Calamoecia

Calamoecia
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Order: Calanoida
Family: Centropagidae
Genus:
Brady, 1906

Calamoecia is a genus of copepods in the family Centropagidae confined to Australasia.[1] It is thought to have evolved since the separation of the Australian continent from Antarctica.[2] Three of the Australian endemic species are listed as vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List (marked VU in the list below). The genus contains the following species:[3]

  • Calamoecia ampulla (Searle, 1911)
  • Calamoecia attenuata (Fairbridge, 1945)
  • Calamoecia australica G. O. Sars, 1908 [4]
  • Calamoecia australis (Searle, 1911)
  • Calamoecia baylyi Timms, 2001
  • Calamoecia canberra Bayly, 1962
  • Calamoecia clitellata Bayly, 1962
  • Calamoecia elongata Bayly, 1979 [5]
  • Calamoecia gibbosa (Brehm, 1950)
  • Calamoecia halsei Bayly, 1998
  • Calamoecia longicornis (Sars G.O., 1912)
  • Calamoecia lucasi Brady, 1906
  • Calamoecia salina (Nicholls, 1944)
  • Calamoecia steeli (Henry, 1924)
  • Calamoecia tasmanica (G. W. Smith, 1909)
  • Calamoecia trifida Bayly, 1961
  • Calamoecia trilobata Halse & McRae, 2001
  • Calamoecia ultima (Brehm, 1960)
  • Calamoecia viridis (Searle, 1911)
  • Calamoecia zeidleri Bayly, 1984 [6]

References

  1. ^ I. A. E. Bayly (1962). "Additions to the inland water genus Calamoecia (Copepoda: Calanoida)" (PDF). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 13 (3): 252–264. doi:10.1071/mf9620252.
  2. ^ Geoff A. Boxshall; Danielle Defaye (2008). "Global diversity of copepods (Crustacea: Copepoda) in freshwater". In Estelle V. Balian; Christian Lévêque; Hendrik Segers; Koen Martens (eds.). Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment. Volume 198 of Developments in Hydrobiology. Springer. pp. 195–207. doi:10.1007/s10750-007-9014-4. ISBN 978-1-4020-8258-0.
  3. ^ T. Chad Walter (2009). T. Chad Walter; Geoff Boxshall (eds.). "Calamoecia Brady, 1906". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved December 30, 2009.
  4. ^ J. W. Reid (1996). "Calamoecia australica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T3512A9912162. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T3512A9912162.en.
  5. ^ J. W. Reid (1996). "Calamoecia elongata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T3513A9913644. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T3513A9913644.en.
  6. ^ J. W. Reid (1996). "Calamoecia zeidleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T3514A9914319. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T3514A9914319.en.