Epischura

Epischura
	Male specimen of Epischura lacustris.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Copepoda
Order:	Calanoida
Family:	Temoridae
Genus:	Epischura; S. A. Forbes, 1882
Synonyms
	Scopiphora Pickering, 1844 ; Lamellipodia Schmeil, 1897 ;

Epischura is a genus of copepods in the family Temoridae.^[1]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Epischura:^[2]

Epischura fluviatilis Herrick, 1883
Epischura lacustris S. A. Forbes, 1882
Epischura massachusettsensis Pearse, 1906
Epischura nevadensis Lilljeborg, 1889
Epischura nordenskioldi Lilljeborg, 1889
Epischura smirnovi Borutsky, 1961
Epischura udylensis Borutsky, 1947
Epischura vagans Pickering, 1844
Epischura baikalensis G. O. Sars, 1900
Epischura chankensis Rylov, 1928

It has recently been proposed that Epischura is parapheletic with respect to Heterocope and that the Siberian species, Epischura baikalensis and Epischurella chankensis, be moved to the resurrected genus Epischurella.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b T. Chad Walter (2011). Walter TC, Boxshall G (eds.). "Epischura S. A. Forbes, 1882". World of Copepods database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 5, 2012.
^ World of Copepods Database. Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (eds.). "Epischura S. A. Forbes, 1882". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
^ Bowman, Larry L.; MacGuigan, Daniel J.; Gorchels, Madeline E.; Cahillane, Madeline M.; Moore, Marianne V. (2019). "Revealing paraphyly and placement of extinct species within Epischura (Copepoda: Calanoida) using molecular data and quantitative morphometrics" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 140: 106578. Bibcode:2019MolPE.14006578B. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106578. PMID 31401068. S2CID 199539779.

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[WoRMS-1] T. Chad Walter (2011). Walter TC, Boxshall G (eds.). "Epischura S. A. Forbes, 1882". World of Copepods database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 5, 2012.

[2] World of Copepods Database. Walter, T.C.; Boxshall, G. (eds.). "Epischura S. A. Forbes, 1882". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 December 2022.

[3] Bowman, Larry L.; MacGuigan, Daniel J.; Gorchels, Madeline E.; Cahillane, Madeline M.; Moore, Marianne V. (2019). "Revealing paraphyly and placement of extinct species within Epischura (Copepoda: Calanoida) using molecular data and quantitative morphometrics" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 140: 106578. Bibcode:2019MolPE.14006578B. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106578. PMID 31401068. S2CID 199539779.

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