Copepoda taxon details
Skistodiaptomus pallidus (Herrick, 1879)
356768 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:356768)
accepted
Species
Diaptomus pallidus Herrick, 1879 · unaccepted
Leptodiaptomus pallidus (Herrick, 1879) · unaccepted
(of Diaptomus pallidus Herrick, 1879) Herrick, C.L. (1879). Microscopic Entomostraca. Reports of the Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota 7, 1878, appendix B:81-123, pls. 1-21.
page(s): 91 [details]
page(s): 91 [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Skistodiaptomus pallidus (Herrick, 1879). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=356768 on 2026-08-09
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(of Diaptomus pallidus Herrick, 1879) Herrick, C.L. (1879). Microscopic Entomostraca. Reports of the Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota 7, 1878, appendix B:81-123, pls. 1-21.
page(s): 91 [details]
additional source Duggan, I.C., J.D. Green & D.F. Burger. (2006). First New Zealand records of three non-indigenous zooplankton species: Skistodiaptomus pallidus, Sinodiaptomus valkanovi, and Daphnia dentifera. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 40(4):561-569., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.2006.9517445 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Chapman, M.A., J.D. Green & T.G. Northcote. (1985). Seasonal dynamics of Skistodiaptomus pallidus Herrick and other zooplankton populations in Deer Lake, S.W. British Columbia. Journal of Plankton Research 7(6):867-876, figs. 1-6., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/7.6.867 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Dowell, K.M. (1997). Evidence for diapause in the freshwater copepod Skistodiaptomus pallidus. <em>American Midland Naturalist.</em> 137(2):362-368., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/2426855 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Saunders, J.F., III. (1975). The occurrence of Diaptomus (Skistodiaptomus) pallidus Herrick and D. (S.) pygmaeus Pearse (Copepoda: Calanoida) in Virginia. Virginia Journal of Science 26(3):126-127, tab. 1. [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 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 Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Brandorff, G.O. (2011). The copepod invader Skistodiaptomus pallidus (Herrick, 1879) (Crustacea, Copepoda, Diaptomidae) from North America in water bodies of Bremen, northern Germany. <em>Aquatic Invasions.</em> 6(Suppl. 1):S1-S5., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2011.6.s1.001 [details]
additional source Suárez-Morales, E. & G. Arroyo-Bustos. (2012). An intra-continental invasion of the temperate freshwater copepod Skistodiaptomus pallidus (Herrick, 1879) (Calanoida, Diaptomidae) in tropical Mexico. BioInvasions Records 1(4):255-262., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2012.1.4.03 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Duggan, I.C., M.W. Neale, K.V. Robinson, P. Verburg & N.T.N. Watson. (2014). Skistodiaptomus pallidus (Copepoda: Diaptomidae) establishment in New Zealand natural lakes, and its effects on zooplankton community composition. <em>Aquatic Invasions.</em> 9(2):195–202., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2014.9.2.08 [details]
additional source Branford, S.N., I.C. Duggan, I.D. Hogg & G.O. Brandorff. (2017). Mitochondrial DNA indicates different North American east coast origins for New Zealand and German invasions of Skistodiaptomus pallidus (Copepoda: Calanoida). Aquatic Invasions, 12(2):167-175., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2017.12.2.05 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Loose, G. & G. Scholtz. (2019). The cleavage pattern of calanoid copepods-a case study. <em>Development Genes And Evolution.</em> 229(4):103-124., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00427-019-00634-8 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Beaver, J.R., C.E. Tausz, T.R. Renicker & D.M. Ordosch. (2019). Distributions and range expansions of rare or invasive species of planktonic calanoid copepods (Copepoda: Calanoida) within lakes and reservoirs in the continental United States. <em>Journal Of Crustacean Biology.</em> 39(4): 533-539., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruz026 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Chiapella, A.M., H. Grigel, H. Lister, A. Hrycik, B. O'Malley & J.D. Stockwell. (2021). A day in the life of winter plankton: under-ice community dynamics during 24 h in a eutrophic lake. <em>Journal of Plankton Research.</em> 43(6):865-883., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbab061 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Holynska, M., M. Swislocka-Cutter, C. López & M. Karpowicz. (2025). Freshwater cyclopids (Crustacea: Copepoda) first recorded in South America – arguments for and against their non-native status. <em>The European Zoological Journal.</em> 92(1): 631-659., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/24750263.2025.2503319 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Mojumder, I.A., M.M. Kibria & M.S. Bhuyan. (2020). A baseline taxonomic study of zooplankton in the lower Halda River, Bangladesh. <em>Global Journal of Zoology.</em> 5(1):1-8. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 91 [details]
