Global distribution of anchialine caves

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Global distribution of anchialine caves

Figure 6. Global distribution of anchialine caves.

Epicontinental anchialine cave systems are indicated by dots and anchialine waters on isolated seamount islands by triangles. Remipedia show a disjunct global distribution pattern, with all known species restricted to epicontinental anchialine caves. The majority of remipede species inhabit the larger Caribbean region (A), including the Yucatán Peninsula, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Bahamas. Isolated species occur in caves on the Canarian Island of Lanzarote (B) and in Western Australia (C). Map (modified) with kind permission of Demis (www.demis.nl).

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0019627.g006

Neiber MT, Hartke TR, Stemme T, Bergmann A, Rust J, et al. (2011) Global Biodiversity and Phylogenetic Evaluation of Remipedia (Crustacea). PLoS ONE 6(5): e19627. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0019627. Available at http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0019627#pone-0019627-g003.