Species that have been identified in Licancabur Lake include the cladoceran crustacean Alona altiplana, the calanoid copepod Boeckella titicacae, alternatively identified as Boeckella gracilipes, the cladoceran Daphniopsis chilensis which may be endemic to the lake, the cladoceran crustacean Pleuroxus fryeri, and the testate amoeba Scutiglypha cabrolae. One species each of a testate amoeba, a chironomid, rotifer, two species copepods and three species cladocerans have been reported in 2009. The larva of this chironomid midge is also the highest find of a chironomid midge, surpassing Tibetan specimens.