Copepoda taxon details
Leptodiaptomus minutus (Lilljeborg in: Guerne & Richard, 1889)
358994 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:358994)
accepted
Species
Cyclopsina staphylinus Milne Edwards, 1840 · unaccepted (synonym)
Diaptomus staphylinus (Milne Edwards, 1840) · unaccepted
(of Diaptomus minutus Lilljeborg in Guerne & Richard, 1889) Guerne, J. de & J. Richard. (1889). Révision des Calanides d'eau douce. [Revision of freshwater Calanidae.]. <em>Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 2:1-129 , figs. 1-60, pls. 1-4. [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2026). World of Copepods Database. Leptodiaptomus minutus (Lilljeborg in: Guerne & Richard, 1889). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=358994 on 2026-05-20
original description
(of Diaptomus minutus Lilljeborg in Guerne & Richard, 1889) Guerne, J. de & J. Richard. (1889). Révision des Calanides d'eau douce. [Revision of freshwater Calanidae.]. <em>Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 2:1-129 , figs. 1-60, pls. 1-4. [details]
original description (of Cyclopsina staphylinus Milne Edwards, 1840) Milne Edwards, H. (1840). Ordre des Copépodes. [Order Copepoda]. <em>Histoire naturelle des Crustaces, comprenant l'anatomie, la physiologie et la classification de ces animaux. [In: Natural history of Crustacea, including the anatomy, physiology and classification of these animals]].</em> 3: 411-529., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16103940 [details]
additional source Tang, X.Z., C.J.G. Loewen & D.A. Jackson. (2026). Zooplankton diversity in highly urbanized ponds: The role of road salt is not reflected by watershed impervious cover. <em>Limnology and Oceanography.</em> 71:1-15. e70282., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.70282 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Stephensen, K. (1917). Zoogeographical investigation of certain fjords in southern Greenland, with special reference to Crustacea, Pycnogonida and Echinodermata including a list of Alcyonaria and Pisces. <em>Meddelelser om Grønland.</em> 53:229-378 ( for 1916)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37012145 [details]
additional source Derry, A.M. & S.E. Arnott. (2007). Zooplankton community response to experimental acidification in boreal shield lakes with different ecological histories. <em>Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Halieutiques et Aquatiques.</em> 64(6):887-898., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/f07-061 [details]
additional source Franke, U. (1989). Katalog zur Sammlung limnischer Copepoden von Prof. Dr. Friedrich Kiefer (Mit einem Gesamtverzeichnis seiner Publikationen). [Catolog of the freshwater copepods of Dr. Friedrich Kiefer.]. <em>Carolinea Beiheft, Karlsrühe.</em> 5:1-433, figs. 1-2.
note: Catalog vial number(s): 3270, 3965, 3972, 3974, 5542 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hairston, N.G., Jr. & R.A. Van Brunt. (1994). Diapause dynamics of two diaptomid copepod species in a large lake. In: Ferrari, F.D. & B.P. Bradley (eds.). Ecology and Morphology of Copepods. Developments in Hydrobiology 102, Hydrobiologia 292/293:209-218, fig.1-4, tab.1., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00229943 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hann, B.J. & M.J. Turner. (2000). Littoral microcrustacea in Lake 30 2 S in the experimental lakes area of Canada: Acidification and recovery. <em>Freshwater Biology.</em> 43(1):133-146., available online at https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2427.2000.00528.x [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kiefer, F. (1938). Eine neue Diaptomidenform (Crust. Cop.) aus Bulgarien. [A new diaptomid form (Crust. Cop.) from Bulgaria.]. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 123(10-12):265-270, figs. 1-9. (15-ix-1938). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Megyeri, J. (1969). Nehany kanadai to mesozooplanktonja. [Zooplankton in some Canadian lakes.]. <em>Különlenyomat Szegedi Tanarképzö Föiskola Tudom.anyos Közlemenyeibol, Szeged.</em> :105-119. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Sillett, K.B. & R.S. Stemberger. (1998). Masculinized females in a population of Leptodiaptomus minutus (Copepoda, Calanoida). <em>Canadian Journal of Zoology.</em> 76(3):596-600. (iii.1998)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z97-010 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Smith, K.E. (1977). The taxonomy and distribution of Ontario copepod Crustacea (Calanoida and Cyclopoida) with keys to the species. <em>M.Sc. Thesis, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.