Rediscovered after 77 years: Odontodiaptomus thomseni - a rare species of calanoid (Crustacea: Copepoda) from South America

Rediscovered after 77 years: Odontodiaptomus thomseni - a rare species of calanoid (Crustacea: Copepoda) from South America

The freshwater copepod Odontodiaptomus thomseni (Brehm, 1933) (Calanoida: Diaptomidae) is a rare species that has been reported only once - in its original description (BREHM 1933). The lack of subsequent records led to its inclusion in the Red List of threatened species (IUCN). Here we present a ne...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gilmar Perbiche-Neves, Geoff A. Boxshall, Carlos E. F. da Rocha, Marcos G. Nogueira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia 2012-04-01
Series:Zoologia (Curitiba)
Subjects:
Copepod
rare
red list
taxonomy
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702012000200010

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