Mastigodiaptomus

Mastigodiaptomus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Maxillopoda
Subclass:	Copepoda
Order:	Calanoida
Family:	Diaptomidae
Genus:	Mastigodiaptomus Light, 1939

Mastigodiaptomus is a genus of Neotropical copepods in the family Diaptomidae. Two of the eight species in the genus are listed as Data Deficient (DD) on the IUCN Red List, and one is listed as a vulnerable species (VU):^[1][2]

• Mastigodiaptomus albuquerquensis (Herrick, 1895) – Mexico, United States
• Mastigodiaptomus amatitlanensis (M. S. Wilson, 1941) – Guatemala ^[3]
• Mastigodiaptomus maya Suárez-Morales & Elías-Gutiérrez, 2000 – Campeche
• Mastigodiaptomus montezumae (Brehm, 1955) – central Mexico ^[4]
• Mastigodiaptomus nesus Bowman, 1986 – southeastern Mexico
• Mastigodiaptomus purpureus (Marsh, 1907) – Cuba, Haiti ^[5]
• Mastigodiaptomus reidae Suárez-Morales & Elías-Gutiérrez, 2000 – Campeche
• Mastigodiaptomus texensis M. S. Wilson, 1953 – Tamaulipas, Yucatán Peninsula

References

1. E. Suárez-Morales & M. Elias-Gutierrez (2000). "Two new Mastigodiaptomus (Copepoda, Diaptomidae) from southeastern Mexico, with a key for the identification of the known species of the genus" (PDF). Journal of Natural History 34 (5): 693–708. doi:10.1080/002229300299363.
2. T. Chad Walter (2009). T. C. Walter & G. Boxshall, ed. "Mastigodiaptomus Light, 1939". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
3. J. W. Reid (1996). "Mastigodiaptomus amatitlanensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved November 22, 2010.
4. J. W. Reid (1996). "Mastigodiaptomus montezumae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved November 22, 2010.
5. J. W. Reid (1996). "Mastigodiaptomus purpureus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved November 22, 2010.