Onychodiaptomus

Onychodiaptomus
Onychodiaptomus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Maxillopoda
Subclass: Copepoda
Order: Calanoida
Family: Diaptomidae
Genus: Onychodiaptomus
Light, 1939

Onychodiaptomus is a genus of copepods in the family Diaptomidae, containing the following species:[1]

  • 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, is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Onychodiaptomus Light, 1939". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=666875. Retrieved October 3, 2010. 
  2. ^ "Onychodiaptomus louisianensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 1996. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/15329. Retrieved October 3, 2010. 


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