Copepods from ground waters of Western Australia, II.
The genus Halicyclops (Crustacea: Copepoda: Cyclopidae)

G.L.Pesce ¹, P. De Laurentiis¹ & W.F.Humphreys ²
Records of the Western Australian Museum 18: 77-85 (1996)

Halicyclops longifurcatus n.sp. is described from groundwaters of the Cape Range karst area, north-western Australia. Halicyclops spinifer Kiefer 1935, from the same region, is for the first time recorded from Australia, These findings increase to three the number of congeners from Australia, the other being H. ambiguuus Kiefer 1967, reported from the southeastern part of the continent.

1. Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, University of L'Aquila, Via Vetoio I-67100 L'Aquila, Italy
e-mail: pesce@aquila.infn.it

2. Western Australian Museum, Francis Street, Perth, Western Australia 6000, Australia
e-mail: humphw@museum.wa.gov.au

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