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Pesce, Giuseppe Lucio. |
A collection of groundwater cyclopid copepods from the West Indian islands has been studied. Twenty species or subspecies are identified, and taxonomic and zoogeographic remarks on some rare or poorly known taxa are made. Seven new taxa, viz. Neocyclops stocki n. sp., Metacyclops (Metacyclops) botosaneanui n. sp., Metacyclops (Metacyclops) dianae n. sp., Metacyclops (Apocyclops) stocki n. sp., Mesocyclops intermedius n. sp., Mesocyclops aequatorialis americanus n. ssp., and Thermocyclops tenuis longifurcatus n. ssp. are described. In general, the cyclopid fauna of the West Indian islands is much more closely related to the South and Central American fauna than to the fauna of North America. On the other hand, some species in the present collection, such as... |
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
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Ano: 1985 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/504038 |
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