''Skistodiaptomus'' is a genus of

freshwater Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the term specifically excludes seawater and brackish water, it does include ...

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) ...

s 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'' Breh ...

, found across North America. The genus contains eight species, three of which are

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 elsew ...

to the United States and are listed 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 ...

vulnerable species A vulnerable species is a species which has been Conservation status, categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as being threatened species, threatened with extinction unless the circumstances that are threatened species, ...

(VU) or

Data Deficient A data deficient (DD) species is one which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as offering insufficient information for a proper assessment of conservation status to be made. This does not necessaril ...

(DD). *'' Skistodiaptomus bogalusensis'' (M. S. Wilson & Moore, 1953) Status iucn DD icon

*'' Skistodiaptomus carolinensis'' Yeatman, 1986 Status iucn VU icon

*'' Skistodiaptomus mississippiensis'' (Marsh, 1894) *'' Skistodiaptomus oregonensis'' (Lilljeborg, 1889) *'' Skistodiaptomus pallidus'' (Herrick, 1879) *'' Skistodiaptomus pygmaeus'' (Pearse, 1906) *'' Skistodiaptomus reighardi'' (Marsh, 1895) *'' Skistodiaptomus sinuatus'' (Kincaid, 1953) Status iucn DD icon

References

Diaptomidae Freshwater crustaceans of North America Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{copepod-stub