Biology:Hesperodiaptomus

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Short description: Genus of crustaceans

Hesperodiaptomus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: 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 – Hesperodiaptomus augustaensis[2] and Hesperodiaptomus 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

  • Hesperodiaptomus arcticus (Marsh, 1920)
  • Hesperodiaptomus augustaensis (Turner, 1910)
  • Hesperodiaptomus breweri M. S. Wilson, 1958
  • Hesperodiaptomus caducus Light, 1938
  • Hesperodiaptomus californiensis Scanlin & Reid, 1996
  • Hesperodiaptomus eiseni (Lilljeborg in Guerne & Richard, 1889)
  • Hesperodiaptomus franciscanus (Lilljeborg in Guerne & Richard, 1889)
  • Hesperodiaptomus hirsutus M. S. Wilson, 1953
  • Hesperodiaptomus kenai M. S. Wilson, 1953
  • Hesperodiaptomus kiseri (Kincaid, 1953)
  • Hesperodiaptomus morelensis Granados-Ramírez & Suárez-Morales, 2003
  • Hesperodiaptomus nevadensis Light, 1938
  • Hesperodiaptomus novemdecimus M. S. Wilson, 1953
  • Hesperodiaptomus schefferi M. S. Wilson, 1953
  • Hesperodiaptomus shoshone (S. A. Forbes, 1893)
  • Hesperodiaptomus victoriaensis (Reed, 1958)
  • Hesperodiaptomus wardi (Pearse, 1905)
  • Hesperodiaptomus wilsonae (Reed, 1958)

References

  1. T. Chad Walter (2009). "Hesperodiaptomus Light, 1938". in T. C. Walter; G. Boxshall. World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=347243. 
  2. J. W. Reid (1996). "Hesperodiaptomus augustaensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996: e.T9973A13029176. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T9973A13029176.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9973/13029176. Retrieved 7 January 2018. 
  3. J. W. Reid (1996). "Hesperodiaptomus californiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996: e.T9974A13029207. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T9974A13029207.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9974/13029207. Retrieved 7 January 2018. 
  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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