Skistodiaptomus
Encyclopedia
Skistodiaptomus is a genus of freshwater
copepod
s in the family Diaptomidae
, found across North America
. The genus contains eight species, three of which are endemic to the United States
and are listed on the IUCN Red List
as vulnerable species
(VU) or Data Deficient
(DD).
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...
, found across North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
. The genus contains eight species, three of which are endemic to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and are listed 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...
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:...
(VU) or 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...
(DD).
- Skistodiaptomus bogalusensis (M. S. Wilson & Moore, 1953)
- Skistodiaptomus carolinensis Yeatman, 1986
- Skistodiaptomus mississippiensis (Marsh, 1894)
- Skistodiaptomus oregonensis (Lilljeborg, 1889)
- Skistodiaptomus pallidus (Herrick, 1879)
- Skistodiaptomus pygmaeus (Pearse, 1906)
- Skistodiaptomus reighardi (Marsh, 1895)
- Skistodiaptomus sinuatus (Kincaid, 1953)