''Epischura'' is a genus of
copepod
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s in the family
Temoridae
Temoridae is a family
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Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Epischura'':
*'' Epischura fluviatilis'' Herrick, 1883
*''Epischura lacustris
''Epischura lacustris'' is a species of copepod in the family Temoridae
Temoridae is a family
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relati ...
'' S. A. Forbes, 1882
*'' Epischura massachusettsensis'' Pearse, 1906
*'' Epischura nevadensis'' Lilljeborg, 1889
*'' Epischura nordenskioldi'' Lilljeborg, 1889
*''Epischura smirnovi
''Epischura'' is a genus of copepods in the family Temoridae.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Epischura'':
*''Epischura fluviatilis'' Herrick, 1883
*''Epischura lacustris'' S. A. Forbes, 1882
*''Epischura massachuse ...
'' Borutsky, 1961
*''Epischura udylensis
''Epischura'' is a genus of copepods in the family Temoridae.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Epischura'':
*'' Epischura fluviatilis'' Herrick, 1883
*''Epischura lacustris'' S. A. Forbes, 1882
*'' Epischura massachu ...
'' Borutsky, 1947
*'' Epischura vagans'' Pickering, 1844
*''Epischura baikalensis
''Epischurella baikalensis'' (previously ''Epischura baikalensis'') is a species of copepod in family Temoridae. It is endemic to Lake Baikal, being the dominant zooplankton species there: 80%–90% of total biomass. It measures .
''Epischurella ...
'' G. O. Sars, 1900
*'' Epischura chankensis'' Rylov, 1928
It has recently been proposed that ''Epischura'' is parapheletic with respect to ''Heterocope
''Heterocope'' is a genus of copepods in the family Temoridae. It was described by Norwegian biologist Georg Ossian Sars in 1863.
Species
The World Register of Marine Species
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'' and that the Siberian species, ''Epischura baikalensis'' and ''Epischurella chankensis'', be moved to the ressurrected genus '' Epischurella''.
References
Temoridae
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Copepod genera
Taxa named by Stephen Alfred Forbes
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