Hesperodiaptomus
Encyclopedia
Hesperodiaptomus is a genus of copepod
s in the family Diaptomidae
, containing 18 species. Two species – H. augustaensis and H. californiensis – 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.
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 18 species. Two species – H. augustaensis and H. californiensis – are endemic to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and listed as vulnerable species
Vulnerable species
On 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 List
IUCN Red List
The 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...
.
It is one of the most diverse genera of freshwater
Freshwater
Fresh water is naturally occurring water on the Earth's surface in ice sheets, ice caps, glaciers, bogs, ponds, lakes, rivers and streams, and underground as groundwater in aquifers and underground streams. Fresh water is generally characterized by having low concentrations of dissolved salts and...
copepods in North
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
and Central America
Central America
Central America is the central geographic region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast. When considered part of the unified continental model, it is considered a subcontinent...
, where its members live in alpine communities.
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)