Copepoda name details
Diaptomus sicilis Forbes S.A., 1882
254619 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254619)
unaccepted
Species
- Subspecies Diaptomus sicilis imperfectus Forbes S.A., 1891 accepted as Leptodiaptomus sicilis (Forbes S.A., 1882)
Forbes, S.A. (1882). On some Entomostraca of Lake Michigan and adjacent waters. American Naturalist 16:537-543, 640-650, figs. (vii-1882), available online at https://doi.org/10.1086/273120 [details] 
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2021). World of Copepods database. Diaptomus sicilis Forbes S.A., 1882. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254619 on 2026-08-18
Nomenclature
original description
Forbes, S.A. (1882). On some Entomostraca of Lake Michigan and adjacent waters. American Naturalist 16:537-543, 640-650, figs. (vii-1882), available online at https://doi.org/10.1086/273120 [details] 
basis of record Huettmann, F. (2007). ArcOD species list by Falk Huettmann. provided on 2007-11-25. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Huettmann, F. (2007). ArcOD species list by Falk Huettmann. provided on 2007-11-25. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Bowers, J.A. (1977). The feeding habits of Diaptomus ashlandi and Diaptomus sicilis in Lake Michigan and the seasonal vertical distribution of chlorophyll at a nearshore station. Ph.D. Thesis, The University of Wisconsin - Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A. 149 pp. [details]
additional source Bowers, J.A. (1980). Feeding habits of Diaptomus ashlandi and Diaptomus sicilis in Lake Michigan. <em>Internationale Revue der gesamten Hydrobiologie und Hydrographie.</em> 65(2):259-267, tabs. 1-4., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/iroh.19800650211 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Field, C.T. (1975). Vertical migration of Diaptomus sicilis Forbes in Fayetteville Green Lake. <em>Dissertation Abstracts International, B, Sciences and Engineering.</em> 36(1):90-91. (vii-1975). [details]
additional source Field, T.C. (1974). Vertical migration of Diaptomus sicilis Forbes in Fayetteville Green Lake. Ph.D. Thesis, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York, U.S.A. 113 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Forbes, S.A. (1891). On some Lake Superior Entomostraca. <em>Annual Report of the U.S. Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, 1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.</em> appendix 8:701-718, pls. 1-4. (24-viii-1891) [for 1890]. [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): 3244 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source 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]
additional source Hairston, N.G., Jr. (1979). The adaptive significance of color polymorphism in two species of Diaptomus (Copepoda). Limnology and Oceanography 24(1):15-37, figs. 1-10, tabs. 1-6. (i-1979), available online at https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.1979.24.1.0015 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Hairston, N.G., Jr. (1979). The relationship between pigmentation and reproduction in two species of Diaptomus (Copepoda). Limnology and Oceanography 24(1):38-44, figs. 1-4, tabs. 1-2., available online at https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.1979.24.1.0038 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Healey, M.C., & W.L. Woodall. (1973). Limnological surveys of seven lakes near Yellowknife, West Territories. <em>West Territories - Fisheries Research Board of Canada, Technical Report.</em> 407: 1-34. [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Herrick, C.L. (1895). Part I. Copepoda of Minnesota. <em>In: Herrick, C.L. & C.H. Turner (eds.). Second report of the State Zoologist including a synopsis of the Entomostraca of Minnesota. Geological Natural History Survery of Minnesota (Zoological Series.).</em> 2:41-138, 81 plates. [details]
additional source Jones, P.A. (1982). Size selective feeding behavior in the freshwater calanoid copepod, Diaptomus sicilis. Dissertation Abstracts International, B, Sciences and Engineering 42(10):3919. [details]
additional source Koshinsky, G.D. (1961). The Plankton of Little Bear Lake. <em>M.A. Thesis, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.</em> 83 pp. + foldout Sep 1961. [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Lehman, J.T. & S. Burgess. (2024). Stable Isotope Analysis of Planktonic Lower Food Webs of Lakes Erie, Huron, Michigan and Superior. <em>Limnological Review.</em> 24(4):506-519., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/limnolrev24040029 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source MacLennan, M.M. (2015). Cumulative Impacts of Multiple Stressors on Aquatic Communities: Novel Fish Predators in Warming Mountain Lakes. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.</em> 199 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Marsh, C.D. (1893). On the Cyclopidae and Calanidae of central Wisconsin. <em>Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters.</em> 9:189-224, pls. 3-6. [Read before the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, June 1892]. [details]
additional source Marsh, C.D. (1895). On the Cyclopidae and Calanidae of Lake St. Clair, Lake Michigan, and certain of the inland lakes of Michigan. <em>Bulletin of the Michigan Fish Commission, Lansing.</em> 5:1-24, pls. 1-9. (completed volume in 1897)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.40461 [details]
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 Mookkaiah, G.J. & R. Ravichandran. (2016). Phylogenetic information of fresh water copepods (Diaptomus sicilis) with special reference to 18S rRNA. <em>International Journal of Biological Research.</em> 4(1):25-28., available online at https://doi.org/10.14419/ijbr.v4i1.5836 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Rigler, F.H. & R.R. Langford. (1967). Cogeneric occurrence of species of Diaptomus in southern Ontario lakes. Canadian Journal of Zoology 45:81-90, figs. 1-2, tabs. 1-4. (i-1967), available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z67-010 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Schacht, F.W. (1897). The North American species of Diaptomus. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History 5(3):97-208, pls. 21-35. [details]
