Mastigodiaptomus galapagoensis Elías-Gutiérrez et al., 2023
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 2004 (López et al., 2021; Elías-Gutiérrez et al., 2023)
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), apossibly extinct copepod from a craterlake of the Galápagos archipelago. PeerJ 11: e15807. 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. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3718 [Abstract]