About the book:
The first edition of this directory was published some 20 years
ago.
Since then, many changes have taken place in the systematics of this
group, with numerous new species having been described, and new
synonymies and keys published, bearing witness to the vitality of freshwater
copepod systematics.
The families treated are the Oithonidae (with subfamilies Oithoninae &
Limnoithoninae), Cyclopinidae, Cyclopettidae, and Cyclopidae, the
most widely distributed family in inland waters (with subfamilies
Euryteinae, Halicyclopinae, Eucyclopinae, and Cyclopinae).
As in the previous edition (World Directory of Crustacea Copepoda of
Inland Waters I - Calaniformes) the references cited in the taxonomic part
are given in alphabetical order, and the abbreviations of the references follow
the ISO-4 standards (ISDS, 1985 and following years). The scientific
index includes the synonyms in roman characters, which allows the reader
to follow the trail of any citation to its present valid name.
This will be a standard reference work for all those involved in copepod
research.
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