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Cave Biology Data Portal
Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaCrustaceaMaxillopodaCyclopoidaCyclopidae

Genus Diacyclops
Kiefer, 1927

Species in this portal
15
Ecological class
9 stygobionts, 4 stygophiles and 2 stygoxenes
Realm
Aquatic
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
11 states and provinces
Counties
29
Karst regions
Appalachians, Guadalupe Mountains, Interior Low Plateau, Other, Ozarks
Conservation
6 of 11 ranked G1 or G2

Species in this portal

Species Common name Class Status States Karst regions
Diacyclops alabamensis Reid, 1992 Stygobiont AL Appalachians
Diacyclops bicuspidatus (Claus, 1857) Damhops Stygophile GNR IN, KY
Diacyclops chrisae Reid, 1992 Stygobiont GA, IN, MD Other
Diacyclops clandestinus (Kiefer, 1926) Stygophile IL, MO, TN
Diacyclops conversus Reid, 2004 Blue River Groundwater Copepod Stygobiont G2 IN Interior Low Plateau
Diacyclops crassicaudis (Sars G.O., 1863) Kompakthops Stygoxene GNR IN
Diacyclops indianensis Reid, 2004 Indiana Groundwater Copepod Stygobiont G2 IN, TN Interior Low Plateau
Diacyclops jeanneli (Chappuis, 1929) Stygobiont G1G2 IN, NC Interior Low Plateau
Diacyclops lewisi Reid, 2004 Lewis' Groundwater Copepod Stygobiont G1 IN Interior Low Plateau
Diacyclops navus (Herrick, 1882) Stygoxene GNR IN
Diacyclops nearcticus (Kiefer, 1934) Stygophile G3 IN, KY, TN
Diacyclops nikolasarburni Suarez-Morales et al., 2013 Stygobiont NM Guadalupe Mountains
Diacyclops salisae Reid, 2004 Salisa's Groundwater Copepod Stygobiont G1 IN Interior Low Plateau
Diacyclops sororum Reid, 1992 Stygophile GNR IN, KY
Diacyclops yeatmani Reid, 1988 Yeatman's Groundwater Copepod Stygobiont G2G3 IL, IN, MO, OK, TN Interior Low Plateau, Other, Ozarks

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
7NW5G
GBIF
2116988
ITIS
88775
iNaturalist
171421
NCBI Taxonomy
516365

Cave Biology Data Portal

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