Halicyclops fosteri

Author
M.S. Wilson, 1958

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
10 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Gulf of Mexico
Habitat-Biology
  • planktonic
  • estuarine
  • euryhaline
  • benthic
  • soft substrate
  • endemic to Gulf of Mexico
References

  • Fleeger, J. W., W. B. Sikora, and J. P. Sikora. 1983. Spatial and long-term temporal variation of meiobenthic-hyperbenthic copepods in Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 16: 441–453.

  • Gillespie, M. C. 1971. Analysis and treatment of zooplankton of estuarine waters of Lousiana. Pp. 107–175 in Louisiana Wild Life and Fisheries Commission, ed. Cooperative Gulf of Mexico Estuarine Inventory and Study (Lousiana).

  • Rocha, C. E. F., T. M. Iliffe, J. W. Reid, and E. Suárez-Morales. 1998. A new species of Halicyclops (Copepoda, Cyclopoida, Cyclopidae) from cenotes of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, with an identification key for the species of the genus from the Caribbean region and adjacent areas. Sarsia 83: 387–399.

  • Wilson, M. S. 1958a. The copepod genus Halicyclops in North America, with description of a new species from Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, and the Texas coast. Tulane Studies in Zoology 6: 176–189.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Suárez-Morales, E., J. W. Fleeger, and P. A. Montagna. 2009. Free-Living Copepoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 841–869 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 04-26-2024.

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