Phyllodiaptomus
Encyclopedia
Phyllodiaptomus is a genus of crustacean
in the family Diaptomidae
. It includes the following species:
P. wellekensae is an India
n endemic species which is listed as a vulnerable species
on the IUCN Red List
.
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...
. It includes the following species:
- Phyllodiaptomus annae (Apstein, 1907)
- Phyllodiaptomus blanci (Guerne & Richard, 1896)
- Phyllodiaptomus christineae Dumont, Reddy & Sanoamuang, 1996
- Phyllodiaptomus irakiensis Khalaf, 2008
- Phyllodiaptomus javanus (Grochmalicki, 1915)
- Phyllodiaptomus longipes Kiefer, 1965
- Phyllodiaptomus praedictus Dumont & Reddy, 1994
- Phyllodiaptomus sasikumari Reddy & Venkateswarlu, 1989
- Phyllodiaptomus surinensis Orsri & Weera, 2001
- Phyllodiaptomus thailandicus Sanoamuang & Teeramaethee, 2006
- Phyllodiaptomus tunguidus Shen & Tai, 1964
- Phyllodiaptomus wellekensae Dumont & Reddy, 1993
P. wellekensae is an India
India
India , 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...
n endemic species which is listed as a 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...
.