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Redescription of Speocyclops orcinus Kiefer, 1937 (Copepoda Cyclopoida Cyclopidae) from the type locality, Cave Iriberi, in southern France
Fiers, F.; Pandourski, I. (2008). Redescription of Speocyclops orcinus Kiefer, 1937 (Copepoda Cyclopoida Cyclopidae) from the type locality, Cave Iriberi, in southern France. Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 78: 5-16
In: Bulletin van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen. Biologie = Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. Biologie. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Bruxelles. ISSN 0374-6429
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Keywords
    Descriptions
    Sex > Females
    Systematics
    Copepoda [WoRMS]; Cyclopidae Rafinesque, 1815 [WoRMS]; Speocyclops orcinus Kiefer, 1937 [WoRMS]
    France [Marine Regions]
    Marine/Coastal; Fresh water

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  • Fiers, F.
  • Pandourski, I.

Abstract
    Female and male of the subterranean cyclopid copepod Speocyclops orcinus Kiefer, 1937 are described; the female for the first time. The material used in the present description was collected at the type locality, Cave Iriberi, a vast karst complex in the Department Atlantic Pyrenees, France. The specimens are compared with the type specimens lodged in the Friedrich Kiefer copepod collection at Karlsruhe, Germany. Sp, orcinus is found to be a true representative of the cyclopine genus Speocyclops and is reallocated to itfrom Allocyclops Kiefer, 1932 to which it has been recently assigned.

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