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Jan H. Stock, John R. Holsinger, Boris Sket & Thomas M. Iliffe (1986). The
genus Pseudoniphargus (Amphipoda) in Bermuda groundwaters. Zoologica Scripta 15:237-249.
The genus Pseudoniphargus comprises a number of
stygobiont Amphipoda, distributed on both sides of the Atlantic. In Bermuda,
groundwaters are inhabited by two species. P. grandimanus and P.
carpalis, both new. They occur throughout the entire salinity spectrum,
from infrahaline to euhaline, but are most abundant in oligohaline waters.
Large adults, but no ovigerous specimens, are found at greater distance from
the sea coast than juveniles. Which may indicate that Pseudoniphargus
needs anchihaline/marine waters for its reproduction and that juveniles
migrate inland to grow up.
Jan H. Stock, deceased
– John R. Holsinger, Department of
Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23508, USA
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Boris Sket, Department of Biology, University of
Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
– Thomas M. Iliffe, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Department of Marine Biology, Galveston Texas 77553-1675, USA.
E-mail:
jholsing@odu.edu –
bsket@Uni-Lj.si – iliffet@tamug.edu
Keywords: Amphipoda; Pseudoniphargus; anchialine caves; groundwater; Bermuda.
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