Sinodiaptomus Explained

Sinodiaptomus is a genus of freshwater copepods in the family Diaptomidae, found in Asia and Palaearctic regions. The Japanese Sinodiaptomus valkanovi has established non-indigenous populations in California, Bulgaria and New Zealand, although only the New Zealand population persists due to destruction of the habitat in California and Bulgaria.^[1] The genus was originally described as a subgenus of Diaptomus, containing only Sinodiaptomus chaffanjoni,^[2] but now contains five species:^[3]

• Sinodiaptomus chaffanjoni (Richard, 1897)
• Sinodiaptomus indicus Kiefer, 1936
• Sinodiaptomus mahanandiensis (Reddy & Rhadakrishna, 1980)
• Sinodiaptomus sarsi (Rylov, 1923)
• Sinodiaptomus valkanovi (Kiefer, 1938)

Notes and References

1. Wataru Makino, Matthew A. Knox & Ian C. Duggan . 2010 . Invasion, genetic variation and species identity of the calanoid copepod Sinodiaptomus valkanovi . . 55 . 2 . 375–386 . 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02287.x.
2. S. F. Light . 1939 . New American subgenera of Diaptomus Westwood (Copepoda, Calanoida) . . 58 . 4 . 473–484 . 3222789 . 10.2307/3222789.
3. Web site: T. Chad Walter . 2010 . Sinodiaptomus Kiefer, 1932 . T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall . World Copepoda database . . November 16, 2010.