Notodiaptomus

Notodiaptomus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Maxillopoda
Subclass: Copepoda
Order: Calanoida
Family: Diaptomidae
Genus: Notodiaptomus
Kiefer, 1936
Type species
Notodiaptomus deitersi
(Poppe, 1891)

Notodiaptomus 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.[1] The genus was erected in 1936 by Friedrich Kiefer for eleven species formerly placed in a wider Diaptomus. Notodiaptomus deitersi was chosen to be the type species by RaÃēl Adolfo Ringuelet in 1958.[1]

The genus Notodiaptomus includes 34 valid species, and two species inquirenda.[2] Its members include the Venezuelan endemic Notodiaptomus maracaibensis and the Brazilian endemic Notodiaptomus dubius, both of which are listed as vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List.[3][4]

  • Notodiaptomus amazonicus (S. Wright, 1935)
  • Notodiaptomus anceps Brehm, 1958
  • Notodiaptomus anisitsi (Daday, 1905)
  • Notodiaptomus bidigitatus (Brehm, 1958)
  • Notodiaptomus brandorffi Reid, 1987
  • Notodiaptomus carteri (Lowndes, 1934)
  • Notodiaptomus cearensis (S. Wright, 1936)
  • Notodiaptomus conifer (G. O. Sars, 1901)
  • Notodiaptomus coniferoides (S. Wright, 1927)
  • Notodiaptomus dahli (S. Wright, 1936)
  • Notodiaptomus deitersi (Poppe, 1891)
  • Notodiaptomus dentatus Paggi, 2001
  • Notodiaptomus difficilis Dussart & Frutos, 1987
  • Notodiaptomus dilatatus Dussart, 1984
  • Notodiaptomus dubius Dussart, 1986
  • Notodiaptomus echinatus (Lowndes, 1934)
  • Notodiaptomus gibber (Poppe, 1889)
  • Notodiaptomus henseni (F. Dahl, 1894)
  • Notodiaptomus iheringi (S. Wright, 1935)
  • Notodiaptomus incompositus (Brian, 1925)
  • Notodiaptomus inflatus (Kiefer, 1933)
  • Notodiaptomus isabelae (S. Wright, 1936)
  • Notodiaptomus jatobensis (S. Wright, 1936)
  • Notodiaptomus lobifer (Pesta, 1927)
  • Notodiaptomus maracaibensis Kiefer, 1954
  • Notodiaptomus nordestinus (S. Wright, 1935)
  • Notodiaptomus orellanai Dussart, 1979
  • Notodiaptomus paraensis Dussart & B. A. Robertson, 1984
  • Notodiaptomus pseudodubius Defaye & Dussart, 1989
  • Notodiaptomus santaremensis (S. Wright, 1927)
  • Notodiaptomus simillimus Cicchino, Santos-Silva & Robertson, 2001
  • Notodiaptomus spinuliferus Dussart, 1986
  • Notodiaptomus susanae (Paggi, 1976)
  • Notodiaptomus transitans (Kiefer, 1929)
  • Notodiaptomus ohlei (Brandorff, 1978) (species inquirenda)
  • Notodiaptomus santafesinus Ringuelet & Ferrato, 1967 (species inquirenda)

References

  1. 1 2 Edinaldo N. Santos-Silva, Geoff A. Boxshall & Carlos E. F. Rocha (1999). "The Neotropical genus Notodiaptomus Kiefer, 1936 (Calanoida: Diaptomidae): redescription of the type species Notodiaptomus deitersi (Poppe, 1891) and designation of a neotype". Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 34 (2): 114–128. doi:10.1076/snfe.34.2.114.2106.
  2. ↑ T. Chad Walter (2010). T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall, ed. "Notodiaptomus Kiefer, 1936". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved November 25, 2010.
  3. ↑ J. W. Reid (1996). "Notodiaptomus dubius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved November 25, 2010.
  4. ↑ J. W. Reid (1996). "Notodiaptomus maracaibensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved November 25, 2010.
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