Halicyclops gaviriai

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyclopoida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Copepoda Infraclassis: Neocopepoda Superordo: Podoplea Ordo: Cyclopoida

Suborder: Cyclopida
Familia: Cyclopidae
Subfamilia: Halicyclopinae
Genus: Halicyclops
Species: Halicyclops gaviriai

Name

• Halicyclops gaviriai Suárez-Morales & Fuentes-Reinés, 2014: 37, figs. 1-4

Holotype: UARC 393Z, ♀, 2007, coll. Juan M. Fuentes-Reinés.

Type locality: COLUMBIA: Laguna Navío Quebrado, La Guajira, northern Colombia (11°25'N; 73°5'W).

Etymology: The species is named after Dr. Santiago Gaviria for his work on Colombian copepods and his leadership in the formation of new generations of planktologists.

References

• Suárez-Morales, E.; Fuentes-Reinés, J.M. 2014: A new species of Halicyclops (Copepoda, Cyclopoida, Cyclopidae) from a lagoon system of the Caribbean coast of Colombia. ZooKeys 459: 35-47. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.459.7972 Reference page.  [See p. 37, and figs. 1-4; original description]