''Heliodiaptomus kolleruensis'' is a species of

copepod Copepods (; meaning "oar-feet") are a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat (ecology), habitat. Some species are planktonic (inhabiting sea waters), some are benthos, benthic (living on the ocean floor) ...

in the family

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, ...

. It was described in 1981 from specimens collected in the Krishna River, Lake Kolleru and bodies of water in

Guntur district Guntur district is one of the twenty six districts in the Coastal Andhra region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The administrative seat of the district is located at Guntur, the largest city of the district in terms of area and with a po ...

, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is listed as a vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List.

References

Diaptomidae Arthropods of India Freshwater crustaceans of Asia Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Crustaceans described in 1981 {{copepod-stub