Thermosphaeroma subequalum,n. gen., n. sp. (crustacea: Isopoda) from Big Bend National Park,Texas |
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| Authors: | Gerald A Cole Carol A Bane |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Zoology, Arizona State University, 85281 Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A.;(2) Stephenville High School, 76401 Stephenville, Texas, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | A new species of the Sphaeromatidae (Thermosphaeroma subequalum) is described from thermal waters (32° –35dgC) in Big Bend National Park, Brewster Co., Texas. A new genus, Thermosphaeroma, is proposed to include the Texas species and other sphaeromatids from hot springs in the American Southwest and Mexico: Exosphaeroma dugesi (Dolffus, 1893) from Aguascalientes, Mexico, and E. thermophilum (Richardson, 1897) from Socorro, New Mexico.Supported by National Park Service Contract PX 7000 3 0502, awarded to Owen T. Lind, Baylor University. |
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| Keywords: | Isopoda Sphaeromatidae Thermosphaeroma thermal fauna Texas U S National Park |
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