Raymond B. Manning, C.W. Hart, Jr. and Thomas M. Iliffe (1986). Mesozoic
relicts in marine caves of Bermuda. Stygologia 2:156-166.
Evidence is presented supporting the hypothesis that some of
the invertebrates inhabiting marine caves in Bermuda and the Caribbean may
have invaded those systems before the opening of the North Atlantic in the
Jurassic. It is suggested that the cave habitats provide a potential
continuum of habitats from the deep-sea to above sea level fresh waters, and
that these habitats could have been entered anywhere in the water column.
Raymond B. Manning, deceased
- Thomas M. Iliffe, Department of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University at
Galveston, P.O. Box 1675, Galveston, Texas 77553, USA.
E-mail: iliffet@tamug.edu
Keywords: anchialine, caves, Bermuda, evolution, deep-sea, Mesozoic, relict.
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