Sinodiaptomus

{{Short description|Genus of crustaceans}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Sinodiaptomus

| authority = Kiefer, 1932

| type_species = Diaptomus chaffanjoni

| type_species_authority = Richard, 1897

}}

Sinodiaptomus is a genus of freshwater copepods in the family Diaptomidae, found in Asia and Palaearctic regions. The Japanese Sinodiaptomus valkanovi has established non-indigenous populations in California, Bulgaria and New Zealand, although only the New Zealand population persists due to destruction of the habitat in California and Bulgaria.{{cite journal |author=Wataru Makino, Matthew A. Knox & Ian C. Duggan |year=2010 |title=Invasion, genetic variation and species identity of the calanoid copepod Sinodiaptomus valkanovi |journal=Freshwater Biology |volume=55 |issue=2 |pages=375–386 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02287.x|bibcode=2010FrBio..55..375M }} The genus was originally described as a subgenus of Diaptomus, containing only Sinodiaptomus chaffanjoni,{{cite journal |author=S. F. Light |year=1939 |title=New American subgenera of Diaptomus Westwood (Copepoda, Calanoida) |journal=Transactions of the American Microscopical Society |volume=58 |issue=4 |pages=473–484 |jstor=3222789 |doi=10.2307/3222789}} but now contains five species:{{cite web |author=T. Chad Walter |year=2010 |title=Sinodiaptomus Kiefer, 1932 |editor=T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall |work=World Copepoda database |publisher=World Register of Marine Species |url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=348017 |accessdate=November 16, 2010}}

• Sinodiaptomus chaffanjoni (Richard, 1897)
• Sinodiaptomus indicus Kiefer, 1936
• Sinodiaptomus mahanandiensis (Reddy & Rhadakrishna, 1980)
• Sinodiaptomus sarsi (Rylov, 1923)
• Sinodiaptomus valkanovi (Kiefer, 1938)