Metadiaptomus
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Metadiaptomus is a genus of crustacean
in the family Diaptomidae
, containing the following species:
Crustacean
Crustaceans form a very large group of arthropods, usually treated as a subphylum, which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles. The 50,000 described species range in size from Stygotantulus stocki at , to the Japanese spider crab with a leg span...
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:
- Metadiaptomus aethiopicus (Daday, 1910)
- Metadiaptomus alluaudi (Guerne & Richard, 1890)
- Metadiaptomus asiaticus (Ulyanin, 1875)
- Metadiaptomus capensisMetadiaptomus capensisMetadiaptomus capensis is a species of crustacean in the family Diaptomidae. It is endemic to South Africa.-Source:* Reid, J.W. 1996. . Downloaded on 10 August 2007....
(G. O. Sars, 1907) - Metadiaptomus chevreuxi (Guerne & Richard, 1895)
- Metadiaptomus colonialis (Douwe, 1914)
- Metadiaptomus gauthieri Brehm, 1949
- Metadiaptomus lobulifer (Rylov, 1927)
- Metadiaptomus mauretanicus Kiefer & Roy, 1942
- Metadiaptomus meridianus (Douwe, 1912)
- Metadiaptomus purcelliMetadiaptomus purcelliMetadiaptomus purcelli is a species of crustacean in the family Diaptomidae. It is endemic to South Africa.-Source:* Reid, J.W. 1996. . Downloaded on 10 August 2007....
(G. O. Sars, 1907) - Metadiaptomus transvaalensis Methuen, 1910
- Metadiaptomus vandouwei (Kiefer, 1930)