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Tropodiaptomus spectabilis (Kiefer, 1929)

360196  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:360196)

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Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Kiefer, F. (1929). Neue und wenig bekannte Süsswasser-Copepoden aus Südafrika. [New and little known freshwater copepods from South Africa.]. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 80(10-12):309-316, figs. 1-12. (15-iii-1929). [details] Available for editors  PDF available
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Tropodiaptomus spectabilis (Kiefer, 1929). 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=360196 on 2026-02-23
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. Tropodiaptomus spectabilis (Kiefer, 1929). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=360196 on 2026-02-23
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original description (of ) Kiefer, F. (1929). Neue und wenig bekannte Süsswasser-Copepoden aus Südafrika. [New and little known freshwater copepods from South Africa.]. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 80(10-12):309-316, figs. 1-12. (15-iii-1929). [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Hart, R.C. (1994). Equiproportional temperature-duration responses and thermal influences on distribution and species switching in the copepods Metadiaptomus meridianus and Tropodiaptomus spectabilis . <em>Hydrobiologia, The Hague [In: Dumont, H.J., J. Green & H. Masundire (eds), Studies on the Ecology of Tropical Zooplankton.].</em> 272:163-183., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0884-3_12 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Hart, R.C. (2001). Two calanoids, two lakes, and a decade or two. An updated record and evaluation of occurrence and periodicity of Tropodiaptomus spectabilis and Metadiaptomus meridianus (Copepoda: Calanoida), and alternative stable states in two cascading impoundments. In: Lopes, R.M., J.W. Reid & C.E.F. Rocha (eds.). Hydrobiologia 156, Developments in Hydrobiology 156, Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Copepoda, held in Curitiba, Brazil, 25-31 July 1999. 453/454:269-283., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47537-5_22 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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 King, E.M., N.A. Rayner, M.F. Griffiths & J. Heeg. (1986). Factors affecting the elimination of Tropodiaptomuis spectabilis and its replacement by Metadiaptomus transvaalensis in an oligotrophic lake. In: Schriever, G., H.K. Schminke & C.-t. Shih (eds.). Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Copepoda, Ottawa, Canada, 13-17 August, 1984. Syllogeus 58:341-349, figs. 1-4, tab. 1. [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. & E.M. King. (1986). First record of a freshwater calanoid Tropodiaptomus spectabilis (Kiefer, 1929) (Crustacea, Copepoda) as host of an ellobiopsid parasite. Journal of Plankton Research 8(5):837-840, figs. 1-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/8.5.837 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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