Boeckella
Encyclopedia
Boeckella is a genus of copepod
s in the family Centropagidae
. It contains 53 species, of which five are listed as vulnerable species
on the IUCN Red List
– the Australia
n endemics B. bispinosa, B. geniculata, B. nyoraensis and B. shieli, and B. calcaris from Bolivia
and Peru
.
Copepod
Copepods are a group of small crustaceans found in the sea and nearly every freshwater habitat. Some species are planktonic , some are benthic , and some continental species may live in limno-terrestrial habitats and other wet terrestrial places, such as swamps, under leaf fall in wet forests,...
s in the family Centropagidae
Centropagidae
Centropagidae is a family of copepods. Its members are particularly common as plankton in coastal waters and in fresh water in Australia and southern South America...
. It contains 53 species, of which five are listed as vulnerable species
Vulnerable species
On 30 January 2010, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species identified 9694 Vulnerable species, subspecies and varieties, stocks and sub-populations.-References:...
on the IUCN Red List
IUCN Red List
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species , founded in 1963, is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species. The International Union for Conservation of Nature is the world's main authority on the conservation status of species...
– the Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n endemics B. bispinosa, B. geniculata, B. nyoraensis and B. shieli, and B. calcaris from Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
and Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
.
- Boeckella ambigua Percival, 1937
- Boeckella anderssonorum (Ekman, 1905)
- Boeckella antiqua Menu-Marque & Balseiro, 2000
- Boeckella asymmetrica Searle, 1914
- Boeckella bergi Richard, 1897
- Boeckella bispinosa Bayly, 1967
- Boeckella brasiliensis (Lubbock, 1855)
- Boeckella brevicaudata (Brady, 1875)
- Boeckella calcaris (Harding, 1955)
- Boeckella coronaria Henry, 1922
- Boeckella delicata Percival, 1937
- Boeckella denticornis Brehm, 1950
- Boeckella diamantina Menu-Marque & Zúñiga, 1994
- Boeckella dilatata G. O. Sars, 1904
- Boeckella erubescens (Brehm, 1935)
- Boeckella fluvialis Henry, 1922
- Boeckella geniculata Bayly, 1964
- Boeckella gibbosa (Brehm, 1935)
- Boeckella gracilipes Daday, 1901
- Boeckella gracilis (Daday, 1902)
- Boeckella hamata Brehm, 1928
- Boeckella insignis G. W. Smith, 1909
- Boeckella klutei (Brehm, 1926)
- Boeckella lacuna Fairbridge, 1945
- Boeckella longicauda Daday, 1901
- Boeckella longicornis (Nicolet, 1849)
- Boeckella longisetosa G. W. Smith, 1909
- Boeckella major Searle, 1938
- Boeckella meteoris Kiefer, 1928
- Boeckella michaelseni (Mrázek, 1901)
- Boeckella minuta G. O. Sars, 1896
- Boeckella montana Bayly, 1964
- Boeckella nyoraensis Searle, 1912
- Boeckella occidentalis Marsh, 1906
- Boeckella opaqua Fairbridge, 1945
- Boeckella palustrisBoeckella palustrisBoeckella palustris is a species of copepod that lives in South America. It is found in shallow pools, including the highest body of water ever to have yielded a crustacean, at an altitude of in the Andes. It was described independently by two scientists in 1955, using material brought back by...
(Harding, 1955) - Boeckella poopoensis Marsh, 1906
- Boeckella poppei (Mrázek, 1901)
- Boeckella propinqua G. O. Sars, 1904
- Boeckella pseudochelae Searle, 1912
- Boeckella robusta G. O. Sars, 1896
- Boeckella rubra G. W. Smith, 1909
- Boeckella saycei G. O. Sars, 1908
- Boeckella shieli Bayly, 1985
- Boeckella silvestri (Daday, 1901)
- Boeckella symmetrica G. O. Sars, 1908
- Boeckella tanea Chapman, 1973
- Boeckella tenera G. O. Sars, 1912
- Boeckella thomseni Brehm, 1937
- Boeckella timmsi Bayly, 1998
- Boeckella titicacae Harding, 1955
- Boeckella triarticulata (G. M. Thomson, 1883)
- Boeckella vallentini (T. Scott, 1914)