Nitocrellopsis texana n. sp from central TX (USA) and N-ahaggarensis n. sp from the central Algerian Sahara (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) uri icon

abstract

  • Nitocrellopsis texana n. sp. found in samples collected by SCUBA divers in Honey Creek Cave (Texas, U.S.A.) is described. This species is the first representative of this stygobitic taxon from a Northern American locality. The original description of N. ioneli (Dumont and Decraemer, 1975) is amended and the closely related N. ahaggarensis n. sp. is described from a well near Tamanghasset in the Ahaggar mountains in Algeria. The monophyly of Nitocrellopsis is discussed and its present day distribution is analyzed.

published proceedings

  • HYDROBIOLOGIA

altmetric score

  • 7.288

author list (cited authors)

  • Fiers, F., & Iliffe, T. M.

citation count

  • 6

complete list of authors

  • Fiers, F||Iliffe, TM

publication date

  • January 2000