Boris Sket, and Thomas M. Iliffe. 1980. Cave fauna of Bermuda.
Internationale Revue der gesamten Hydrobiologie, 65:871-882.
Sea-level pools are found in most of Bermuda's known caves.
Although the terrestrial fauna of the caves is sparse, a rich aquatic fauna
inhabits the pools. While many of the marine cave animals are more or less
regular immigrants from open littoral habitats, a number of new species have
been discovered, including blind and probably subterranean ones.
Zoogeographical connections exist between Bermuda's cave fauna and those of the
West Indies and the Mediterranean.
Boris Sket, Department of Biology, University of
Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia -Thomas M. Iliffe, Department of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University at
Galveston, P.O. Box 1675, Galveston, Texas 77553, USA.
E-mail:
bsket@Uni-Lj.si -
iliffet@tamug.edu
Keywords:
Bermuda; cave fauna; marine; subterranean.
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