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Pleopis schmackeri

Status not recordedcrustaceans

Pleopis schmackeri is a species in the family Podonidae, order Diplostraca.

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Quick facts about Pleopis schmackeri

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does Pleopis schmackeri live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Pleopis schmackeri as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Brazil

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is Pleopis schmackeri endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Pleopis schmackeri classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classBranchiopoda
  4. orderDiplostraca
  5. familyPodonidae
  6. genusPleopis
  7. SpeciesPleopis schmackeri (Poppe, 1889)

Synonyms Podon schmackeri

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • ウミオオメミジンコJapanese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Pleopis schmackeri

Other species in the same genus Pleopis.

ComparePleopis schmackeri vs Pleopis polyphemoides

Common questions

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Is Pleopis schmackeri an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Pleopis schmackeri as introduced in 1 country: Brazil, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Pleopis schmackeri?

Pleopis schmackeri (Pleopis schmackeri) belongs to the family Podonidae in the order Diplostraca.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Pleopis schmackeri (Pleopis schmackeri). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pleopis-schmackeri

MLA

“Pleopis schmackeri (Pleopis schmackeri).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pleopis-schmackeri.

BibTeX
@misc{pleopis_schmackeri_2026,
  title = {Pleopis schmackeri (Pleopis schmackeri)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pleopis-schmackeri},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}