Copepoda taxon details
Skistodiaptomus oregonensis (Lilljeborg in: Guerne & Richard, 1889)
360604 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:360604)
accepted
Species
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] 
(of Diaptomus oregonensis 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]
(of Diaptomus oregonensis 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]
Taxonomy considered a synonym of Skistodiaptomus oregonensis, according to Dussart & Defaye, 2002
Taxonomy considered a synonym of Skistodiaptomus oregonensis, according to Dussart & Defaye, 2002 [details]
Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Skistodiaptomus oregonensis (Lilljeborg in: Guerne & Richard, 1889). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=360604 on 2026-05-22
original description
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 Diaptomus oregonensis 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]
additional source Dussart, B.H. & D. Defaye. (2001). Copepoda: Introduction to the Copepoda. (2nd edition)(revised and enlarged). <em>Guides to the Identification of the Microinvertebrates of the Continental Waters of the World. H.J.F. Dumont (ed.). SPB Academic Publishers, The Hague.</em> 16:1-344. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Havens, K.E. (1993). Acid and aluminium effects on osmoregulation and survival of the freshwater copepod Skistodiaptomus oregonensis. <em>Journal of Plankton Research.</em> 15(6):683-691, figs 1-2., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/15.6.683 [details] Available for editors [request]
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): 3245, 3973 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ghan, D. (1997). Adaptive significance of vertical migration behaviour of Skistodiaptomus oregonsis. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.</em> 168 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Ghan, D., J.D. McPhail & K.D. Hyatt. (1998). The temporal-spatial pattern of vertical migration by the freshwater copepod Skistodiaptomus oregonensis relative to predation risk. <em>Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 55(6):1350-1363., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/f98-027 [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 Pereira, M.E. de. (1988). A population analysis of Skistodiaptomus oregonensis (Copepoda: Calanoida) in Cochran Lake, Michigan. <em>M.S. Thesis, University of Maryland, College Park.</em> 115pp. [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. (2007). Reproductive interference, priority effects and the maintenance of parapatry in Skistodiaptomus copepods. <em>Oikos.</em> 116(5):759-768., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2007.0030-1299.15782.x, [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 Hausch, S., J.B. Shurin & B. Matthews. (2013). Variation in body shape across species and populations in a radiation of diaptomid copepods. <em>PLoS One.</em> 8(6):1-12., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068272 [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 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 Wiilson, Lindsey W. (2013). Responses of aquatic invertebrate assemblages to an iron treatment aimed at reducing internal phosphorus loading. <em>M.Sc. Thesis, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.</em> 109 pp. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Cobbaert, D.D. (2012). Factors driving switches in the primary producer communities of shallow lakes of the Boreal Plains, Alberta, Canada. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.</em> 196 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.7939/R3M902B6R [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Dupuis, A.P. & B.J. Hann. (2009). Warm spring and summer water temperatures in small eutrophic lakes of the Canadian prairies: potential implications for phytoplankton and zooplankton. <em>Journal of Plankton Research.</em> 31(5):489-502., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbp001 [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]
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]
original description (of Diaptomus oregonensis 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]
additional source Dussart, B.H. & D. Defaye. (2001). Copepoda: Introduction to the Copepoda. (2nd edition)(revised and enlarged). <em>Guides to the Identification of the Microinvertebrates of the Continental Waters of the World. H.J.F. Dumont (ed.). SPB Academic Publishers, The Hague.</em> 16:1-344. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Havens, K.E. (1993). Acid and aluminium effects on osmoregulation and survival of the freshwater copepod Skistodiaptomus oregonensis. <em>Journal of Plankton Research.</em> 15(6):683-691, figs 1-2., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/15.6.683 [details] Available for editors
[request]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): 3245, 3973 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ghan, D. (1997). Adaptive significance of vertical migration behaviour of Skistodiaptomus oregonsis. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.</em> 168 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ghan, D., J.D. McPhail & K.D. Hyatt. (1998). The temporal-spatial pattern of vertical migration by the freshwater copepod Skistodiaptomus oregonensis relative to predation risk. <em>Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 55(6):1350-1363., available online at https://doi.org/10.1139/f98-027 [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 Pereira, M.E. de. (1988). A population analysis of Skistodiaptomus oregonensis (Copepoda: Calanoida) in Cochran Lake, Michigan. <em>M.S. Thesis, University of Maryland, College Park.</em> 115pp. [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. (2007). Reproductive interference, priority effects and the maintenance of parapatry in Skistodiaptomus copepods. <em>Oikos.</em> 116(5):759-768., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2007.0030-1299.15782.x, [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 Hausch, S., J.B. Shurin & B. Matthews. (2013). Variation in body shape across species and populations in a radiation of diaptomid copepods. <em>PLoS One.</em> 8(6):1-12., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068272 [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 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 Wiilson, Lindsey W. (2013). Responses of aquatic invertebrate assemblages to an iron treatment aimed at reducing internal phosphorus loading. <em>M.Sc. Thesis, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.</em> 109 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Cobbaert, D.D. (2012). Factors driving switches in the primary producer communities of shallow lakes of the Boreal Plains, Alberta, Canada. <em>Ph.D. Thesis, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.</em> 196 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.7939/R3M902B6R [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Dupuis, A.P. & B.J. Hann. (2009). Warm spring and summer water temperatures in small eutrophic lakes of the Canadian prairies: potential implications for phytoplankton and zooplankton. <em>Journal of Plankton Research.</em> 31(5):489-502., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbp001 [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]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]
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Taxonomy considered a synonym of Skistodiaptomus oregonensis, according to Dussart & Defaye, 2002 [details]
http://people.se.cmich.edu/mcnau1as/zooplankton%20web/skistodiaptomus/webpage/copepod%20sample%20completed.htm
http://cfb.unh.edu/cfbkey/html/Organisms/CCopepoda/OCalanoida/GSkistodiaptomus/skistodiaptomus_oregonensis/skistodiaptomusoregonensis.html
To Barcode of Life (58 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (68 publications) (from synonym Diaptomus oregonensis Lilljeborg in Guerne & Richard, 1889)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Skistodiaptomus oregonensis)
To GenBank (78 nucleotides; 47 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (19 records) (from synonym Diaptomus oregonensis Lilljeborg in Guerne & Richard, 1889)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records)
To ITIS
http://cfb.unh.edu/cfbkey/html/Organisms/CCopepoda/OCalanoida/GSkistodiaptomus/skistodiaptomus_oregonensis/skistodiaptomusoregonensis.html
To Barcode of Life (58 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (68 publications) (from synonym Diaptomus oregonensis Lilljeborg in Guerne & Richard, 1889)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Skistodiaptomus oregonensis)
To GenBank (78 nucleotides; 47 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (19 records) (from synonym Diaptomus oregonensis Lilljeborg in Guerne & Richard, 1889)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (3 records)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