</em> 121 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Yan, N.D., A. Blukacz, W.G. Sprules, P.K. Kindy, D. Hackett, R.E. Girard & B.J. Bev. (2001). Changes in zooplankton and the phenology of the spiny water flea, Bythotrephes, following its invasion of Harp Lake, Ontario, Canada. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 58(12): 2341-2350., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/f01-171 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Yan, N.D., R. Girard, J.H. Heneberry, W.B. Keller, J.M. Gunn,& P.J. Dillon. (2004). Recovery of copepod, but not cladoceran, zooplankton from severe and chronic effects of multiple stressors. <em>Ecology Letters.</em> 7(6): 452-460., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2004.00599.x [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Thum, R.A. & A.M. Derry. (2008). Taxonomic implications for diaptomid copepods based on contrasting patterns of mitochondrial DNA sequence divergences in four morphospecies. Hydrobiologia 614:197-207., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-008-9506-x [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Røen, U. (1994). Studies on freshwater Entomostraca in Greenland VI. The Entomostraca of the Kap Farvel Area, southernmost Greenland. <em>Meddelelser om Gronland Bioscience.</em> 41:1-21., available online at https://doi.org/10.7146/mogbiosci.v41.142563 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Couture, S., C. Hudon, P. Gagnon, Z.E. Taranu, B. Pinel-Alloul, D. Houle, L. Aldamman, C. Beauvais & M. Lachapelle. (2021). Zooplankton communities in Precambrian Shield lakes (Quebec, Canada): responses to spatial and temporal gradients in water chemistry and climate. <em>Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 78 (5):567 - 579., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2020-0139 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Jeppesen, E., T.A. Davidson, M. Meerhoff, L. De Meester, I. Gonzalez-Bergonzoni, N. Vidal, H. Arndt, K. Jurgens, R. Sommaruga, K. Ozkan, T.L. Lauridsen & S. Tserenpil. (2023). Differences in food web structure and composition between new and nearby older lakes in West Greenland suggest succession trajectories driven by glacier retreat. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 850 (9):4745-47-61. Mar 2023., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-023-05189-4 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Taranu, Z.E., P. Legendre, E. Cusson & B. Pinel Alloul. (2023). Riverscale distribution of zooplankton in the St. Lawrence River in relation to hydrological networks, hydroperiods and local environmental gradients. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 850(21):4779-4800., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-023-05259-7 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hare, R.L. (1976). The macroscopic zoobenthos of Parry Sound, Georgian Bay. <em>M.Sc. Thesis, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.</em> 216 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pinel-Alloul, B. & A. Patoine. (2000). Comparative Impact of Natural Fires and Forest Logging on Zooplankton Communities of Boreal Lakes. <em>Sustainable Forest Management Network Final Report.</em> 39 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.7939/R30F4V [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Nussbaumer, C., N.M. Burgess & R.C. Weeber. (2014). Distribution and Abundance of Benthic Macroinvertebrates and Zooplankton in Lakes in Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site of Canada, Nova Scotia. <em>Canadian Field-Naturalist.</em> 128(1):1-128., available online at https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v128i1.1545 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Symons, C.C., M.T. Pedruski, S.E. Arnott & J.N. Sweetman. (2014). Spatial, Environmental, and Biotic Determinants of Zooplankton Community Composition in Subarctic Lakes and Ponds in Wapusk National Park, Canada. <em>Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research.</em> 46(1):159–190., available online at https://doi.org/10.1657/1938-4246-46.1.159 [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Elías-Gutiérrez, M., E. Suárez-Morales, A.E. Garcia-Morales & J.A. Cohuo-Colli. (2026). DNA barcoding of North American freshwater copepods (Diaptomidae and Cyclopoida): an overview after 20 years with emphasis in the Mexican fauna, the transition between the Nearctic and Neotropics. <em>PeerJ.</em> 14:1-19. e20989. Apr 2026., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20989 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Cyclopsina staphylinus Milne Edwards, 1840) Milne Edwards, H. (1840). Ordre des Copépodes. [Order Copepoda]. <em>Histoire naturelle des Crustaces, comprenant l'anatomie, la physiologie et la classification de ces animaux. [In: Natural history of Crustacea, including the anatomy, physiology and classification of these animals]].</em> 3: 411-529., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16103940 [details]
