Sinodiaptomus

Sinodiaptomus is a genus of freshwater copepods in the family Diaptomidae, found in Asia and Palaearctic regions. The Japanese Sinodiaptomus valkanovi has established non-indigenous populations in California, Bulgaria and New Zealand, although only the New Zealand population persists due to destruction of the habitat in California and Bulgaria.[1] The genus was originally described as a subgenus of Diaptomus, containing only Sinodiaptomus chaffanjoni,[2] but now contains five species:[3]

  • Sinodiaptomus chaffanjoni (Richard, 1897)
  • Sinodiaptomus indicus Kiefer, 1936
  • Sinodiaptomus mahanandiensis (Reddy & Rhadakrishna, 1980)
  • Sinodiaptomus sarsi (Rylov, 1923)
  • Sinodiaptomus valkanovi (Kiefer, 1938)

Sinodiaptomus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Hexanauplia
Subclass:
Copepoda
Order:
Calanoida
Family:
Diaptomidae
Genus:
Sinodiaptomus

Kiefer, 1932
Type species
Diaptomus chaffanjoni
Richard, 1897

References
  1. Wataru Makino, Matthew A. Knox & Ian C. Duggan (2010). "Invasion, genetic variation and species identity of the calanoid copepod Sinodiaptomus valkanovi". Freshwater Biology. 55 (2): 375–386. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02287.x.
  2. S. F. Light (1939). "New American subgenera of Diaptomus Westwood (Copepoda, Calanoida)". Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 58 (4): 473–484. doi:10.2307/3222789. JSTOR 3222789.
  3. T. Chad Walter (2010). T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall (ed.). "Sinodiaptomus Kiefer, 1932". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved November 16, 2010.


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