | Notostraca |
| Family: | Triopsidae |
| Genus: | Lepidurus |
| Species: | L. arcticus |
| Binomial name | |
| Lepidurus arcticus (Pallas, 1793) [1] | |
Lepidurus arcticus is a species of tadpole shrimp which inhabits both ephemeral pools and permanent freshwater lakes of Norway, Greenland, Finland, Sweden, Svalbard, Iceland, Russia and the Kuril Islands.[2][3]
Unlike other species of tadpole shrimp, Lepidurus arcticus is known to coexist with fish, such as Arctic char. Furthermore, they exist in water temperatures much colder (4–7 °C or 39–45 °F) than the other species of its order.[3] It is a common predator of Daphnia pulex.[4]
References
- ↑ "Lepidurus arcticus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
- ↑ Schlager, Neil, et al. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. Gale. 2004 ISBN 0-7876-5362-4.
- 1 2 "Species Descriptions by Chip Hannum".
- ↑ Kirsten Christoffersen (2001). "Predation on Daphnia pulex by Lepidurus arcticus". Hydrobiologia 442 (1–3): 223–229. doi:10.1023/A:1017584928657.
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