Mastigodiaptomus galapagoensis Elías-Gutiérrez et al., 2023
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing (Elías-Gutiérrez et al., 2023) or Extinct (López et al., 2021; Suárez-Morales & Reid, 2025)
Last record: 2004 (López et al., 2021; Elías-Gutiérrez et al., 2023; Suárez-Morales & Reid, 2025)
IUCN Red list status: Extinct
Distribution
El Junco Lake, San Cristóbal Island, Galápagos Islands
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Elías-Gutiérrez, Manuel, Steinitz-Kannan, Miriam, Suárez-Morales, Eduardo and López, Carlos. (2023). Mastigodiaptomus galapagoensis n. sp. (Crustacea: Copepoda: Diaptomidae), a possibly extinct copepod from a craterlake of the Galápagos archipelago. PeerJ 11: e15807 [pp. 1-18]. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15807
Other references:
López, Carlos et al. (2021). Loss of a freshwater copepod species from El Junco Lake, Galápagos following the introduction and eradication of the Nile tilapia. Aquatic Conservation 31(12): 3651-3656. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3718
Suárez-Morales, E. and Reid, J. W. (2025). Mastigodiaptomus galapagoensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025: e.T273147335A273147385. Accessed on 10 April 2025.
Walter, T. C. and Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Mastigodiaptomus galapagoensis Elías-Gutiérrez, Steinitz-Kannan, Suárez-Morales & López, 2023. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1673133 on 2025-04-11