List of crustaceans of the Indiana Dunes explained

Indiana Dunes National Park is a National Park Service unit on the shore of Lake Michigan in Indiana, United States. A BioBlitz took place there on May 15 and 16, 2009.[1] A first attempt was made to create a list of crustaceans present in the Lakeshore area. Further research is required to document all that may be present.[2]

Branchiopoda

Cladocera, water fleas [3]

  1. Alona costata
  2. Bosmina longirostris
  3. Ceriadaphnia reticulata
  4. Daphnia laevis
  5. Macrothrix rosea
  6. Alonella, Family Chydoridae
  7. Ceriodaphnia, Family Daphniidae
  8. Daphnia, Family Daphniidae

Maxillopoda

Copepods [3]

  1. Canthocamptus assimilis
  2. Diaptomus leptapus
  3. Eucyclops agilis
  4. Thermocyclops dybowskii
  5. Paracyclops fimbriatus
  6. nauplii

Ostracoda

  1. Notodromas monacha [3]

Malacostraca

  1. Isopoda, woodlice and/or pill bug species
    1. Porcellio scaber, woodlouse
  2. Orconectes immunis, crayfish

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BioBlitz 2009 . National Park Service.
  2. Web site: Temporary list of species found . June 6, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100207192928/http://www.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/Field/PDF/bioblitz-general/bioblitz-count-2009.pdf . February 7, 2010 .
  3. Book: Ecology of Miller Woods . National Park Service, Midwest Region . Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Research Program, Report 90-01.

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