Speleophria scottodicarloi

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]

Speleophria scottodicarloi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Copepoda
Order: Misophrioida
Family: Speleophriidae
Genus: Speleophria
Species:
S. scottodicarloi
Binomial name
Speleophria scottodicarloi
Boxshall & Iliffe, 1990

References

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  1. ^ a b Iliffe, T.M. (1996). "Speleophria scottodicarloi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T20462A9202496. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T20462A9202496.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b 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. Bibcode:1990JNatH..24..595B. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.623.524. doi:10.1080/00222939000770401.