Diacyclops nearcticus (Kiefer, 1934)

Taxonomy

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class

Stygophile

Realm

Aquatic

Distribution

Range

Known from five counties across three states.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee

Counties

Indiana

Crawford, Orange

Kentucky

Pulaski

Tennessee

DeKalb, White

Conservation and management

NatureServe

G3 Vulnerable

National ranks

United States

N3 Vulnerable

Subnational ranks

Indiana

SNR Unranked

Florida

SNR Unranked

Massachusetts

SNR Unranked

Tennessee

SNR Unranked

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

• Lewis, J.J. 2004. Interstate 66 karst faunal study. Environmental Impact Statement. 17 pp.
• Lewis, J.J. 2005. A biological inventory of caves of the Cumberland Plateau. Tennessee Chapter Cave Program, The Nature Conservancy, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. 156 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
• Reid, J.W. 2004. New records and new species of the genus Diacyclops (Crustacea: Copepoda) from subterranean habitats in southern Indiana, USA. Jeffersoniana 12: 1–65.

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