additional source Tang, X.Z., C.J.G. Loewen & D.A. Jackson. (2026). Zooplankton diversity in highly urbanized ponds: The role of road salt is not reflected by watershed impervious cover. <em>Limnology and Oceanography.</em> 71:1-15. e70282., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.70282 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Stephensen, K. (1917). Zoogeographical investigation of certain fjords in southern Greenland, with special reference to Crustacea, Pycnogonida and Echinodermata including a list of Alcyonaria and Pisces. <em>Meddelelser om Grønland.</em> 53:229-378 ( for 1916)., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37012145 [details]
additional source Derry, A.M. & S.E. Arnott. (2007). Zooplankton community response to experimental acidification in boreal shield lakes with different ecological histories. <em>Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Halieutiques et Aquatiques.</em> 64(6):887-898., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/f07-061 [details]
additional source Franke, U. (1989). Katalog zur Sammlung limnischer Copepoden von Prof. Dr. Friedrich Kiefer (Mit einem Gesamtverzeichnis seiner Publikationen). [Catolog of the freshwater copepods of Dr. Friedrich Kiefer.]. <em>Carolinea Beiheft, Karlsrühe.</em> 5:1-433, figs. 1-2.
note: Catalog vial number(s): 3270, 3965, 3972, 3974, 5542 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hairston, N.G., Jr. & R.A. Van Brunt. (1994). Diapause dynamics of two diaptomid copepod species in a large lake. In: Ferrari, F.D. & B.P. Bradley (eds.). Ecology and Morphology of Copepods. Developments in Hydrobiology 102, Hydrobiologia 292/293:209-218, fig.1-4, tab.1., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00229943 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hann, B.J. & M.J. Turner. (2000). Littoral microcrustacea in Lake 30 2 S in the experimental lakes area of Canada: Acidification and recovery. <em>Freshwater Biology.</em> 43(1):133-146., available online at https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2427.2000.00528.x [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kiefer, F. (1938). Eine neue Diaptomidenform (Crust. Cop.) aus Bulgarien. [A new diaptomid form (Crust. Cop.) from Bulgaria.]. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 123(10-12):265-270, figs. 1-9. (15-ix-1938). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Megyeri, J. (1969). Nehany kanadai to mesozooplanktonja. [Zooplankton in some Canadian lakes.]. <em>Különlenyomat Szegedi Tanarképzö Föiskola Tudom.anyos Közlemenyeibol, Szeged.</em> :105-119. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sillett, K.B. & R.S. Stemberger. (1998). Masculinized females in a population of Leptodiaptomus minutus (Copepoda, Calanoida). <em>Canadian Journal of Zoology.</em> 76(3):596-600. (iii.1998)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z97-010 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Smith, K.E. (1977). The taxonomy and distribution of Ontario copepod Crustacea (Calanoida and Cyclopoida) with keys to the species. <em>M.Sc. Thesis, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.</em> 121 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Yan, N.D., A. Blukacz, W.G. Sprules, P.K. Kindy, D. Hackett, R.E. Girard & B.J. Bev. (2001). Changes in zooplankton and the phenology of the spiny water flea, Bythotrephes, following its invasion of Harp Lake, Ontario, Canada. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 58(12): 2341-2350., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/f01-171 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Yan, N.D., R. Girard, J.H. Heneberry, W.B. Keller, J.M. Gunn,& P.J. Dillon. (2004). Recovery of copepod, but not cladoceran, zooplankton from severe and chronic effects of multiple stressors. <em>Ecology Letters.</em> 7(6): 452-460., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2004.00599.x [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Thum, R.A. & A.M. Derry. (2008). Taxonomic implications for diaptomid copepods based on contrasting patterns of mitochondrial DNA sequence divergences in four morphospecies. Hydrobiologia 614:197-207., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-008-9506-x [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Røen, U. (1994). Studies on freshwater Entomostraca in Greenland VI. The Entomostraca of the Kap Farvel Area, southernmost Greenland. <em>Meddelelser om Gronland Bioscience.