Marine Interstitial Poecilostomatoida and Cyclopoida (Copepoda) of Australia

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-90-04-16459-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 9, 336 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 885 g

Reihe: Crustaceana Monographs

The prime function of the interstitial system is the processing of organic material flushed into the sand. It functions as a carbon sink, which has significant implications in this age, in which we are trying to fight carbon levels in the atmosphere. Copepods are top predators here and thus crucially important. This book presents the first data about cyclopoid and poecilostomatoid copepods from the Australian marine interstitial. It includes one new cyclopoid family, the second record of the poecilostomatoid family Polyankyaliidae, one new genus, and 21 new species. A zoogeographic analysis of the copepods recorded emphasizes the importance of looking at small-scale patterns when inferring Gondwanaland biogeography, and a number of distinct zoogeographic regions is now becoming apparent in Australia.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Karanovic, Tomislav

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbellose (Invertebrata) Krebstiere (Crustacea)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PREFACE AND SUMMARY
INTRODUCTION
MATERIAL AND METHODS
TAXONOMIC ACCOUNT
Order POECILOSTOMATOIDA Thorell, 1859
Family CLAUSIDIIDAE Embleton, 1901
Genus Hemicyclops Boeck, 1873
1. Hemicyclops nichollsi n. sp.
Genus Cemihyclops n. g.
2. Cemihyclops cedunensis n. sp.
Family POLYANKYLIIDAE Ho & Kim, 1997
Genus Polyankylis Ho & Kim, 1997
3. Polyankylis australis n. sp.
Family CORYCAEIDAE Dana, 1852
Genus Onychocorycaeus M. Dahl, 1912
4. Onychocorycaeus pacificus (Dahl, 1894)
5. Onychocorycaeus catus (Dahl, 1894)
Order CYCLOPOIDA Rafinesque, 1815
Family OITHONIDAE Dana, 1853
Genus Oithona Baird, 1843
6. Oithona nana Giesbrecht, 1892
Family CYCLOPINIDAE Sars, 1913
Genus Cyclopinella Sars, 1913
7. Cyclopinella tincanbayensis n. sp.
Genus Hemicyclopina Herbst, 1953
8. Hemicyclopina martinezi n. sp.
Genus Allocyclopina Kiefer, 1954
9. Allocyclopina australiensis n. sp.
Genus Cyclopina Claus, 1862
10. Cyclopina unisetosa n. sp.
11. Cyclopina amita n. sp.
12. Cyclopina adelphe n. sp.
13. Cyclopina kasis n. sp.
14. Cyclopina kasignete n. sp.

Über Autor(innen)

Tomislav Karanovic, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (2000) in Zoology, University of Novi Sad (Serbia), is a honorary associate of the University of Tasmania. He has published extensively on the taxonomy and zoogeography of subterranean Copepoda from Australia, India, and Europe.