Hesperodiaptomus is a genus of copepods in the family Diaptomidae, containing 18 species.[1] Two species – Hesperodiaptomus augustaensis[2] and Hesperodiaptomus californiensis[3] – are endemic to the United States and listed as vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Calanoida |
| Family: | Diaptomidae |
| Genus: | Hesperodiaptomus Light, 1938 |
It is one of the most diverse genera of freshwater copepods in North and Central America, where its members live in alpine communities.[4]
Species edit
- Hesperodiaptomus arcticus (Marsh, 1920)
- Hesperodiaptomus augustaensis (Turner, 1910)
- Hesperodiaptomus breweri M. S. Wilson, 1958
- Hesperodiaptomus caducus Light, 1938
- Hesperodiaptomus californiensis Scanlin & Reid, 1996
- Hesperodiaptomus eiseni (Lilljeborg in Guerne & Richard, 1889)
- Hesperodiaptomus franciscanus (Lilljeborg in Guerne & Richard, 1889)
- Hesperodiaptomus hirsutus M. S. Wilson, 1953
- Hesperodiaptomus kenai M. S. Wilson, 1953
- Hesperodiaptomus kiseri (Kincaid, 1953)
- Hesperodiaptomus morelensis Granados-Ramírez & Suárez-Morales, 2003
- Hesperodiaptomus nevadensis Light, 1938
- Hesperodiaptomus novemdecimus M. S. Wilson, 1953
- Hesperodiaptomus schefferi M. S. Wilson, 1953
- Hesperodiaptomus shoshone (S. A. Forbes, 1893)
- Hesperodiaptomus victoriaensis (Reed, 1958)
- Hesperodiaptomus wardi (Pearse, 1905)
- Hesperodiaptomus wilsonae (Reed, 1958)
References edit
- ^ T. Chad Walter (2009). T. C. Walter; G. Boxshall (eds.). "Hesperodiaptomus Light, 1938". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved April 15, 2010.
- ^ J. W. Reid (1996). "Hesperodiaptomus augustaensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T9973A13029176. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T9973A13029176.en. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ^ J. W. Reid (1996). "Hesperodiaptomus californiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T9974A13029207. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T9974A13029207.en. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ^ Malgorzata A. Marszalek; Selvadurai Dayanandan & Edward J. Maly (2008). "Phylogeny of the genus Hesperodiaptomus (Copepoda) based on nucleotide sequence data of the nuclear ribosomal gene". Hydrobiologia. 624 (1): 61–69. doi:10.1007/s10750-008-9666-8.
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