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 Copepod from forest floor!
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| pwalter |
Posted on 19-10-2009 20:32
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 Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
Hi, has anyone seen a copepod on forest floor, on leaf litter? This was about 0,5 mm long. Canthocamptidae? NE HU, Oct.
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| John Bratton |
Posted on 22-10-2009 15:25
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Member Location: Menai Bridge, North Wales, UK Posts: 654 Joined: 17.10.06 |
Certainly a harpacticoid copepod, and yes, there is one known from wet leaf litter. I'll look up its name when I get home. Not that yours is necessarily the same species as is found in Britain. |
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| pwalter |
Posted on 22-10-2009 16:23
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Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
Thank You, on a german forum somebody told me about an article in 'Mikrokosmos' about terrestrial Copepods, so maybe there are more species in Europe. I was suprised to read elswhere that there are terrestrial Ostracods also! |
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| John Bratton |
Posted on 22-10-2009 18:19
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Member Location: Menai Bridge, North Wales, UK Posts: 654 Joined: 17.10.06 |
The species recorded in Britain is Moraria arboricola Scourfield. It was first found in pools in tree holes, but also known from the leaf carpet of woods and from Sphagnum among Juncus (Fryer, G. 1993 The freshwater Crustacea of Yorkshire. Yorkshire Naturalists' Union). John |
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| pwalter |
Posted on 22-10-2009 22:19
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Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
Thank You! |
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