Lepidurus Genus of tadpole shrimp
Lepidurus genus of small crustaceans in the order Notostraca (tadpole shrimp). It is the larger of the two extant genera of the tadpole shrimps, the other being Triops vernal pools and survive dry periods with the help of long lasting resting eggs.
Species
Adult freshwater crustacean of the genus Lepidurus. The genus contains the following species:
Lepidurus apus (Linnaeus , 1758 ) Lepidurus arcticus (Pallas , 1793) Lepidurus batesoni Longhurst, 1955 Lepidurus bilobatus Packard , 1883Lepidurus couesii Packard , 1875Lepidurus cryptus Rogers, 2001 Lepidurus lemmoni Holmes , 1894Lepidurus lubbocki Brauer, 1873 Lepidurus mongolicus Vekhoff, 1992 Lepidurus packardi Simon, 1886 Lepidurus patagonicus Berg, 1900 Lepidurus viridis Baird, 1850 [*Note: Contra "couessii" as unavailable subsequent spelling in some databases]
Species brought into synonymy
All listed synonyms are junior subjective synonyms.
Lepidurus angasi Baird, 1866 ; accepted as Lepidurus apus Linnaeus , 1758Lepidurus barcaeus Ghigi, 1921 ; accepted as Lepidurus apus Linnaeus , 1758Lepidurus compressus Thompson, 1879 ; accepted as Lepidurus apus Linnaeus , 1758Lepidurus glacialis Packard, 1883 ; accepted as Lepidurus arcticus Pallas, 1793 Lepidurus hatcheri Ortmann, 1911 ; accepted as Lepidurus apus Linnaeus , 1758Lepidurus kirki Thompson, 1879 ; accepted as Lepidurus apus Linnaeus , 1758Lepidurus lynchi Linder, 1952 ; accepted as Lepidurus lemmoni Holmes, 1894 fide Rogers, 2001 Lepidurus macrourus Ghigi, 1921 ; accepted as Lepidurus apus Linnaeus , 1758Lepidurus productus Leach, 1819 ; accepted as Lepidurus apus Linnaeus , 1758Lepidurus spitzbergensis Bernard, 1892 ; accepted as Lepidurus arcticus Pallas, 1793 Lepidurus ussuriensis Sidorov, 1927 ; accepted as Lepidurus arcticus Pallas, 1793 Lepidurus viridulus Tate, 1879 ; accepted as Lepidurus apus Linnaeus , 1758
