List of crustaceans of the Indiana Dunes

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Indiana Dunes National Park is a National Park Service unit on the shore of Lake Michigan in Indiana, United States. A BioBlitz took place there on May 15 and 16, 2009.[1] A first attempt was made to create a list of crustaceans present in the Lakeshore area. Further research is required to document all that may be present.[2]

Branchiopoda[]

Cladocera, water fleas [3]

  2. Bosmina longirostris
  6. Alonella, Family Chydoridae
  7. Ceriodaphnia, Family Daphniidae
  8. Daphnia, Family Daphniidae

Maxillopoda[]

Copepods [3]

  6. nauplii

Ostracoda[]

  1.  [3]

Malacostraca[]

  1. Isopoda, woodlice and/or pill bug species
    1. Porcellio scaber, woodlouse
  2. Orconectes immunis, crayfish

References[]

  1. ^ "BioBlitz 2009". National Park Service.
  2. ^ "Temporary list of species found" (PDF). June 6, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 7, 2010.
  3. ^ a b c "Ecology of Miller Woods". Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Research Program, Report 90-01. National Park Service, Midwest Region.
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