COPEPODS FROM GROUND WATERS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, II. THE GENUS HALICYCLOPS (CRUSTACEA COPEPODA CYCLOPIDAE)

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Abstract - Halicyclops longifurcatus n.sp. is described from groundwaters of the Cape Range karst area, north-western Australia. Halicyclops spinifer Kiefer 1935, from the same region, is for the first time recorded from Australia. These findings increase to three the number of congeners from Australia, the other being H. ambiguus Kiefer, 1967, reported from the southeastern part of the continent.