Neodiaptomus
Encyclopedia
Neodiaptomus is a genus of freshwater
copepod
s in the family Diaptomidae
. It contains the following species, four of which are listed as vulnerable species
on the IUCN Red List
(marked "VU" below):
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...
copepod
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...
. It contains the following species, four of which are 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...
(marked "VU" below):
- Neodiaptomus curvispinosus Dang & Ho, 2001
- Neodiaptomus intermedius Flössner, 1984 (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...
) - Neodiaptomus laii Kiefer, 1974 (Malaysia)
- Neodiaptomus lindbergi Brehm, 1951
- Neodiaptomus lymphatus (Brehm, 1933) (IndonesiaIndonesiaIndonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
) - Neodiaptomus madrasensis Roy, 1999
- Neodiaptomus meggitti Kiefer, 1932
- Neodiaptomus physalipus Kiefer, 1935 (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...
) - Neodiaptomus schmackeri (Poppe & Richard, 1892)
- Neodiaptomus siamensis Proongkiat & Sanoamuang, 2008
- Neodiaptomus songkhramensis Sanoamuang & Athibai, 2002
- Neodiaptomus vietnamensis Dang & Ho, 1998
- Neodiaptomus yangtsekiangensis Mashiko, 1951