Thermomesochra
| Thermomesochra | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Maxillopoda |
| Subclass: | Copepoda |
| Order: | Harpacticoida |
| Family: | Canthocamptidae |
| Genus: | Thermomesochra Itô & Burton, 1980 |
| Species: | T. reducta |
| Binomial name | |
| Thermomesochra reducta Itô & Burton, 1980 | |
Thermomesochra reducta is a species of copepod in the family Canthocamptidae, and the only species in the genus Thermomesochra. It is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List.[1]
T. reducta was described in 1980 from a hot spring at Dusun Tua, Selangor, Malaysia,[2] where it lives at temperatures of 38–58 °C (100–136 °F).[3]
References
- ↑ J. W. Reid ({{{year}}}). "Thermomesochra reducta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved November 22, 2010. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ T. Itô & J. J. S. Burton (1980). "A new genus and species of the family Canthocamptidae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from a hot spring at Dusun Tua, Selangor, Malaysia". Zoologische Jahrbücher (Systematik) 107: 1–31.
- ↑ Janet W. Reid (2001). "A human challenge: discovering and understanding continental copepod habitats". In Rubens M. Lopes; Janet Warner Reid; Carlos Eduardo Falavigna da Rocha. Copepoda: developments in ecology, biology, and systematics : proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Copepoda, held in Curitiba, Brazil, 25-31 July 1999. Volume 156 of Developments in Hydrobiology. Springer. pp. 201–226. ISBN 978-0-7923-7048-2.
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