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Metadiaptomus colonialis (Douwe, 1914)

359375  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:359375)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Douwe, C. van. (1914). Copepoda. <em>In: Michaelsen, W. (ed.). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Land- und Süsswasserfauna Deutsch-Südwestafrikas. L. Friederichsen & Co., Hamburg [Contributions to the knowledge of the terrestrial and freshwater fauna of German South-West Africa.].</em> 1:93-103, pl. 3., figs.1-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.7352 [details] OpenAccess publication
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Metadiaptomus colonialis (Douwe, 1914). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=359375 on 2026-03-05
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Metadiaptomus colonialis (Douwe, 1914). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=359375 on 2026-03-05
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2008-07-15 14:41:49Z
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original description (of ) Douwe, C. van. (1914). Copepoda. <em>In: Michaelsen, W. (ed.). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Land- und Süsswasserfauna Deutsch-Südwestafrikas. L. Friederichsen & Co., Hamburg [Contributions to the knowledge of the terrestrial and freshwater fauna of German South-West Africa.].</em> 1:93-103, pl. 3., figs.1-11., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.7352 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Hart, R.C. & N.A. Rayner. (1994). Temperature-related distributions of Metadiaptomus and Tropodiaptomus (Copepoda: Calanoida), particularly in southern Africa. Hydrobiologia, The Hague 272:77-86., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00006513 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Kiefer, F. (1934). Die freilebenden Kopepoden Südafrikas. [The wild copepods of South Africa.]. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik.</em> 65(2):99-192, figs. 1-167. (12-ii-1934). [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Rayner, N.A. (1990). The freshwater Diaptomidae (Calanoida: Copepoda) of southern Africa. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.</em> 219 pp, 1 map. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Rayner, N.A. (1999). Copepoda: Calanoida. Diaptomidae, Paradiaptominae. <em>Guides to the Identification of the Microinvertebrates of the Continental Waters of the World. H.J.F. Dumont (ed.). Backhuys Publishers, The Hague.</em> 15:1-126. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Mnisi, P. & S.M. Dippenaar. (2020). Late postnaupliar development of the freshwater copepods Lovenula falicifera and Metadiaptomus colonialis (Calanoida: Diaptomidae) from South Africa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4877(3):468-504. Nov 2020., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4877.3.5 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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