First record of Thermosbaenacea (Crustacea) from the Southern Hemisphere: a new species from a cave in tropical Western Australia
- 1 January 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by CSIRO Publishing in Invertebrate Systematics
- Vol. 6 (3) , 719-725
- https://doi.org/10.1071/it9920719
Abstract
The crustacean order Thermosbaenacea is reported for the first time from the Southern Hemisphere, from almost fresh water in a cave habitat in tropical Western Australia. Halosbaena tulki, sp. nov. belongs to a genus previously known only from saline waters in the West Indies, Columbia and Canary Is. The discovery is consistent with a very ancient origin of the order and distribution of the genus by plate movements following the breakup of Pangaea.Keywords
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