Calamoecia Explained
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]
Notes and References
- I. A. E. Bayly . 1962 . Additions to the inland water genus Calamoecia (Copepoda: Calanoida) . . 13 . 252–264 . . 10.1071/mf9620252.
- Book: Estelle V. Balian . Christian Lévêque . Hendrik Segers . Koen Martens . 2008 . Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment . Volume 198 of Developments in Hydrobiology . . 978-1-4020-8258-0 . 195–207 . Global diversity of copepods (Crustacea: Copepoda) in freshwater . Geoff A. Boxshall . Danielle Defaye . 10.1007/s10750-007-9014-4 . https://books.google.com/books?id=Dw4H6DBHnAgC&pg=PA202.
- Web site: Calamoecia Brady, 1906 . T. Chad Walter . T. Chad Walter . Geoff Boxshall . 2009 . World Copepoda database . . December 30, 2009.
- J. W. Reid . Calamoecia australica . 1996 . e.T3512A9912162 . 1996 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T3512A9912162.en .
- J. W. Reid . Calamoecia elongata . 1996 . e.T3513A9913644 . 1996 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T3513A9913644.en .
- J. W. Reid . Calamoecia zeidleri . 1996 . e.T3514A9914319 . 1996 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T3514A9914319.en .
