Continental copepods (Crustacea: Hexanauplia) of Colombia: revision and additions to the inventory

Abstract

We present the compilation of published and unpublished records of continental copepods of Colombia, as well as personal observations by the authors, yielding an additional list of 52 species and subspecies (7 calanoids, 20 cyclopoids, 25 harpacticoids). In addition to our former inventory (2007) of 69 species, the total number now reaches 121 taxa, increasing by 75 % the known number of continental copepods. Freshwater taxa increased in 15 species and subspecies. The number of brackish species (and marine species collected in brackish environments), recorded from coastal lagoons and temporal offshore ponds reached 39 species and subspecies. Thirteen taxa with locus typicus in Colombia have been described since 2007. Between 2007 and 2018, thirty-nine departmental records were made, and 43 new habitat records were reported (not including the species recorded as new for the country). Parasitic copepods of fish reached six species. However, the number of species is expected to increase with the survey of poorly studied regions like the Amazon and the Eastern Plains, and habitats like groundwater, benthos of lakes and ponds, semiterrestrial environments and additional coastal lagoons.

Diversidad Y Estructura De La Comunidad Zooplanctónica en La Ciénaga De Paredes

“…La ciénaga de Paredes presenta una riqueza y composición similar a la descrita para otros lagos tropicales de Colombia (Aguirre, 2014;Dorado et al, 2008;Gallo et al, 2006;Gaviria y Aranguren, 2019;Palacio et al, 2008). La distribución de las especies es semejante a lo que se describe para otros sistemas cenagosos a lo largo del Magdalena Medio (Aguirre, 2014;Barón et al, 2006;Criales-Hernández et al, 2020;Gallo et al, 2009;Solís y Criales-Hernández, 2016).…”

Occurrence of Notodiaptomus maracaibensis Kiefer, 1954 (Copepoda, Calanoida, Diaptomidae) from an ephemeral pond in northern Colombia

“…Notodiaptomus maracabiensis was originally described by Kiefer (1954) in Lago de Maracaibo, Venezuela. Hitherto, this species has been recorded in both the Caribbean and Pacific regions in Colombia, having a wide distribution in the former (Gaviria and Aranguren, 2019) This paper aims to document the first finding of N. maracabiensis in the La Guajira Department. Unlike previous regional and national records, our report includes a brief description of the specimens examined, illustrations of relevant taxonomic traits of this species, and a comparative analysis concerning its closest congener in the country.…”

“…henseni (Dahl, 1894), N. maracaibensis Kiefer, 1954, N. simillimus Cicchino, Santos Silva & Robertson, 2001 have been known to occur in Colombia (Kiefer, 1956;Cicchino et al, 1989;Atencio et al, 2005;Álvarez, 2010;Jaramillo-Londoño and Aguirre-Ramirez, 2012;Dussart, 1984;Rivera-Rondón et al, 2010;Villabona-González et al, 2011). Furthermore, Gaviria and Aranguren (2019) recorded seven species of Notodiaptomus in Colombia and added N. linus (Brandorff, 1973) and N. dilatatus Dussart, 1984, but these two species are currently considered members of Diaptomus (Suárez-Morales et al, 2020). This manuscript follows the criterion of the latter authors.…”

New records of Harpacticoids (Crustacea, Copepoda) from a coastal system of northern Colombia

“…In the last decades, the taxonomic studies of Colombian Harpacticoida have intensified, especially in coastal marine and estuarine habitats; a significant advance has been achieved for some harpacticoid taxa (Fuentes- Fuentes-Reinés et al 2021). Hitherto, 54 nominal species of Harpacticoida have been recorded in Colombia (Gaviria & Aranguren 2019, Fuentes-Reinés & Suárez-Morales 2019, Fuentes-Reinés et al 2021. Of these, 20 species have been recorded from marine water Suárez-Morales 2019).…”