Calamoecia
Encyclopedia
Calamoecia is a genus of copepod
s in the family Centropagidae
confined to Australasia
. It is thought to have evolved since the separation of the Australian continent from Antarctica. Three of the Australia
n endemic species are listed as vulnerable species
on the IUCN Red List
(marked VU in the list below). The genus contains the following species:
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...
confined to Australasia
Australasia
Australasia is a region of Oceania comprising Australia, New Zealand, the island of New Guinea, and neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean. The term was coined by Charles de Brosses in Histoire des navigations aux terres australes...
. It is thought to have evolved since the separation of the Australian continent from Antarctica. Three of 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 endemic species 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...
(marked VU in the list below). The genus contains the following species:
- Calamoecia ampulla (Searle, 1911)
- Calamoecia attenuata (Fairbridge, 1945)
- Calamoecia australica G. O. Sars, 1908
- Calamoecia australis (Searle, 1911)
- Calamoecia baylyi Timms, 2001
- Calamoecia canberra Bayly, 1962
- Calamoecia clitellata Bayly, 1962
- Calamoecia elongata Bayly, 1979
- Calamoecia gibbosa (Brehm, 1950)
- Calamoecia halsei Bayly, 1998
- Calamoecia longicornis (Sars G.O., 1912)
- Calamoecia lucasi Brady, 1906
- Calamoecia salina (Nicholls, 1944)
- Calamoecia steeli (Henry, 1924)
- Calamoecia tasmanica (G. W. Smith, 1909)
- Calamoecia trifida Bayly, 1961
- Calamoecia trilobata Halse & McRae, 2001
- Calamoecia ultima (Brehm, 1960)
- Calamoecia viridis (Searle, 1911)
- Calamoecia zeidleri Bayly, 1984