Redescription of Eurycercus ( Teretifrons ) glacialis (Cladocera, Chydoridae), and description of a new species, E . ( T .) nigracanthus , from Newfoundland, Canada

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Author: Hann, B. J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1990
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Canada; Kamchatka Peninsula; Bering Island; Kamchatka; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z90-298; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z90-298

A redescription of Eurycercus (Teretifrons) glacialis Lilljeborg, 1901 is given, based solely on type material from Bering Island, Komandorski Islands (= Commander Islands), east of Kamchatka Peninsula, USSR. Eurycercus nigracanthus n.sp. is described from Newfoundland, and represents the most south...