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The Role Of Allopatric Speciation And Ancient Origins Of Bathynellidae (Crustacea) In The Pilbara (Western Australia): Two New Genera From The De Grey River Catchment, Giulia Perina, Ana I. Camacho, Joel Huey, Pierre Horwitz, Annette Koenders
The Role Of Allopatric Speciation And Ancient Origins Of Bathynellidae (Crustacea) In The Pilbara (Western Australia): Two New Genera From The De Grey River Catchment, Giulia Perina, Ana I. Camacho, Joel Huey, Pierre Horwitz, Annette Koenders
Research outputs 2014 to 2021
The stygofaunal family of Bathynellidae, is an excellent group to study the processes that shape diversity and distribution, since they have unknown surface or marine relatives, high level of endemism, and limited dispersal abilities. Recent research on Bathynellidae in Western Australia (Pilbara) has uncovered new taxa with unexpected distributions and phylogenetic relationships, but the biogeographical processes that drive their diversification on the continent are still unclear. By exploring the diversity, distribution, and divergence time of Bathynellidae in a setting such as the perched and isolated aquifers of the Cleaverville Formation in the north of the De Grey River catchment (Pilbara), …
New Bathynellidae (Crustacea) Taxa And Their Relationships In The Fortescue Catchment Aquifers Of The Pilbara Region, Western Australia [Dataset], Giulia Perina, Ana I. Camacho, Joel Huey, Pierre Horwitz, Annette Koenders
New Bathynellidae (Crustacea) Taxa And Their Relationships In The Fortescue Catchment Aquifers Of The Pilbara Region, Western Australia [Dataset], Giulia Perina, Ana I. Camacho, Joel Huey, Pierre Horwitz, Annette Koenders
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In the past 20 years, the number of subterranean taxa discovered in Australia, especially in the Pilbara bioregion, has considerably increased due to incidental environmental surveys often associated with mining development. Bathynellidae are an important component of stygofauna and they occur in most Australian aquifers, but their collection and identification are difficult due to their habitat, and small and fragile bodies with conservative morphology. The study of Pilbaranella ethelensis in the upper Fortescue catchment contributed to a better understanding of the group at local scale, but knowledge at larger catchment scale is still limited. Abundant material collected by different environmental …