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A new species and genus of freshwater calanoid, Neoboeckella loffleri, is described from shallow, high-altitude waters. N. kinzeli (Löffler), 1955, is also included in the new genus. Neoboeckella, like Hemiboeckella Sars from Australia, is characterized inter alia by an exceptionally high degree of sexual dimorphism in size.
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Bayly, I.A.E. Neoboeckella loffleri (Copepoda: Calanoida), a new species and genus from Bolivian fresh waters. Hydrobiologia 241, 135–140 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00028636
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