The genus Danielopolina is reported from an isolated seamount, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, where it is known, for the first time, in sympatry with a Procaridid Type of anchialine community. We explain the significance of the juxtaposition in this geographical and geological context and explore the role of active and passive dispersal in the colonization of remote seamount islands.
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Western Australian Museum, Collect & Res Ctr, Welshpool Dc, WA 6986, AustraliaWestern Australian Museum, Collect & Res Ctr, Welshpool Dc, WA 6986, Australia
Humphreys, William F.
Kornicker, Louis S.
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Natl Museum Nat Hist, Dept Invertebrate Zool, Smithsonian Inst, Washington, DC 20013 USAWestern Australian Museum, Collect & Res Ctr, Welshpool Dc, WA 6986, Australia
Kornicker, Louis S.
Danielopol, Dan L.
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Graz Univ, Inst Earth Sci, Austrian Acad Sci, Commiss Stratig & Palaeontol Res Austria, A-8010 Graz, AustriaWestern Australian Museum, Collect & Res Ctr, Welshpool Dc, WA 6986, Australia