''Eurytemora'' is a genus of

copepod Copepods (; meaning 'oar-feet') are a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat (ecology), habitat. Some species are planktonic (living in the water column), some are benthos, benthic (living on the sedimen ...

s in the family

Temoridae Temoridae is a family of copepods, containing the following genera: *'' Epischura'' S. A. Forbes, 1882 *'' Epischurella'' Smirnov, 1936 *''Eurytemora ''Eurytemora'' is a genus of copepods in the family Temoridae.Lee, Catherine E., and John D. ...

.Lee, Catherine E., and John D. McPhail. "Directional Selection and Rapid Adaptation in ''Eurytemora affinis''." ''Journal of Evolutionary Biology'', vol. 17, no. 6, 2004, pp. 1270–1277. Directional selection is one type of natural selection where individuals with characteristics at one end of a continuum are favored, hence increasingly shifting the overall mean of that trait within the population. For example, in the copepod Eurytemora affinis, the populations that had invaded freshwater environments experienced directional selection for improved osmoregulatory ability, such that individuals were able to cope better with lowered levels of salinity and therefore survive and reproduce more successfully.

Species

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Eurytemora affinis ''Eurytemora affinis'' is a calanoid copepod in the family Temoridae. ''E. affinis'' is commonly found in brackish and estuarine waters along with coastal freshwater systems.Torke, B. 2001. The distribution of calanoid copepods in the plankton of ...

'' (Poppe, 1880) *'' Eurytemora americana'' Williams, 1906 *'' Eurytemora arctica'' Wilson M.S. & Tash, 1966 *'' Eurytemora asymmetrica'' Smirnov, 1935 *'' Eurytemora bilobata'' Akatova, 1949 *'' Eurytemora brodskyi'' Kos, 1993 *'' Eurytemora canadensis'' Marsh, 1920 *'' Eurytemora carolleeae'' Alekseev & Souissi, 2011 *'' Eurytemora caspica'' Sukhikh & Alekseev, 2013 *''

Eurytemora clausii ''Eurytemora'' is a genus of copepods in the family Temoridae.Lee, Catherine E., and John D. McPhail. "Directional Selection and Rapid Adaptation in ''Eurytemora affinis''." ''Journal of Evolutionary Biology'', vol. 17, no. 6, 2004, pp. 1270–1 ...

'' (Hoek, 1876) *'' Eurytemora composita'' Keiser, 1929 *'' Eurytemora foveola'' Johnson M.W., 1961 *''

Eurytemora gracilicauda ''Eurytemora'' is a genus of copepods in the family Temoridae.Lee, Catherine E., and John D. McPhail. "Directional Selection and Rapid Adaptation in ''Eurytemora affinis''." ''Journal of Evolutionary Biology'', vol. 17, no. 6, 2004, pp. 1270–1 ...

'' Akatova, 1949 *'' Eurytemora gracilis'' (Sars G.O., 1898) *''

Eurytemora grimmi ''Eurytemora'' is a genus of copepods in the family Temoridae.Lee, Catherine E., and John D. McPhail. "Directional Selection and Rapid Adaptation in ''Eurytemora affinis''." ''Journal of Evolutionary Biology'', vol. 17, no. 6, 2004, pp. 1270–1 ...

'' (Sars G.O., 1897) *''

Eurytemora herdmani ''Eurytemora'' is a genus of copepods in the family Temoridae.Lee, Catherine E., and John D. McPhail. "Directional Selection and Rapid Adaptation in ''Eurytemora affinis''." ''Journal of Evolutionary Biology'', vol. 17, no. 6, 2004, pp. 1270–1 ...

'' Thompson I.C. & Scott A., 1897 in Thompson, Scott & Herdman, 1897 *''

Eurytemora kurenkovi ''Eurytemora'' is a genus of copepods in the family Temoridae.Lee, Catherine E., and John D. McPhail. "Directional Selection and Rapid Adaptation in ''Eurytemora affinis''." ''Journal of Evolutionary Biology'', vol. 17, no. 6, 2004, pp. 1270–1 ...

'' Borutsky, 1961 *''

Eurytemora lacinulata ''Eurytemora'' is a genus of copepods in the family Temoridae.Lee, Catherine E., and John D. McPhail. "Directional Selection and Rapid Adaptation in ''Eurytemora affinis''." ''Journal of Evolutionary Biology'', vol. 17, no. 6, 2004, pp. 1270–1 ...

'' (Fischer, 1853) *''

Eurytemora lacustris ''Eurytemora lacustris'' is a species of crustacean belonging to the family Temoridae. It is native to Northern Europe, being found in marine environments of the North Atlantic The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's fiv ...

'' (Poppe, 1887) *''

Eurytemora minor ''Eurytemora'' is a genus of copepods in the family Temoridae.Lee, Catherine E., and John D. McPhail. "Directional Selection and Rapid Adaptation in ''Eurytemora affinis''." ''Journal of Evolutionary Biology'', vol. 17, no. 6, 2004, pp. 1270–1 ...

'' Behning, 1938 *''

Eurytemora pacifica ''Eurytemora'' is a genus of copepods in the family Temoridae.Lee, Catherine E., and John D. McPhail. "Directional Selection and Rapid Adaptation in ''Eurytemora affinis''." ''Journal of Evolutionary Biology'', vol. 17, no. 6, 2004, pp. 1270–1 ...

'' Sato, 1913 *''

Eurytemora raboti ''Eurytemora'' is a genus of copepods in the family Temoridae.Lee, Catherine E., and John D. McPhail. "Directional Selection and Rapid Adaptation in ''Eurytemora affinis''." ''Journal of Evolutionary Biology'', vol. 17, no. 6, 2004, pp. 1270–1 ...

'' Richard, 1897 *''

Eurytemora richingsi ''Eurytemora'' is a genus of copepods in the family Temoridae.Lee, Catherine E., and John D. McPhail. "Directional Selection and Rapid Adaptation in ''Eurytemora affinis''." ''Journal of Evolutionary Biology'', vol. 17, no. 6, 2004, pp. 1270–1 ...

'' Heron & Damkaer, 1976 *''

Eurytemora velox ''Eurytemora'' is a genus of copepods in the family Temoridae.Lee, Catherine E., and John D. McPhail. "Directional Selection and Rapid Adaptation in ''Eurytemora affinis''." ''Journal of Evolutionary Biology'', vol. 17, no. 6, 2004, pp. 1270–1 ...

'' (Lilljeborg, 1853) *''

Eurytemora wolterecki ''Eurytemora'' is a genus of copepods in the family Temoridae.Lee, Catherine E., and John D. McPhail. "Directional Selection and Rapid Adaptation in ''Eurytemora affinis''." ''Journal of Evolutionary Biology'', vol. 17, no. 6, 2004, pp. 1270–1 ...

'' Mann, 1940 *''

Eurytemora yukonensis ''Eurytemora'' is a genus of copepods in the family Temoridae.Lee, Catherine E., and John D. McPhail. "Directional Selection and Rapid Adaptation in ''Eurytemora affinis''." ''Journal of Evolutionary Biology'', vol. 17, no. 6, 2004, pp. 1270–12 ...

'' Wilson M.S., 1953

References

Czajka, Frank, et al. "Rapid Evolution of Salinity Tolerance in the Invasive Copepod ''Eurytemora affinis''." ''Evolutionary Applications'', vol. 6, no. 3, 2013, pp. 368–377. Temoridae Copepod genera {{copepod-stub