Speleophria scottodicarloi

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Speleophria scottodicarloi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Subclass: Copepoda
Order: Misophrioida
Family: Speleophriidae
Genus: Speleophria
Species:
S. scottodicarloi
Binomial name
Speleophria scottodicarloi
Boxshall & Iliffe, 1990

Speleophria scottodicarloi is a species of crustacean in the family Speleophriidae. It is endemic to Chalk Cave, a collapsed cave in Smith's Parish, Bermuda, [2] and it listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List. [1] The pool it inhabits also contains Barbouria cubensis , Somersiella sterreri and Paracyclopia naessi . [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Iliffe, T.M. (1996). "Speleophria scottodicarloi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996: e.T20462A9202496. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T20462A9202496.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Geoffrey A. Boxshall & Thomas M. Iliffe (1990). "Three new species of misophrioid copepods from oceanic islands" (PDF). Journal of Natural History . 24 (3): 595–613. CiteSeerX   10.1.1.623.524 . doi:10.1080/00222939000770401.