COPEPODS FROM GROUND WATERS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, I. THE GENERA METACYCLOPS, MESOCYCLOPS, MICROCYCLOPS AND APOCYCLOPS (CRUSTACEA COPEPODA CYCLOPIDAE)

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Abstract - Metacyclops mortoni sp. nov. and Mesocyclops brooksi sp. nov. are described from ground waters of the Cape Range karst area, northwestern Australia. New localities for the species Microcyclops varicans G. O. Sars, 1863 and Apocyclops dengizicus (Lepechkine, 1900) are reported from the same area. The distribution of the above species is greatly extended to northwestern Australia.