Orthocyclops modestus (Herrick, 1883)

Taxonomy

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class

Stygoxene

Realm

Aquatic

Distribution

Range

Known from seven counties across three states.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Illinois, Indiana, Tennessee

Counties

Illinois

Monroe

Indiana

Crawford, Harrison, Jefferson

Tennessee

Grundy, Montgomery, Rutherford

Conservation and management

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

• Bunting, D.L. 1973. The Cladocera and Copepoda of Tennessee II. Cyclopoid copepods. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 48: 138–141.
• Lewis, J.J., Moss, P., Tecic, D. & Nelson, M.E. 2003. A conservation focused inventory of subterranean invertebrates of the southwestern Illinois karst. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 65: 9–21.
• Lewis, J.J. & Lewis, S.L. 2007. A biological reconnaissance of selected caves in the Highland Rim area of central Tennessee. Tennessee Chapter Cave Program, The Nature Conservancy, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. 42 pp.
• Lewis, J.J. & Reid, J.W. 2007. Patterns and processes of groundwater invasion by copepods in the Interior Low Plateaus of the United States. Acta Carsologica 36: 279–289. doi:10.3986/ac.v36i2.197
• Lewis, J.J., Whitaker, J.O. & Krantz, G.W. 2010. A biological reconnaissance of the invertebrate fauna of twelve Tennessee caves with notes on the guanophilic mites of the genus Macrocheles. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 85: 53–61.

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Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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