Abstract
A collection of groundwater cyclopid copepods from the West Indian islands has been studied. Twenty species or subspecies are identified, and taxonomic and zoogeographic remarks on some rare or poorly known taxa are made. Seven new taxa, viz. Neocyclops stocki n. sp., Metacyclops (Metacyclops) botosaneanui n. sp., Metacyclops (Metacyclops) dianae n. sp., Metacyclops (Apocyclops) stocki n. sp., Mesocyclops intermedius n. sp., Mesocyclops aequatorialis americanus n. ssp., and Thermocyclops tenuis longifurcatus n. ssp. are described.
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