Gelyelloida, a new order of stygobiont copepods from European karstic systems

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Part of book or chapter of book 01 Jan 1988 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Hydrobiologia, volume 167-168, pages 485-495 (issn: 0018-8158, eissn: 1573-5117,

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Authors: Rony Huys;

doi: 10.1007/bf00026343 , 10.1007/978-94-009-3103-9_55

Gelyelloida, a new order of stygobiont copepods from European karstic systems

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A new order, Gelyelloida, is proposed for Gelyella Rouch & Lescher-Moutoue, 1977 (ex Harpacticoida), an enigmatic genus of freshwater-inhabiting copepod from European karstic systems. The new order is characterized by a unique combination of generalised gnathostomous mouth parts and unusual derived features, some of them suggesting a possible neotenic origin for the order. It is suggested that gelyellids have had a long evolutionary history and separated as an early offshoot of the main cyclopoid lineage.

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