Diporeia

Diporeia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Pontoporeiidae
Genus: Diporeia
Bousfield, 1989
Type species
Diporeia hoyi
(S.I. Smith, 1874)
Species
  • Diporeia brevicornis (SegerstrÃ¥le, 1937)
  • Diporeia erythophthalma (Waldron, 1953)
  • Diporeia filicornis (S.I. Smith, 1874)
  • Diporeia hoyi (S.I. Smith, 1874)
  • Diporeia intermedia (SegerstrÃ¥le, 1977)
  • Diporeia kendalli (Norton, 1909)

Diporeia is a North American genus of freshwater amphipod that was formerly a dominant form of zooplankton in the Great Lakes. Their loss in numbers is believed to be due to the presence of invasive species.

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