Lepidurus arcticus

Lepidurus arcticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Branchiopoda
Order:	Notostraca
Family:	Triopsidae
Genus:	Lepidurus
Species:	L. arcticus
Binomial name
	Lepidurus arcticus; (Pallas, 1793) [1]

Lepidurus arcticus is a species of tadpole shrimp which inhabits both ephemeral pools and permanent freshwater lakes of Norway, Greenland, Finland, Sweden, Svalbard, Iceland, Russia and the Kuril Islands.[2][3]

Unlike other species of tadpole shrimp, Lepidurus arcticus is known to coexist with fish, such as Arctic char. Furthermore, they exist in water temperatures much colder (4–7 °C or 39–45 °F) than the other species of its order.[3] It is a common predator of Daphnia pulex.[4]

References

"Lepidurus arcticus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
Schlager, Neil, et al. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. Gale. 2004 ISBN 0-7876-5362-4.
"Species Descriptions by Chip Hannum". Archived from the original on 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
Kirsten Christoffersen (2001). "Predation on Daphnia pulex by Lepidurus arcticus". Hydrobiologia. 442 (1–3): 223–229. doi:10.1023/A:1017584928657.

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[1] "Lepidurus arcticus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved May 28, 2013.

[Schlager-2] Schlager, Neil, et al. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. Gale. 2004 ISBN 0-7876-5362-4.

[My_Triops-3] "Species Descriptions by Chip Hannum". Archived from the original on 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2009-09-03.

[4] Kirsten Christoffersen (2001). "Predation on Daphnia pulex by Lepidurus arcticus". Hydrobiologia. 442 (1–3): 223–229. doi:10.1023/A:1017584928657.