Polar Biology

, Volume 28, Issue 12, pp 922–939 | Cite as

The freshwater fauna of Macquarie Island, including a redescription of the endemic water-flea Daphnia gelida (Brady) (Anomopoda: Crustacea)

  • Herbert J. G. Dartnall
  • Werner Hollwedel
  • Juan C. de Paggi
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Abstract

The freshwater invertebrate fauna (excluding the Protozoa) of Macquarie Island is collated. This includes two Platyhelminthes, two Gastrotricha, three Tardigrada, 41 rotifera, at least eight Nematoda, nine Annelida, and 21 Arthropoda. The latter comprises six species of Anomopoda, two Copepoda, two Ostracoda, an Isopoda, five Acarina, and at least five species of Insecta with aquatic or semi-aquatic larvae. The freshwater Anomopoda (Cladocera) of Macquarie Island are re-evaluated, six species are now recognized and the largest, identified as Daphnia gelida (Brady), is redescribed. The records of both Alona weinecki Studer and Pleuroxus macquariensis Frey are confirmed, while that of Macrothrix hirsuticornis Norman and Brady is accepted with some reservations. Alona quadrangularis (O.F. Müller) is re-instated and records of Chydorus sphaericus O.F. Müller ascribed to C. patagonicus Ekman.

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Ventral Margin Soft Seta Dorsal Margin Plumose Seta Young Specimen 
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Acknowledgements

We thank Sandra McInnes (tardigrades), Dr. K. Dozsa-Farkas (annelids), Dr. Richard Hamond (harpaticoids), the late L.V. Martin (gastrotrichs), Prof. Koen Martens (ostracods) and Dr. N R Maslen (nematodes) for their help in identifying some of our specimens.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Herbert J. G. Dartnall
    • 1
  • Werner Hollwedel
    • 2
  • Juan C. de Paggi
    • 3
  1. 1.Department of Biological SciencesMacquarie UniversitySydneyAustralia
  2. 2.VarelGermany
  3. 3.Instituto Nacional de LimnologiaSanto TomeArgentina

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