Global diversity of crustacean copepods

with special reference to the genus

Pseudodiaptomus (Calanoida: Pseudodiaptomidae) and the „invasion“ of coastal waters of Europe.

S. GaviriaUniversity of Vienna, Dep. of Limnology and Oceanography, Austria

K. J. WittmannMedical University of Vienna, Institute of Environmental Hygiene, Austria

A. P. ArianiUniversità di Napoli Federico II, Dip. delle Scienze Biologiche, Italy

3th International Conference on Marine Biodiversity (2014), Qingdao, China

• Probable origin of Pseudodiaptomus serricaudatus in Italy:- Asian coastal waters- African coastal waters- Red Sea (Lessepsian migration)

• Probable modes of introduction: aquaculture, ballast water of ship

• So far no evidence of competition for food with local demersal calanoids or other species

• Pseudodiaptomus is expanding its territory in the subtropical and temperate regions of America and Europe, probably also elsewhere

Conclusions

Acknowledgements

for support during the research• Chad Walter, US National Museum of Natural History (literatur)• University of Vienna & Medical University of Vienna, Austria -

Napoli Universitá Federio II, Italy (sampling, taxonomy)

for supporting the assistance to this conference,• Technisches Büro für Biologie Dr. Gaviria Melo, Vienna, Austria• Colombian Academy of Sciences, Bogotá, Colombia• Mark Costello, WoRMS World register of marine species, Auckland,

New Zealand

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