New records of distribution and co‐occurrence of freshwater calanoid copepods in New Zealand (note)

Abstract

Calamoecia lucasi was found with Boeckella propinqua in the Kaihoka Lakes, Nelson, and Boeckella hamata with Boeckella triarticulata in Lake Elterwater, Marlborough. These are the first records of C. lucasi in the South Island, New Zealand, and of B. hamata co‐occurring with B. triarticulata.

Keywords:

• copepods
• distribution
• co‐occurrence
• Boeckella spp
• Calamoecia lucasi
• new records
• freshwater