Mastigodiaptomus galapagoensis n. sp. (Crustacea: Copepoda: Diaptomidae), a possibly extinct copepod from a crater lake of the Galápagos archipelago

Background A new species of a Neotropical diaptomid copepod is described based on individuals recovered from a small, almost forgotten collection of unique plankton samples from El Junco, a crater lake in San Cristóbal island, Galápagos archipelago. This copepod was regularly reported (1966–2004) as...

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Main Authors: Manuel Elías-Gutiérrez, Miriam Steinitz-Kannan, Eduardo Suárez-Morales, Carlos López
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2023-08-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/15807.pdf