Lepidurus arcticus

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Lepidurus arcticus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Branchiopoda
Order: Notostraca
Family: Triopsidae
Genus: Lepidurus
Species:
L. arcticus
Binomial name
Lepidurus arcticus
(Pallas, 1793) [1]

Arctic tadpole shrimp Lepidurus arcticus[2] is a species of tadpole shrimp which inhabits ephemeral pools, ponds or permanent freshwater lakes of Finland,[3][4][5] Norway, Sweden,[6] Svalbard,[2][7] Greenland, Iceland, Russia and the Kuril Islands.[8][9]

Unlike other species of tadpole shrimp, Lepidurus arcticus is known to coexist with fish, such as Arctic char,[4] brown trout[6] and European whitefish.[5] Furthermore, they exist in water temperatures much colder (4–7 °C or 39–45 °F) than the other species of its order.[9] About 14 °C seems to be the upper thermal threshold for where in which waters it can live.[10] It is a common predator of Daphnia pulex.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Lepidurus arcticus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Lakka, Hanna-Kaisa (2013). The ecology of a freshwater crustacean: Lepidurus arcticus (Branchiopoda, Notostraca) in a High Arctic region. University of Helsinki. p. 151.
  3. ISBN 978-951-39-8326-0
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  4. ^ a b Järvinen, A; Lakka, H-K; Sujala, M (2014). "Arktinen Kilpikidusjalkainen, tunturivesien elävä fossiili, löydetty jälleen Suomesta. ("The living fossil Arctic tadpole shrimp was found again in Finland")". Luonnon Tutkija (in Finnish). 1: 19–24.
  5. ^ a b Lakka, H-K; Leppänen, A; Mykrä, H; Vaajala, M; Raineva, S; Lensu, T; Salonen, E (2019). "Paljakkakilpiäinen siian ravintona Inarijärvessä". Luonnon Tutkija. 2: 66–70.
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  7. S2CID 83523163
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  8. ISBN 0-7876-5362-4
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  9. ^ a b "Species Descriptions by Chip Hannum". Archived from the original on 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
  10. ^ Upper thermal threshold of Lepidurus arcticus (Branchiopoda, Notostraca) in lakes on the southern outreach of its distribution range
  11. S2CID 9498330
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