Eucyclops elegans (Herrick, 1884)

Taxonomy

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class

Stygophile

Realm

Aquatic

Distribution

Range

Known from seven counties across four states.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee

Counties

Georgia

Bartow

Indiana

Crawford, Greene, Monroe, Orange

Kentucky

Edmonson

Tennessee

White

Conservation and management

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

• 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
• Zigler, K.S., Niemiller, M.L., Stephen, C.D.R., Ayala, B.N., Milne, M.A., Gladstone, N.S., Engel, A.S., Jensen, J.B., Camp, C.D., Ozier, J.C. & Cressler, A. 2020. Biodiversity from caves and other subterranean habitats of Georgia, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 82: 125–167. doi:10.4311/2019LSC0125

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Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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