</em> 41:1-21., available online at https://doi.org/10.7146/mogbiosci.v41.142563 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Couture, S., C. Hudon, P. Gagnon, Z.E. Taranu, B. Pinel-Alloul, D. Houle, L. Aldamman, C. Beauvais & M. Lachapelle. (2021). Zooplankton communities in Precambrian Shield lakes (Quebec, Canada): responses to spatial and temporal gradients in water chemistry and climate. <em>Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 78 (5):567 - 579., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2020-0139 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Jeppesen, E., T.A. Davidson, M. Meerhoff, L. De Meester, I. Gonzalez-Bergonzoni, N. Vidal, H. Arndt, K. Jurgens, R. Sommaruga, K. Ozkan, T.L. Lauridsen & S. Tserenpil. (2023). Differences in food web structure and composition between new and nearby older lakes in West Greenland suggest succession trajectories driven by glacier retreat. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 850 (9):4745-47-61. Mar 2023., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-023-05189-4 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Taranu, Z.E., P. Legendre, E. Cusson & B. Pinel Alloul. (2023). Riverscale distribution of zooplankton in the St. Lawrence River in relation to hydrological networks, hydroperiods and local environmental gradients. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 850(21):4779-4800., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-023-05259-7 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Hare, R.L. (1976). The macroscopic zoobenthos of Parry Sound, Georgian Bay. <em>M.Sc. Thesis, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.</em> 216 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Pinel-Alloul, B. & A. Patoine. (2000). Comparative Impact of Natural Fires and Forest Logging on Zooplankton Communities of Boreal Lakes. <em>Sustainable Forest Management Network Final Report.</em> 39 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.7939/R30F4V [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Nussbaumer, C., N.M. Burgess & R.C. Weeber. (2014). Distribution and Abundance of Benthic Macroinvertebrates and Zooplankton in Lakes in Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site of Canada, Nova Scotia. <em>Canadian Field-Naturalist.</em> 128(1):1-128., available online at https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v128i1.1545 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Symons, C.C., M.T. Pedruski, S.E. Arnott & J.N. Sweetman. (2014). Spatial, Environmental, and Biotic Determinants of Zooplankton Community Composition in Subarctic Lakes and Ponds in Wapusk National Park, Canada. <em>Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research.</em> 46(1):159–190., available online at https://doi.org/10.1657/1938-4246-46.1.159 [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Elías-Gutiérrez, M., E. Suárez-Morales, A.E. Garcia-Morales & J.A. Cohuo-Colli. (2026). DNA barcoding of North American freshwater copepods (Diaptomidae and Cyclopoida): an overview after 20 years with emphasis in the Mexican fauna, the transition between the Nearctic and Neotropics. <em>PeerJ.</em> 14:1-19. e20989. Apr 2026., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.20989 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (204 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (72 publications) (from synonym Diaptomus minutus Lilljeborg in Guerne & Richard, 1889)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leptodiaptomus minutus)
To GenBank (90 nucleotides; 68 proteins) (from synonym Diaptomus minutus Lilljeborg in Guerne & Richard, 1889)
To GenBank (90 nucleotides; 68 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (25 records) (from synonym Diaptomus minutus Lilljeborg in Guerne & Richard, 1889)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (72 publications) (from synonym Diaptomus minutus Lilljeborg in Guerne & Richard, 1889)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leptodiaptomus minutus)
To GenBank (90 nucleotides; 68 proteins) (from synonym Diaptomus minutus Lilljeborg in Guerne & Richard, 1889)
To GenBank (90 nucleotides; 68 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (25 records) (from synonym Diaptomus minutus Lilljeborg in Guerne & Richard, 1889)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records)
To ITIS