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''Fibulacamptus'' is an Australian
endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
genus of
crustacean Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean group can ...
in the family
Canthocamptidae Canthocamptidae is a family of copepods. Most of the 700 species are confined to fresh water, although there are also marine species. It contains the following genera: *'' Afrocamptus'' Chappuis, 1932 *'' Antarctobiotus'' Chappuis, 1930 *'' An ...
. Two of the four species are listed as
vulnerable species A vulnerable species is a species which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as being threatened with extinction unless the circumstances that are threatening its survival and reproduction improve. Vulnera ...
on the
IUCN Red List The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data Book, founded in 1964, is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biol ...
(marked "VU"): *'' Fibulacamptus bisetosus'' Hamond, 1988 *'' Fibulacamptus gracilior'' Hamond, 1988 *''Fibulacamptus tasmanicus'' Hamond, 1988 *''Fibulacamptus victorianus'' Hamond, 1988


References

Harpacticoida Freshwater crustaceans of Australia Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{copepod-stub