''Acanthodiaptomus'' is a genus of
Diaptomidae
Diaptomidae is a family of freshwater pelagic copepods. It includes around 50 genera:
*''Acanthodiaptomus'' Kiefer, 1932
*''Aglaodiaptomus'' Light, 1938
*''Allodiaptomus'' Kiefer, 1936
*''Arctodiaptomus'' Kiefer, 1932
*''Argyrodiaptomus'' Brehm, ...
.
The genus was described in 1932 by
Friedrich Kiefer Professor Friedrich Kiefer (9 September 1897 – 18 April 1985) was a German zoologist, specialising in freshwater copepods. For over 60 years, he was "the preeminent morphological taxonomist of continental free-living copepods".
Kiefer was born in ...
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The genus has
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
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Species include:
* ''
Acanthodiaptomus denticornis
''Acanthodiaptomus'' is a genus of Diaptomidae.
The genus was described in 1932 by Friedrich Kiefer.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across ...
''
(Wierzejski, 1887)
* ''
Acanthodiaptomus pacificus
''Acanthodiaptomus'' is a genus of Diaptomidae.
The genus was described in 1932 by Friedrich Kiefer.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Species include:
* ''Acanthodiaptomus denticornis
''Acanthodiaptomus'' is a genus of Diaptomidae.
T ...
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(Burckhardt, 1913)
* ''
Acanthodiaptomus tibetanus''
(Daday, 1907)
References
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Cladocera