2 NEW GENERA OF CYCLOPINID COPEPODS (CYCLOPOIDA, CYCLOPINIDAE) FROM ANCHIHALINE CAVES OF THE CANARY AND BALEARIC-ISLANDS, WITH A KEY TO GENERA OF THE FAMILY

The presence of an endemic cyclopoid fauna in anchihaline caves is con firmed in this paper after the discovery of two new genera of cyclopin ids in caves of the Canary and BaIearic Islands. Oromiina fortunata sp . nov. is described from a flooded lava tube in Lanzarote; it is chara cterized by the extraordinary length attained by the antennae. Ginesia longicaudata sp. nov. is described from a flooded karstic cave in Mal lorca. The body is ornamented dorsally with conspicuous integumental o utgrowths, and along the lateral margins of both the cephalosome and t he second pedigerous somite of male, by a linear array of pores. The n ew taxa are most closely related to forms found in the shallow water h yperbenthos, although one trait of Ginesia suggest an affinity with de ep water taxa since, for example, the linear arrays of pores were prev iously known only in Cyclopicina within the Cyclopinidae. A. key to th e 37 genera of the family Cyclopinidae is presented.