Family: |
Pseudocyclopidae () |
Max. size: |
0.073 cm BL (male/unsexed) |
Environment: |
pelagic-neritic; brackish; marine |
Distribution: |
Western Pacific: Thailand. |
Diagnosis: |
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Biology: |
Collected from a small pool hidden under the cave wall with a small opening, which is ca 10 m far from the first entrance and seasonally filled by rain; water temperature 24.6°C, pH 8.93, conductivity 450 μS cm-1, DO 5.7 mg L-1, salinity 0.2 ppt. .The cave is an isolated limestone hill of the Nakhon Sri Thammarat Mountain range, 17 m a.s.l and ca. 6.5 km from the Andaman Sea. The gallery is occasionally inundated by freshwater during the rainy season; no permanent route connecting water in the cave and the sea (Ref.t 121545). Collected from a small pool hidden under the cave wall with a small opening, which is ca 10 m far from the first entrance and seasonally filled by rain; water temperature 24.6°C, pH 8.93, conductivity 450 μS cm-1, DO 5.7 mg L-1, salinity 0.2 ppt. .The cave is an isolated limestone hill of the Nakhon Sri Thammarat Mountain range, 17 m a.s.l and ca. 6.5 km from the Andaman Sea. The gallery is occasionally inundated by freshwater during the rainy season; no permanent route connecting water in the cave and the sea (Ref.t 121545). |
IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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Threat to humans: |
harmless |
Country info: |
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