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)
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Calanoida |
| Family: | Diaptomidae |
| Genus: | Sinodiaptomus Kiefer, 1932 |
| Type species | |
| Diaptomus chaffanjoni Richard, 1897
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References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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