Major areas of diversity of selected inland water crustacean groups

This map represents a preliminary assessment of areas believed to support high diversity among three of the several major crustacean groups that occur in inland waters, taking into account species richness and local endemism.
Source: compiled using information and expertise provided by the IUCN/SSC Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group; first published in WCMC.
WCMC. 1998. Freshwater biodiversity: a preliminary global assessment. WCMC Biodiversity Series No. 8. World Conservation Press, Cambridge.