Taxonomy, ecology and zoogeography of two East Antarctic freshwater calanoid copepod species: Boeckella poppei and Gladioferens antarcticus

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Bayly, IAE, Gibson, JAE, Wagner, B, Swadling, KM
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: 270701 Freshwater Ecology; Amery Oasis; biogeography; Bunger Hills; ecology; epishelf lake; Gondwana; vicariance; Amery; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Bayly; Boeckella; East Antarctica; Single Lake; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica; antarcticus; Copepods
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/3620/; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/3620/1/BAYLY.PDF; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102003001548

New populations of the two species of calanoid copepods known to inhabit freshwater lakes in East Antarctica, Boeckella poppei (Mrázek, 1901) and Gladioferens antarcticus Bayly, 1994, have recently been discovered. The morphology of the populations of B. poppei showed significant differences, notabl...