Odontodiaptomus
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Odontodiaptomus is a genus of freshwater
copepod
s in the family Diaptomidae
. It includes the following species:
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 includes the following species:
- Odontodiaptomus michaelseni (Mrázek, 1901)
- Odontodiaptomus paulistanus (S. Wright, 1936)
- Odontodiaptomus thomseniOdontodiaptomus thomseniOdontodiaptomus thomseni is a species of crustacean in the family Diaptomidae. It is endemic to Uruguay.-Source:* Reid, J.W. 1996. . Downloaded on 10 August 2007....
(Brehm, 1933)