Allodiaptomus
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Allodiaptomus is a genus of copepod
s in the family Diaptomidae
, containing the following species:
Copepod
Copepods are a group of small crustaceans found in the sea and nearly every freshwater habitat. Some species are planktonic , some are benthic , and some continental species may live in limno-terrestrial habitats and other wet terrestrial places, such as swamps, under leaf fall in wet forests,...
s in the family Diaptomidae
Diaptomidae
Diaptomidae is a family of freshwater pelagic copepods. It includes around 50 genera:*Acanthodiaptomus Kiefer, 1932*Aglaodiaptomus Light, 1938*Allodiaptomus Kiefer, 1936*Arctodiaptomus Kiefer, 1932*Argyrodiaptomus Brehm, 1933...
, containing the following species:
- Allodiaptomus intermedius Reddy, 1987
- Allodiaptomus mieni Dang & Ho, 1985
- Allodiaptomus mirabilipes Kiefer, 1936
- Allodiaptomus raoi Kiefer, 1936
- Allodiaptomus rarus Reddy, Sanoamuang & Dumont, 1998
- Allodiaptomus satanas (Brehm, 1952) – endemic to IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, and listed as a vulnerable speciesVulnerable speciesOn 30 January 2010, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species identified 9694 Vulnerable species, subspecies and varieties, stocks and sub-populations.-References:...
on the IUCN Red ListIUCN Red ListThe IUCN Red List of Threatened Species , founded in 1963, is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species. The International Union for Conservation of Nature is the world's main authority on the conservation status of species...