A new species of cave-living calanoid copepod from Grand Bahama Academic Article

abstract

• A new species of Fosshagenia Surez-Morales & Iliffe, F. suarezi, is described from anchialine caves in Grand Bahama. It is compared with F. ferrarii Surez-Morales & Iliffe which has been re-examined. The two species are considered closely related, mainly distinguished by the fifth legs of both sexes and by the genital double segment of the female. Owing to the close relationship of Fosshagenia to Temoropia T. Scott it is inferred that its ancestors may have invaded caves from plankton in deep water.

authors

• Iliffe, Thomas

published proceedings

• SARSIA

author list (cited authors)

• Fosshagen, A., & Iliffe, T. M.

citation count

• 3

complete list of authors

• Fosshagen, A||Iliffe, TM

publication date

• January 2004

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• Marine Biology Research  Journal

keywords

• Anchialine Caves
• Bahamas
• Calanoida
• Fosshageniidae
• Taxonomy

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1080/00364820410002613

start page

• 346

end page

• 354

volume

• 89

issue

• 5

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00364820410002613