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Diaptomus
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Diaptomus

Diaptomus is a genus of copepods with a single eye spot. It is superficially similar in size and appearance to Cyclops. However it has characteristically very long first antennae that exceed the body length. In addition, the females carry the eggs in a single sac rather than the twin sacs seen in Cyclops. It is a copepod of larger freshwater ponds, lakes and still waters.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Diaptomus glacialis

speciesDiaptomus glacialis

Diaptomus clavipoides

speciesDiaptomus clavipoides

Diaptomus castor

speciesDiaptomus castor

Diaptomus cyaneus

speciesDiaptomus cyaneus

Diaptomus kenitraensis

speciesDiaptomus kenitraensis

Diaptomus castaneti

speciesDiaptomus castaneti

Diaptomus rostripes

speciesDiaptomus rostripes

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 87923.