Diaptomus is a genus of copepods with a single eye spot. It is superficially similar in size and appearance to Cyclops. However it has characteristically very long first antennae that exceed the body length. In addition, the females carry the eggs in a single sac rather than the twin sacs seen in Cyclops. It is a copepod of larger freshwater ponds, lakes and still waters.
Species
Diaptomus contains more than 60 species; many species formerly included in Diaptomus are now in separate genera such as Aglaodiaptomus and Notodiaptomus. One species, the German endemic D. rostripes, is included on the IUCN Red List as a Data Deficient species.
- Diaptomus affinis <small>Ulyanin, 1875</small>
- Diaptomus africanus <small>Daday, 1910</small>
- Diaptomus alpestris <small>(Vogt, 1845)</small>
- Diaptomus angustaensis <small>Turner, 1910</small>
- Diaptomus armatus <small>Herrick, 1882</small>
- Diaptomus azureus <small>Reid, 1985</small>
- Diaptomus barabinensis <small>Stepanova, 2008</small>
- Diaptomus bidens <small>Brehm, 1924</small>
- Diaptomus biseratus <small>Gjorgjewic, 1907</small>
- Diaptomus borealis <small>(Fischer, 1851)</small>
- Diaptomus caeruleus <small>(Koch, 1844)</small>
- Diaptomus caesius <small>(Koch, 1844)</small>
- Diaptomus carinifera <small>Lowndes, 1934</small>
- Diaptomus carnicus <small>Senna, 1890</small>
- Diaptomus castaneti <small>Burckhardt, 1920</small>
- Diaptomus castor <small>(Jurine, 1820)</small>
- Diaptomus claviger <small>O. F. Müller, 1785</small>
- Diaptomus cookii <small>King, 1855</small>
- Diaptomus cyaneus <small>Gurney, 1909</small>
- Diaptomus falcifer <small>Daday, 1905</small>
- Diaptomus falsomirus <small>Kiefer, 1972</small>
- Diaptomus flagellatus <small>Ulyanin, 1874</small>
- Diaptomus flagellifer <small>Brehm, 1953</small>
- Diaptomus fluminensis <small>Reid, 1985</small>
- Diaptomus fuscatus <small>Brady, 1913</small>
- Diaptomus ganesa <small>(Brehm, 1950)</small>
- Diaptomus gatunensis <small>Marsh, 1913</small>
- Diaptomus giganteus <small>Herrick, 1881</small>
- Diaptomus glacialis <small>Lilljeborg, 1889</small>
- Diaptomus guernei <small>Imhof, 1891</small>
- Diaptomus helveticus <small>Imhof, 1885</small>
- Diaptomus hyalinus <small>(Koch, 1844)</small>
- Diaptomus informis <small>(Kiefer, 1936)</small>
- Diaptomus innominatus <small>Brady, 1907</small>
- Diaptomus kenitraensis <small>Kiefer, 1926</small>
- Diaptomus kentuckyensis <small>Chambers, 1881</small>
- Diaptomus kincaidi <small>Damkaer, 1988</small>
- Diaptomus leoninicollinus <small>Marsh, 1913</small>
- Diaptomus ligericus <small>Labbé, 1927</small>
- Diaptomus lighti <small>M. S. Wilson, 1941</small>
- Diaptomus ligusticus <small>Brian, 1927</small>
- Diaptomus linus <small>Brandorff, 1973</small>
- Diaptomus longicornis <small>Nicolet, 1848</small>
- Diaptomus maria <small>King, 1855</small>
- Diaptomus meridionalis <small>Kiefer, 1933</small>
- Diaptomus mirus <small>Lilljeborg in Guerne & Richard, 1889</small>
- Diaptomus muelleri <small>(Ferussac, 1806)</small>
- Diaptomus negrensis <small>Andrade & Brandorff, 1975</small>
- Diaptomus nigerianus <small>Brady, 1910</small>
- Diaptomus ovatus <small>(Koch, 1844)</small>
- Diaptomus palustris <small>Kiss, 1960</small>
- Diaptomus pattersonii <small>(Templeton, 1838)</small>
- Diaptomus pictus <small>Brady, 1913</small>
- Diaptomus pollux <small>King, 1855</small>
- Diaptomus rehmanni <small>Grochmalicki, 1913</small>
- Diaptomus rostripes <small>Herbst, 1955</small>
- Diaptomus rubens <small>(O. F. Müller, 1785)</small>
- Diaptomus rubens <small>(Koch, 1844)</small>
- Diaptomus santafesinus <small>Ringuelet & Ferrato, 1967</small>
- Diaptomus silvaticus <small>S. Wright, 1927</small>
- Diaptomus staphylinus <small>(Milne Edwards, 1840)</small>
- Diaptomus tenuicornis <small>(Dana, 1849)</small>
- Diaptomus trybomi <small>Lilljeborg in Guerne & Richard, 1889</small>
- Diaptomus uxorius <small>King, 1855</small>
- Diaptomus vexillifer <small>Brehm, 1933</small>
- Diaptomus wolterecki <small>(Brehm, 1933)</small>
- Diaptomus zografi <small>Kritchagin, 1887</small>
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