Eodiaptomus lumholtzi

Eodiaptomus lumholtzi
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Maxillopoda
Subclass: Copepoda
Order: Calanoida
Family: Diaptomidae
Genus: Eodiaptomus
Species: E. lumholtzi
Binomial name
Eodiaptomus lumholtzi
(Sars, 1889)

Eodiaptomus lumholtzi is a species of copepod endemic to Australia. It is one of only two species in the family Diaptomidae to occur in Australia, the other being Tropodiaptomus australis.[1] It is listed as a vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List.[2]

References

  1. Geoff A. Boxshall & Danielle Defaye (2008). Estelle V. Balian, Christian Lévêque, Hendrik Segers & Koen Martens, ed. "Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment". Hydrobiologia. Volume 198 of Developments in Hydrobiology (Springer) 595 (1): 195–207. doi:10.1007/s10750-007-9014-4. ISBN 978-1-4020-8258-0. |chapter= ignored (help)
  2. J. W. Reid (1996). "Eodiaptomus lumholtzi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved July 17, 2011.