additional source Vanderploeg, H.A. & G.A. Paffenhöfer. (1985). Modes of algal capture by the freshwater copepod Diaptomus sicilis and their relation to food-size selection. Limnology and Oceanography 30(4):871-885, figs. 1-5, tabs. 1-6. (vii-1985), available online at https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.1985.30.4.0871 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Vanderploeg, H.A. (1981). Seasonal particle-size selection by Diaptomus sicilis in offshore Lake Michigan. <em>Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 38(5):504-517, figs. 1-3, tabs. 1-2 (v-1981, French summary)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/f81-072 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Bowers, J.A. (1980). Feeding habits of Diaptomus ashlandi and Diaptomus sicilis in Lake Michigan. <em>Internationale Revue der gesamten Hydrobiologie und Hydrographie.</em> 65(2):259-267, tabs. 1-4., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/iroh.19800650211 [details] Available for editors
additional source Field, C.T. (1975). Vertical migration of Diaptomus sicilis Forbes in Fayetteville Green Lake. <em>Dissertation Abstracts International, B, Sciences and Engineering.</em> 36(1):90-91. (vii-1975). [details]
additional source Field, T.C. (1974). Vertical migration of Diaptomus sicilis Forbes in Fayetteville Green Lake. Ph.D. Thesis, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York, U.S.A. 113 pp. [details] Available for editors
additional source Forbes, S.A. (1891). On some Lake Superior Entomostraca. <em>Annual Report of the U.S. Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, 1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.</em> appendix 8:701-718, pls. 1-4. (24-viii-1891) [for 1890]. [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): 3244 [details] Available for editors
additional source 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]
additional source Hairston, N.G., Jr. (1979). The adaptive significance of color polymorphism in two species of Diaptomus (Copepoda). Limnology and Oceanography 24(1):15-37, figs. 1-10, tabs. 1-6. (i-1979), available online at https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.1979.24.1.0015 [details] Available for editors
additional source Hairston, N.G., Jr. (1979). The relationship between pigmentation and reproduction in two species of Diaptomus (Copepoda). Limnology and Oceanography 24(1):38-44, figs. 1-4, tabs. 1-2., available online at https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.1979.24.1.0038 [details] Available for editors
additional source Healey, M.C., & W.L. Woodall. (1973). Limnological surveys of seven lakes near Yellowknife, West Territories. <em>West Territories - Fisheries Research Board of Canada, Technical Report.</em> 407: 1-34. [details] Available for editors
additional source Herrick, C.L. (1895). Part I. Copepoda of Minnesota. <em>In: Herrick, C.L. & C.H. Turner (eds.). Second report of the State Zoologist including a synopsis of the Entomostraca of Minnesota. Geological Natural History Survery of Minnesota (Zoological Series.).</em> 2:41-138, 81 plates. [details]
additional source Jones, P.A. (1982). Size selective feeding behavior in the freshwater calanoid copepod, Diaptomus sicilis. Dissertation Abstracts International, B, Sciences and Engineering 42(10):3919. [details]
additional source Koshinsky, G.D. (1961). The Plankton of Little Bear Lake. <em>M.A. Thesis, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.</em> 83 pp. + foldout Sep 1961. [details] Available for editors
additional source Lehman, J.T. & S. Burgess. (2024). Stable Isotope Analysis of Planktonic Lower Food Webs of Lakes Erie, Huron, Michigan and Superior. <em>Limnological Review.</em> 24(4):506-519., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/limnolrev24040029 [details] Available for editors
additional source MacLennan, M.M. (2015). Cumulative Impacts of Multiple Stressors on Aquatic Communities: Novel Fish Predators in Warming Mountain Lakes. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.</em> 199 pp. [details] Available for editors
additional source Marsh, C.D. (1893). On the Cyclopidae and Calanidae of central Wisconsin. <em>Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters.</em> 9:189-224, pls. 3-6. [Read before the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, June 1892]. [details]
additional source Marsh, C.D. (1895). On the Cyclopidae and Calanidae of Lake St. Clair, Lake Michigan, and certain of the inland lakes of Michigan. <em>Bulletin of the Michigan Fish Commission, Lansing.</em> 5:1-24, pls. 1-9. (completed volume in 1897)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.40461 [details]
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
additional source Mookkaiah, G.J. & R. Ravichandran. (2016). Phylogenetic information of fresh water copepods (Diaptomus sicilis) with special reference to 18S rRNA. <em>International Journal of Biological Research.</em> 4(1):25-28., available online at https://doi.org/10.14419/ijbr.v4i1.5836 [details] Available for editors
additional source Rigler, F.H. & R.R. Langford. (1967). Cogeneric occurrence of species of Diaptomus in southern Ontario lakes. Canadian Journal of Zoology 45:81-90, figs. 1-2, tabs. 1-4. (i-1967), available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/z67-010 [details] Available for editors
additional source Schacht, F.W. (1897). The North American species of Diaptomus. Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History 5(3):97-208, pls. 21-35. [details]
additional source Vanderploeg, H.A. & G.A. Paffenhöfer. (1985). Modes of algal capture by the freshwater copepod Diaptomus sicilis and their relation to food-size selection. Limnology and Oceanography 30(4):871-885, figs. 1-5, tabs. 1-6. (vii-1985), available online at https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.1985.30.4.0871 [details] Available for editors
additional source Vanderploeg, H.A. (1981). Seasonal particle-size selection by Diaptomus sicilis in offshore Lake Michigan. <em>Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 38(5):504-517, figs. 1-3, tabs. 1-2 (v-1981, French summary)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/f81-072 [details] Available for editors
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