Title:

On species of the genus Thermocyclops (Copepoda: Cyclopidae) occurring in northern Queensland, Australia

Subtitle:

Annales Zoologici, vol. 56, no 2

Creator:

Hołyńska, Maria

Contributor:

Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Publisher:

Fundacja Natura optima dux

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2006

Description:

Bibliogr. p. 346-347 ; P. 335-367 : ill. ; 27 cm ; Taxa in Latin

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

Copepoda ; Cyclopidae ; Thermocyclops ; taxonomy ; operculifer-group ; Australia

Abstract:

The paper reports on the occurrence of five Thermocyclops species in urban subterranean habitats in North Queensland, Australia: T. crucis sp. nov., T. pseudoperculifer sp. nov., T. rylovi (Smirnov), T. crassus (Fischer), and T. decipiens (Kiefer). Females and males of T. operculifer (Kiefer), a supposedly close relative of the Australian taxon T. pseudoperculifer, is redescribed based on the holotype (Lombok) and non-typematerial (Sulawesi) from Indonesia. Thermocyclops crucis sp. nov. and T. pseudoperculifer sp. nov. (tropical coast of Queensland) share the caudally spinulose ornamentation of P2–P4 couplers and bare P1 coupler with T. operculifer (Indonesia: Lombok, Sulawesi) and T. uenoi (Japan: Kyushu, Tomogashima Island). Diagnostic values of the morphological characters used to define the ‘schmeili-group’ sensu Mirabdullayev and Fiers, to which both new Australian taxa might be allocated, are discussed. Finding of T. rylovi known so far from East Africa, Central and South Asia, in a semiarid inland locality in Queensland, is the first record of the species in Australia. Descriptions andillustrations of the diagnostic characters of T. crassus and T. decipiens are provided, andthe morphology of the Australian specimens is compared with that in the European and Southeast Asian representatives. An identification key to all Thermocyclops species occurring in Australia is added.

Relation:

Annales Zoologici

Volume:

56

Issue:

2

Start page:

335

End page:

367

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article : original article

Format:

application/pdf

Source:

MiIZ PAN, call no. P.255, vol 56, no 2 ; MiIZ PAN, call no. P.4314, vol 56, no 2 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

Language of abstract:

eng

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Restricted Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. Access only for persons authorised by the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

Digitizing institution:

Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

European Union. European Regional Development Fund ; Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure

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