Thermodiaptomus
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Thermodiaptomus is a genus of copepod
s in the family Diaptomidae
, containing the following species:
T. galeboides is restricted to Lake Victoria
, and is listed as a vulnerable species
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:
- Thermodiaptomus congruens (G. O. Sars, 1927)
- Thermodiaptomus galebi (Barrois, 1891)
- Thermodiaptomus galeboides (G. O. Sars, 1909)
- Thermodiaptomus mixtus (G. O. Sars, 1909)
- Thermodiaptomus syngenes (Kiefer, 1929)
- Thermodiaptomus yabensis (S. Wright & Tressler, 1928)
T. galeboides is restricted to Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria is one of the African Great Lakes. The lake was named for Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, by John Hanning Speke, the first European to discover this lake....
, and 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...
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