The species is found all over North America, north of Missouri, in fresh and saline waters. It is found in all the Great Lakes but is most abundant in Lake Superior.[1]
Morphologyedit
Leptodiaptomus sicilis adult females are distinguished by their three-segmented urosome; pointed, triangular metasomal wings with minute sensilla; and the genital segment without obvious lateral projections. In the mature male, the right exopod lateral spine of leg 5 is located in the middle of the segment, is quite long, and projects almost perpendicularly to the segment. In addition, the projections on the left exopod terminal segment are short, blunt, and well-separated. The right antennule on the male has a long, slender process coming off the terminal end of the third segment from the distal end and the metasomal wings are expanded and triangular in shape.[2] These species are physically similar to other leptodiaptomids (Leptodiaptomus ashlandi, Leptodiaptomus minutus and skistodiaptomids (Skistodiaptomus oregonensis).
Ecologyedit
Leptodiaptomus sicilis are known prey items for a number of native and non-native Great Lakes fishes. They are also prey items for other invertebrate zooplankton. Remains have been found within gut-contents of Mysis diluviana[3] and are trophically below Limnocalanus macrurus[4] while also primarily a herbivore.[5]
Referencesedit
^Mary D. Balcer, Nancy L. Korda & Stanley I. Dodson (1984). "Life history and ecology of the major crustacean species". Zooplankton of the Great Lakes: a guide to the identification and ecology of the common crustacean species. University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 49–109. ISBN978-0-299-09820-9.
^Hudson, Patrick L., and Lynn T. Lesko. 2003. Free-living and Parasitic Copepods of the Laurentian Great Lakes: Keys and Details on Individual Species. Ann Arbor, MI: Great Lakes Science Center Home Page. http://www.glsc.usgs.gov/greatlakescopepods/MainMenu.php?
^Brian P. O'Malley, David B. Bunnell. 2014. Diet of Mysis diluviana reveals seasonal patterns of omnivory and consumption of invasive species in offshore Lake Michigan, Journal of Plankton Research, Volume 36, Issue 4, July/August 2014, Pages 989–1002, https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbu038
^Doubek, J. P., & Lehman, J. T. (2014). Historical trophic position of Limnocalanus macrurus in lake Michigan. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 40(4), 1027-1032.
^Nasworthy, K. C., Scofield, A. E., & Rudstam, L. G. (2019). Feeding ecology of Limnocalanus macrurus in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Journal of Great Lakes Research.
January 01, 1970
leptodiaptomus, sicilis, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, ju. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Leptodiaptomus sicilis news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2014 Learn how and when to remove this message Leptodiaptomus sicilis is a calanoid copepod native to the Laurentian Great Lakes and its basin Leptodiaptomus sicilis Female and male L sicilis Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Copepoda Order Calanoida Family Diaptomidae Genus Leptodiaptomus Species L sicilis Binomial name Leptodiaptomus sicilis S A Forbes 1882 Contents 1 Distribution 2 Morphology 3 Ecology 4 ReferencesDistribution editThe species is found all over North America north of Missouri in fresh and saline waters It is found in all the Great Lakes but is most abundant in Lake Superior 1 Morphology editLeptodiaptomus sicilis adult females are distinguished by their three segmented urosome pointed triangular metasomal wings with minute sensilla and the genital segment without obvious lateral projections In the mature male the right exopod lateral spine of leg 5 is located in the middle of the segment is quite long and projects almost perpendicularly to the segment In addition the projections on the left exopod terminal segment are short blunt and well separated The right antennule on the male has a long slender process coming off the terminal end of the third segment from the distal end and the metasomal wings are expanded and triangular in shape 2 These species are physically similar to other leptodiaptomids Leptodiaptomus ashlandi Leptodiaptomus minutus and skistodiaptomids Skistodiaptomus oregonensis Ecology editLeptodiaptomus sicilis are known prey items for a number of native and non native Great Lakes fishes They are also prey items for other invertebrate zooplankton Remains have been found within gut contents of Mysis diluviana 3 and are trophically below Limnocalanus macrurus 4 while also primarily a herbivore 5 References edit Mary D Balcer Nancy L Korda amp Stanley I Dodson 1984 Life history and ecology of the major crustacean species Zooplankton of the Great Lakes a guide to the identification and ecology of the common crustacean species University of Wisconsin Press pp 49 109 ISBN 978 0 299 09820 9 Hudson Patrick L and Lynn T Lesko 2003 Free living and Parasitic Copepods of the Laurentian Great Lakes Keys and Details on Individual Species Ann Arbor MI Great Lakes Science Center Home Page http www glsc usgs gov greatlakescopepods MainMenu php Brian P O Malley David B Bunnell 2014 Diet of Mysis diluviana reveals seasonal patterns of omnivory and consumption of invasive species in offshore Lake Michigan Journal of Plankton Research Volume 36 Issue 4 July August 2014 Pages 989 1002 https doi org 10 1093 plankt fbu038 Doubek J P amp Lehman J T 2014 Historical trophic position of Limnocalanus macrurus in lake Michigan Journal of Great Lakes Research 40 4 1027 1032 Nasworthy K C Scofield A E amp Rudstam L G 2019 Feeding ecology of Limnocalanus macrurus in the Laurentian Great Lakes Journal of Great Lakes Research Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Leptodiaptomus sicilis amp oldid 1043747388, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
