| Text | 468805 2020 10.5038/1827 806X.49.2.2316 Scopus 2 s2.0 85085879699 subterranean fauna anchialine Polynoidae Nerillidae Remipedia Anchialine biodiversity in the Turks and Caicos islands New discoveries and current faunal composition Gonzalez B.C.; Martinez A.; Olesen J.; Truskey S.B.; Ballou L.; Allentoft Larsen M.; Daniels J.; Heinerth P.; Parrish M.; Manco N.; Ward J.; Iliffe T.M.; Osborn K.J.; Worsaae K. Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, P.O. Box 37012, Washington D.C., USA, , , United States; Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, P.O. Box 37012, Washington D.C., USA, , , United States; Molecular Ecology Group, Water Research Institute, National Research Council of Italy, Largo Tonolli 50, Verbania Pallanza, 28922, Molecular Ecology Group, Water Research Institute, National Research Council of Italy, Largo Tonolli 50, 28922, Verbania Pallanza, Italy, , Italy; Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, Copenhagen Ø, Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark, , , Denmark; Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, Copenhagen Ø, Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark, , , Denmark; Marine Biological Section, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 4, Copenhagen Ø, Marine Biological Section, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 4, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark, , Denmark; Marine Science Center, Northeastern University, Nahant, MA, Marine Science Center, Northeastern University, Nahant, Massachusetts, USA, , United States; Marine Biology Department, Texas A M University at Galveston, Galveston, TX, Marine Biology Department, Texas A M University at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA, , United States; Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA, USA, , United States; Professional Technical Diver, Hudson, FL, Professional Technical Diver, Hudson, Florida, USA, , United States; Big Blue Collective, Leeward Highway, Leeward Settlement, Big Blue Collective, Leeward Highway, Leeward Settlement, Turks and Caicos Islands, , Turks and Caicos Islands; Dive Provo, Grace Bay Road, Grace Bay, Dive Provo, Grace Bay Road, Grace Bay, Turks and Caicos Islands, , Turks and Caicos Islands Lying at the southernmost point ofthe Lucayan Archipelago, the Turks and Caicos Islands are amongst the better studied localities for anchialine cave biodiversity. For nearly five decades, novel invertebrate fauna, comprised primarily of crustaceans, have been collected from these tidally influenced pools but new findings are always on the horizon. Herein we present new records of crustaceans and annelids from anchialine blue holes and horizontal caves of the Turks and Caicos. These findings include two potentially new species of meiofaunal annelids and a new species of remipede collected from a shallow water cave pool. Our 2019 expedition additionally expands known faunal distributions for several taxa across the Caicos islands, and raises the biodiversity of the region to 35 species, 13 of them considered endemic. This is the first comprehensive faunal list for the anchialine systems in the Caicos Bank. 49 Published version http //www.scopus.com/record/display.url eid=2 s2.0 85085879699 origin=inward Articolo in rivista Swets and Zeitlinger 0392 6672 International Journal of Speleology Testo stamp. International Journal of Speleology Testo stamp. Int. J. Speleol. Testo stamp. International Journal of Speleology. Testo stamp. International Journal of Speleology Lisse Testo stamp. alejandro.martinezgarcia MARTINEZ GARCIA ALEJANDRO |
