Copepods from ground waters of Western Australia, VI. Cyclopidae (Crustacea: Copepoda) from the Yilgarn Region and the Swan Coastal Plain

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ABSTRACT – Species of cyclopoid copepods collected from the Yilgarn Region included Halicyclops eberhardi sp. nov., Metacyclops cf. monacanthus Kiefer, 1928 and Microcyclops varicans (G. O. Sars, 1863). Metacyclops fiersi sp. novo was recorded from the Swan Coastal Plain.

The discovery of Halicyclops eberhardi sp. novo increases to five the number of congeners from Australia, the others being H. ambiguus Kiefer, 1967 from south-eastern Australia, H. longifurcatus Pesce et al., 1996 and H. spinifer Kiefer, 1935, both from the Cape Range, north-western Australia, and H. rochai De Laurentiis et aI., 1999, from the Robe River Basin, Western Australia.

The discovery of Metacyclops fiersi sp. novo and Metacyclops cf. monacanthus brings to five the number of species and subspecies of the genus from Australia, the others being M. arnaudi (G. O. Sars, 1908) and M. arnaudi platypus Kiefer, 1967, both from Victoria, and M. mortoni Pesce et al., 1996, from north-western Australia.