additional source Duggan, I.C., J.D. Green & D.F. Burger. (2006). First New Zealand records of three non-indigenous zooplankton species: Skistodiaptomus pallidus, Sinodiaptomus valkanovi, and Daphnia dentifera. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 40(4):561-569., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.2006.9517445 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Chapman, M.A., J.D. Green & T.G. Northcote. (1985). Seasonal dynamics of Skistodiaptomus pallidus Herrick and other zooplankton populations in Deer Lake, S.W. British Columbia. Journal of Plankton Research 7(6):867-876, figs. 1-6., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/7.6.867 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Dowell, K.M. (1997). Evidence for diapause in the freshwater copepod Skistodiaptomus pallidus. <em>American Midland Naturalist.</em> 137(2):362-368., available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/2426855 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Saunders, J.F., III. (1975). The occurrence of Diaptomus (Skistodiaptomus) pallidus Herrick and D. (S.) pygmaeus Pearse (Copepoda: Calanoida) in Virginia. Virginia Journal of Science 26(3):126-127, tab. 1. [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 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 Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Brandorff, G.O. (2011). The copepod invader Skistodiaptomus pallidus (Herrick, 1879) (Crustacea, Copepoda, Diaptomidae) from North America in water bodies of Bremen, northern Germany. <em>Aquatic Invasions.</em> 6(Suppl. 1):S1-S5., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2011.6.s1.001 [details]
additional source Suárez-Morales, E. & G. Arroyo-Bustos. (2012). An intra-continental invasion of the temperate freshwater copepod Skistodiaptomus pallidus (Herrick, 1879) (Calanoida, Diaptomidae) in tropical Mexico. BioInvasions Records 1(4):255-262., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2012.1.4.03 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Duggan, I.C., M.W. Neale, K.V. Robinson, P. Verburg & N.T.N. Watson. (2014). Skistodiaptomus pallidus (Copepoda: Diaptomidae) establishment in New Zealand natural lakes, and its effects on zooplankton community composition. <em>Aquatic Invasions.</em> 9(2):195–202., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2014.9.2.08 [details]
additional source Branford, S.N., I.C. Duggan, I.D. Hogg & G.O. Brandorff. (2017). Mitochondrial DNA indicates different North American east coast origins for New Zealand and German invasions of Skistodiaptomus pallidus (Copepoda: Calanoida). Aquatic Invasions, 12(2):167-175., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2017.12.2.05 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Loose, G. & G. Scholtz. (2019). The cleavage pattern of calanoid copepods-a case study. <em>Development Genes And Evolution.</em> 229(4):103-124., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00427-019-00634-8 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Beaver, J.R., C.E. Tausz, T.R. Renicker & D.M. Ordosch. (2019). Distributions and range expansions of rare or invasive species of planktonic calanoid copepods (Copepoda: Calanoida) within lakes and reservoirs in the continental United States. <em>Journal Of Crustacean Biology.</em> 39(4): 533-539., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruz026 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Chiapella, A.M., H. Grigel, H. Lister, A. Hrycik, B. O'Malley & J.D. Stockwell. (2021). A day in the life of winter plankton: under-ice community dynamics during 24 h in a eutrophic lake. <em>Journal of Plankton Research.</em> 43(6):865-883., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbab061 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Holynska, M., M. Swislocka-Cutter, C. López & M. Karpowicz. (2025). Freshwater cyclopids (Crustacea: Copepoda) first recorded in South America – arguments for and against their non-native status. <em>The European Zoological Journal.</em> 92(1): 631-659., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/24750263.2025.2503319 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Mojumder, I.A., M.M. Kibria & M.S. Bhuyan. (2020). A baseline taxonomic study of zooplankton in the lower Halda River, Bangladesh. <em>Global Journal of Zoology.</em> 5(1):1-8. [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/greatlakes/FactSheet.aspx?Species_ID=169
To Barcode of Life (72 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications) (from synonym Diaptomus pallidus Herrick, 1879)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Skistodiaptomus pallidus)
To GenBank (78 nucleotides; 57 proteins)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (30 records) (from synonym Diaptomus pallidus Herrick, 1879)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (8 records)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (72 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications) (from synonym Diaptomus pallidus Herrick, 1879)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Skistodiaptomus pallidus)
To GenBank (78 nucleotides; 57 proteins)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (30 records) (from synonym Diaptomus pallidus Herrick, 1879)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (8 records)
To ITIS
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