Nitocrella

Nitocrella
Nitocrella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Maxillopoda
Subclass: Copepoda
Order: Harpacticoida
Family: Ameiridae
Genus: Nitocrella
Chappuis, 1923

Nitocrella is a genus of copepod. Although most other genera in the family Ameiridae are marine, species of Nitocrella are almost exclusively found in subterranean fresh water or brackish water.[1] More than 80 species are included in the genus,[2] including two which are listed as vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List:

  • Nitocrella absentia Karanovic, 2004
  • Nitocrella achaiae Pesce, 1981
  • Nitocrella aestuarina Coull & Bell, 1979
  • Nitocrella afghanica Sterba, 1973
  • Nitocrella africana Chappuis, 1955
  • Nitocrella akiereki Borutsky, 1978
  • Nitocrella asiatica (Sterba, 1967)
  • Nitocrella beatricis Cottarelli & Bruno, 1993
  • Nitocrella botosaneanui Petkovski, 1973
  • Nitocrella calcaripes Damian & Botosaneanu, 1954
  • Nitocrella caraioni Petkovski, 1976
  • Nitocrella chappuisi Kiefer, 1926
  • Nitocrella cubanorum Petkovski, 1976
  • Nitocrella delayi Rouch, 1970
  • Nitocrella divaricata (Chappuis, 1923)
  • Nitocrella dubia Chappuis, 1937
  • Nitocrella dussarti Chappuis & Rouch, 1959
  • Nitocrella elegans Chappuis & Rouch, 1959
  • Nitocrella ensifera Cottarelli, Bruno & Berera, 2007
  • Nitocrella fedelitae Pesce, 1985
  • Nitocrella gracilis Chappuis, 1955
  • Nitocrella halophila Noodt, 1952
  • Nitocrella herirudensis Sterba, 1973
  • Nitocrella hibernica (Brady, 1880)
  • Nitocrella hirta Chappuis, 1923
  • Nitocrella hofmilleri Brehm, 1953
  • Nitocrella hypogaea Shen & Tai, 1973
  • Nitocrella incerta (Chappuis, 1933)
  • Nitocrella insularis Miura, 1962
  • Nitocrella intermedia Chappuis, 1937
  • Nitocrella ioneli Dumont & Decraemer, 1974
  • Nitocrella iranica Löffler, 1959
  • Nitocrella jankowskajae Borutsky, 1972
  • Nitocrella japonica Miura, 1962
  • Nitocrella juturna Cottarelli, 1975
  • Nitocrella kirgizica Borutsky, 1972
  • Nitocrella kosswigi Noodt, 1954
  • Nitocrella kunzi Galassi & De Laurentiis, 1997
  • Nitocrella kyzylkumica Borutsky, 1972
  • Nitocrella ljovuschkini Borutsky, 1967
  • Nitocrella longa Karanovic, 2000
  • Nitocrella maggii Pesce, 1983
  • Nitocrella mara Löffler, 1959
  • Nitocrella marina Chappuis & Rouch, 1961
  • Nitocrella minoricae Chappuis & Rouch, 1959
  • Nitocrella monchenkoi Borutsky, 1972
  • Nitocrella montana Noodt, 1965
  • Nitocrella morettii Pesce, 1984
  • Nitocrella morimotoi Miura, 1962
  • Nitocrella motasi Petkovski, 1976
  • Nitocrella nana Sterba, 1973
  • Nitocrella negreai Petkovski, 1973
  • Nitocrella neutra Kiefer, 1933
  • Nitocrella obesa Karanovic, 2004
  • Nitocrella omega Hertzog, 1936
  • Nitocrella orghidani Petkovski, 1973
  • Nitocrella paceae Pesce, 1980
  • Nitocrella pescei Galassi & De Laurentiis, 1997
  • Nitocrella petkovskii Pesce, 1980
  • Nitocrella polychaeta Noodt, 1952
  • Nitocrella psammophila Chappuis, 1954
  • Nitocrella reducta Schäfer, 1936
  • Nitocrella rhodiensis Pesce, 1983
  • Nitocrella skyrensis Pesce, 1982
  • Nitocrella slovenica Petkovski, 1959 VU (Slovenia)[3]
  • Nitocrella somalica Dumont, 1981
  • Nitocrella spinulosa Apostolov, 1991
  • Nitocrella stammeri Chappuis, 1938
  • Nitocrella sterbai Borutsky, 1969
  • Nitocrella stetinai Sterba, 1973
  • Nitocrella stochi Pesce & Galassi, 1987 VU (Italy)[4]
  • Nitocrella stygia Apostolov, 1976
  • Nitocrella subterranea (Chappuis, 1928)
  • Nitocrella tianschanica Borutsky, 1972
  • Nitocrella tirolensis Kiefer, 1963
  • Nitocrella tonsa Mikhailova-Neikova, 1967
  • Nitocrella trajani Karanovic, 2004
  • Nitocrella tridens Bozic, 1969
  • Nitocrella tschaticalica Borutsky, 1978
  • Nitocrella unispinosa Shen & Tai, 1973
  • Nitocrella vasconica Chappuis, 1937
  • Nitocrella yokotai Miura, 1962

References

  1. ^ Diana M. P. Galassi & Paola de Laurentiis (1997). "Two new species of Nitocrella from groundwaters of Italy (Crustacea, Copepoda, Harpacticoida)" (PDF). Italian Journal of Zoology 64 (4): 367–376. doi:10.1080/11250009709356224. http://www.luciopesce.net/pdf/nitoc6.pdf. 
  2. ^ T. Chad Walter (2010). "Nitocrella Chappuis, 1923". In T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall. World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=150040. Retrieved November 3, 2010. 
  3. ^ Boris Sket (1996). "Nitocrella slovenica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/14810. Retrieved November 3, 2010. 
  4. ^ Boris Sket (1996). "Nitocrella stochi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/14809. Retrieved November 3, 2010.