Onychodiaptomus
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Onychodiaptomus is a genus of copepod
s in the family Diaptomidae
, containing the following species:
Onychodiaptomus louisianensis, a species endemic to the United States
, is listed as Data Deficient
on the IUCN Red List
.
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:
- Onychodiaptomus birgei (Marsh, 1894)
- Onychodiaptomus hesperus M. S. Wilson & Light, 1951
- Onychodiaptomus louisianensis M. S. Wilson & W. G. Moore, 1953
- Onychodiaptomus sanguineus (S. A. Forbes, 1876)
- Onychodiaptomus virginiensis (Marsh, 1915)
Onychodiaptomus louisianensis, a species endemic to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, is listed as Data Deficient
Data Deficient
Data Deficient is a category applied by the IUCN, other agencies, and individuals to a species when the available information is not sufficient for a proper assessment of conservation status to be made...
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...
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