A new species of Acanthocyclops Kiefer, 1927 (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) from ephemeral and permanent waterbodies of Sian Ka’an and Calakmul biosphere reserves, Mexico

What is it about?

A new species of the genus Acanthocyclops (Copepoda, Cyclopoida) is described from permanent and temporal waterbodies of two Biosphere Reserves in the Yucatán Península. The species is described using morphology and molecular methods and it represents the third species recognize from the Neotropical region of the Americas.

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