Speleophria scottodicarloi

Speleophria scottodicarloi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Maxillopoda
Subclass: Copepoda
Order: Misophrioida
Family: Speleophriidae
Genus: Speleophria
Species: S. scottodicarloi
Binomial name
Speleophria scottodicarloi
Boxshall & Iliffe, 1990

Speleophria scottodicarloi is a species of crustacean in the family Speleophriidae. It is endemic to Chalk Cave, a collapsed cave in Smith's Parish, Bermuda,[2] and it listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List.[1] The pool it inhabits also contains Barbouria cubensis, Somersiella sterreri and Paracyclopia naessi.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 T. M. Iliffe (1996). "Speleophria scottodicarloi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1996: e.T20462A9202496. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T20462A9202496.en. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 Geoffrey A. Boxshall & Thomas M. Iliffe (1990). "Three new species of misophrioid copepods from oceanic islands" (PDF). Journal of Natural History. 24 (3): 595–613. doi:10.1080/00222939000770401.


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