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  Genus Leptodiaptomus

Species L. sicilis

Taxon Information

The Species L. sicilis has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from midwestern states of North America.

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

Literature Records

• Leptodiaptomus sicilis, "USA (Alaska, northern states south to California, Arizona, Missouri, Virginia), Canada (east to west coasts). Freshwater and saline lakes" (Reid & Williamson, 2010).
• Diaptomus sicilis, [North Central United States] (Underhill et al., 1982).
• Diaptomus (Leptodiaptomus) sicilis, "Lakes, fresh to saline. Common from east to west coast in Canada and northern states; south to Mo.; Rocky Mountains and Pacific coast states; 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.
• Underhill, J.C., W.D. Schmid & D.E. Gilbertson. 1982. Taxonomic Keys to the Common Animals of the North Central States, exclusive of the parasitic worms, terrestrial insects, and birds, 4th edition. 205 pp.
• 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
• Free-Living and Parasitic Copepods (including Branchiruans) of the Laurentian Great Lakes: Keys and Details on Individual Species