Skistodiaptomus

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

Skistodiaptomus is a genus of freshwater copepods in the family Diaptomidae, found across North America.^[1] The genus contains eight species,^[2] three of which are endemic to the United States and are listed on the IUCN Red List as vulnerable species (VU) or Data Deficient (DD).

• Skistodiaptomus bogalusensis (M. S. Wilson & Moore, 1953) ^[3]
• Skistodiaptomus carolinensis Yeatman, 1986 ^[4]
• Skistodiaptomus mississippiensis (Marsh, 1894)
• Skistodiaptomus oregonensis (Lilljeborg, 1889)
• Skistodiaptomus pallidus (Herrick, 1879)
• Skistodiaptomus pygmaeus (Pearse, 1906)
• Skistodiaptomus reighardi (Marsh, 1895)
• Skistodiaptomus sinuatus (Kincaid, 1953) ^[5]

References

1. E. Suárez-Morales, J. W. Reid & M. Elías-Gutiérrez (2005). "Diversity and distributional patterns of Neotropical freshwater copepods (Calanoida: Diaptomidae)" (PDF). International Review of Hydrobiology 90 (1): 71–83. doi:10.1002/iroh.200410742.
2. T. Chad Walter (2009). T. C. Walter & G. Boxshall, ed. "Skistodiaptomus Light, 1939". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
3. J. W. Reid (1996). "Skistodiaptomus bogalusensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved October 16, 2010.
4. J. W. Reid (1996). "Skistodiaptomus carolinensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved October 16, 2010.
5. J. W. Reid (1996). "Skistodiaptomus sinuatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved October 16, 2010.