Tropodiaptomus ctenopus (Kiefer, 1930)
Comb-footed pelagic copepod
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Diaptomus ctenopus Kiefer, 1930 (basionym)
The genus Tropodiaptomus was erected by (Keifer, 1932).
Conservation Status
Extinct (Reid, 1996a,b; Reid & Cox, 2025)
Last (and only) record: 1930? (type collection) (Reid & Cox, 2025)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
"Tananarive", Madagascar
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Kiefer, F. (1930). Zur Kenntnis der freilebenden Copepoden Madagaskars. [On the knowledge of the free-living copepods of Madagascar.]. Zoologischer Anzeiger 87(1-2): 42-46, figs. 1-8.
Other references:
Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (eds). (1996). 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
Dussart, Bernard H. (1982). Crustacés Copépodes des eaux intérieures. Faune de Madagascar 58: 1-146.
Dussart, Bernard H. and Defaye. D. (1983). Répertoire mondial des Crustacés Copépodes des eaux intérieures. I. Calanoïdes. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique., Paris.
Fernando, C. H. (1974). Guide to the freshwater fauna of Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Supplement 4. Bulletin of the Fisheries Research Station, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 25(1-2): 27-81.
Fernando, C. H. (1979). The freshwater zooplankton of Sri Lanka, with a discussion of tropical freshwater zooplankton composition. Bulletin of the Fisheries Research Station, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) 29(1-2): 11-54.
Fitzpatrick, J. F., Jr. (1983). How to Know the Freshwater Crustacea. The Pictured Key Nature Series. Dubuque, Iowa: Wm. C. Brown Co. Publishers. 227 pp.
Kiefer, F. (1932). Versuch eines Systems der altweltlichen Diaptomiden (Copepoda Calanoida). Vorläufige Mitteilung. [Attempt at a system of the Old World diaptomids (Copepoda Calanoida). Preliminary communication.]. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 100(7-8): 213-220, figs. 1-8.
Lindberg, K. (1951). Cyclopides (Crustacés Copépodes) de Madagascar. I. Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar (A) 5(1): 187-195.
Reid, Janet W. (1996a). Tropodiaptomus ctenopus. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 18 July 2013.
Reid, Janet W. (1996b). Tropodiaptomus ctenopus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996: e.T22379A9371437. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T22379A9371437.en. Downloaded on 25 June 2021.
Reid, Janet W. and Cox, N. A. (2025). Tropodiaptomus ctenopus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025: e.T22379A21420776. Accessed on 10 April 2025.
Walter, T. C. and Boxshall, G. (2021). World of Copepods Database. Tropodiaptomus ctenopus (Kiefer, 1930). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=360025 on 2021-10-31
Walter, T. C. and Boxshall, G. (2025). World of Copepods Database. Tropodiaptomus ctenopus (Kiefer, 1930). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/copepoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=360025 on 2025-04-11
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Acknowledgements
I thank Dr. Janet Reid for supplying me with the correct bibliographical reference to the protologue.