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  Genus Aglaodiaptomus

Species A. leptopus

Taxon Information

The Species A. leptopus has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from Wisconsin.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Aglaodiaptomus leptopus, "Widespread in Canada, USA (eastern Alaska, and south to Arizona in the west and Virginia in the east). Lakes, permanent ponds, sloughs, bog pools" (Reid & Williamson, 2010).
• Diaptomus (Aglaodiaptomus) leptopus, "Ponds, lakes. Occurs at all altitudes, east to west coasts, Canada and northern U.S., south on east coast to Va., on west coast to Ore.; throughout Rocky Mountains; eastern Alaska" (Wilson & Yeatman, 1959).

Bibliography

• Reid, J.W. & C.E. Williamson. 2010. Copepoda. [in] J.H. Thorp & A.P. Covich (eds.). Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates, 3rd edition: 829-899.
• Wilson, M.S. & H.C. Yeatman. 1959. Free-Living Copepoda. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 735-861.

Web Pages

• An Image-Based Key To The Zooplankton Of North America
• Wisconsin's Rare Crustaceans