Diversity of freshwater zooplankton in the neotropics the case of Mexico
The distributional patterns and diversity of the diaptomid calanoid copepods were analysed to assess the faunistic affinity of North and South America with respect to Mexico and Central America. In the Neotropical region, the most speciose genera of Diaptomidae are Leptodiaptomus and Mastigodiaptomus. The former genus is a Nearctic form, and Mastigodiaptomus is Neotropical. Based on the current distribution of their diversity, it is probable that these genera radiated into Mexico and Central America from North America and the insular Caribbean, respectively. Arctodiaptomus dorsalis is a primarily Palaearctic taxon, it is widely distributed between North and Central America.
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| Format: | Texto biblioteca |
| Language: | eng |
| Subjects: | Zooplanctón de agua dulce, Cladóceros, Copépodos, Rotíferos, Zoogeografía, |
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